Sentence examples for opposition side of from inspiring English sources

Despite all the talk of a new coalition government, Mr. Odinga and his top lieutenants sat on the opposition side of the chamber on Thursday, across the room from Mr. Kibaki's political allies, who occupied the government seats.

Nott, for his part, trained almost every trauma surgeon on the opposition side of Aleppo, as part of a daring effort to spread medical knowledge as the government strives to eradicate it.

The doctors treating victims of airstrikes live with the constant threat that they could be next on the operating table; the few hospitals still operating in the opposition side of Aleppo have been targeted several times.

In the first week of June, Syrian and Russian aircraft carried out more than six hundred air strikes on the opposition side of Aleppo, and Assad vowed to take back "every inch" of Syria.

The logic of these posts, which generally came from those on the opposition side of Russia's political spectrum, was much the same as Volin's: A media outlet is a business like any other, and its proprietor is free to do with it as he or she pleases.

Reading the game, attacking hard on the opposition side of the gainline, effective communication, keeping a tight shape and maximising performance in the one-on-one tackle area... all these things will be vital, with the last perhaps being the most important.

The habit of patting a bloke from the opposition side on the head, by way of sarcastic congratulation, when a penalty was awarded against him.

The two men were on oppositions side of the political divide in 2007 and both deny the allegations they face at The Hague.

On the opposition side, optimism of the will is tempered by a realisation that in the short term the balance of forces is not in their favour and is unlikely to change quickly – barring a Libyan-style foreign military intervention, which few want or expect.

Volleys of mortars hit an army unit that had defected to the opposition side in the district of al-Nahda, killing three and injuring 10 others, according to a military official.

Young men on the opposition side broke up chunks of concrete to hurl, and there were ripostes from the coup supporters.