Sentence examples for opposition in the face from inspiring English sources

Being too nice to the Kurds might strengthen the nationalist opposition in the face of spiralling PKK terrorism.

Ed Miliband promised to unite the party as it faces opposition in the face of coalition cuts.

He and his comrades bemoaned the chronic passivity of the Syrian National Council, the political wing of the Syrian opposition, in the face of a cruel dictator using violence against his own people.

In an article called "The Case for Liberalism" in the December issue of Harper's, for example, George S. McGovern tries to revive liberalism as a loyal opposition in the face of possible war.

His decision to flee, leaving behind his wife and two young daughters, underscored the pervasive uncertainty and fear among Belarus's opposition in the face of a continuing crackdown by the security service, still called the K.G.B. in the authoritarian former Soviet republic.

But the stadium plan has received renewed opposition in the face of a bid by Cablevision, owner of Madison Square Garden, that it would pay far more for the real estate than the Jets would contribute.

Bit by bit, the opposition melted in the face of Washington's political clout.

But the Congressional opposition melted in the face of opinion polls showing strong support for the president's measures against terrorism.

As governor, in 1995, Mr. Pataki cut income taxes and slashed spending for health care, mass transit and education, despite fierce opposition and in the face of a $5 billion deficit.

Lord Grade, who ran Channel 4 from 1987 to 1997, said that a sell-off would allow Channel 4 to be made into a "media powerhouse" and that management's opposition "flew in the face of commercial logic".

He had helped nurture a plural, multi-party democracy against massive opposition and in the face of widespread scepticism.