Sentence examples for opposition received from inspiring English sources

That helps to explain why the opposition received a solid two-thirds majority in the legislature.

In order to use that money, the Iraqi opposition received a license from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control, which administers the American sanctions against Iran.

The Labour prime minister and the foreign secretary, Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, declined to see the former governor, but the new Tory leader of the opposition received him, and they took to each other.

The opposition received a rare boost last week when El Comercio, a newspaper read by the elite, published a story quoting witnesses who said that Mr. Fujimori's volunteers had forged one million signatures to put the president on the ballot.

During a closed-door session, General Salim Idris, the head of the opposition's command, gave a presentation to the foreign minister that was intended to show that he had a functioning chain of command and that military aid the Syrian opposition received would be used properly.

The campaign, which had no formal opposition, received a chorus of local support including endorsements from Breckenridge Town Councilman Jeffrey Bergeron, Former Colorado State Representative and Breckenridge resident, Gary Lindstrom, and the Summit Daily News.

Nor will the opposition receive much support from neighbouring countries.

But even if the opposition receives enough votes, Mr. Chávez can still win if his total tops the opposition's.

"How can we allow that Russia continues to deliver arms to the Bashar al-Assad regime when the opposition receives very few and is being massacred?" he asked.

Its decisive characteristic is that the main opposition party forms an alternative, or "shadow," government, ready at any time to take office, in recognition of which the leader of the opposition receives an official salary.

Iran denies any involvement in the month-long protests and US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks say that there is no evidence for long-standing Bahraini government claims that the Shia opposition receives support and weapons from Iran.