Sentence examples for prevailing opposition from inspiring English sources
Mr Paterson also used his speech to criticise Europe's prevailing opposition to GM - where restrictions are so tight it amounts to a ban - arguing that this attitude is deterring developing countries who could benefit from the technology because they wrongly interpret Europe's resistance as a sign that it's dangerous.
There have been many attempts to raise safety standards over past decades, however, the prevailing opposition to higher standards accepts the high risks of commercial fishing relative to the cost of those standards.
Just this week, Cape Wind faced another frustrating setback after 10 years of prevailing through fierce opposition to what will be America's first offshore wind farm.
Like most of the best bands, Girl Band emerged out of opposition to prevailing trends.
Established stars got pushed to the fringes, and younger artists like Maddie & Tae and Kelsea Ballerini found success by positioning themselves in opposition to prevailing masculine narratives.
He thinks of fiction as a "form of social opposition", but his prevailing tone is sociable, ironic, forgiving.
These new requirements are in opposition to the prevailing social and traditional psychological contracts, which are influenced by both the socialist era and Czech national values.
Because his views were in direct opposition to the prevailing Calvinist orthodoxy, he was refused a license to preach and forced to leave Yale.
While I am fair game, more worrying is the way, when it comes to difficult, sensitive issues, especially involving children, opposition to a prevailing and escalating panic is stifled.
Except one also sort of wants to be famous, and here is the contradiction at the heart of Chloe's world, the dilemma of subcultures that ostensibly define themselves in opposition to the prevailing commercial order, the dilemma of all the boys and girls who want to be in Paper and Details: What do you do if Harper's Bazaar, or Calvin Klein, comes calling?
So the idea for The Young Victoria is an interesting one: a look at one of Great Britain's most famous monarchs that offers a version of her life in opposition to the prevailing historical image.
