Sentence examples for opposition status from inspiring English sources

Scottish Labour was wiped out in Glasgow and looks certain to cede official opposition status to resurgent Tories.

The New Democrats suffered a crushing defeat, falling to third place after winning official opposition status in the last election.

Those results propelled the New Democratic Party NDPP) to official Opposition status in Canada's House of Commons from their traditional standing in third, fourth, sometimes fifth place.

Official Opposition status comes with additional funding and privileges.

A five-minute video broadcast just before lunch combined melodramatic music and cheesy interviews with MPs about how much it sucked to lose 51 seats and Official Opposition status, helpfully reiterating that gloomy theme.

The Liberals managed to cling to official opposition status despite picking up less than 20percentt of the popular vote (which was actually less than the NDP got isn't our electoral system fun?!), and the province got a semi-functional opposition for the first time in almost half a decade.

Bottom line: Cleantech managers and investors are busy trying to build successful companies, but their growing successes have drawn the opposition of status quo players who don't want them to succeed.

But despite his efforts, the Hicks cemetery has not, and there is opposition to landmark status.

Not to say that opposition to the status quo doesn't exist.

Opposition to the status quo that has persisted since Karimov took over in 1989 has been non existent.

The prime minister will highlight his opposition to the status quo as he makes clear that he is opposed to an immediate referendum.