Sentence examples for overcome dissent from inspiring English sources
The events that unfolded said a lot about what it means to be empathetic, to overcome dissent and face common enemies: Thatcher, the tabloids, the police.
After leftwing dissent was overcome, "the Clause IV moment" was a major building block in the creation of New Labour.
Perhaps the issue closest to my heart is the effort to make policing more professional, which has to overcome efforts by politicians to use the police to suppress dissent or to take illegal shortcuts in dealing with crime and disorder.
Whether any opposition candidate could overcome the advantages of incumbency is unknown, as is the degree of eventual dissent among the ruling elite if Mr. Chiluba tries for a third term.
Kings did not mention dissent in their texts unless it came at the beginning of a reign or a phase of action and was quickly and triumphantly overcome in a reaffirmation of order.
Anthony J. Scirica, circuit judge, dissenting The Supreme Court's test in Richmond Newspapers -- when a right of access attaches to a particular type of proceeding and whether it may be overcome -- applies here.
