Sentence examples for prolonged opposition from inspiring English sources
I did not simply inherit it from him, but I went on to develop it through prolonged opposition to the many sensible plans he mapped out for my career.
Senior Tories said ministers – bruised by last week's defeat in the House of Lords over tax credits – feared the plans would face fierce and prolonged opposition in the Lords if the powers were seen to be too draconian.
Mr Specter's recent announcement that he would support Eric Holder's nomination as attorney general shattered any hopes of prolonged opposition to the nominee.The support of these moderate Republicans is not only necessary to avoid a filibuster.
Earlier this summer, you described the News Corp.-Dow Jones takeover saga by saying, "If it were playing on Broadway rather than Wall Street, critics would acclaim it the comedy hit of the season". Were you surprised by the Bancroft family's prolonged opposition to a sale?
The vote was not expected to alter in the least the prolonged confrontation between the government and the opposition, with about 10,000 civilians killed, along with hundreds of soldiers.
In opposition, prolonged ventilation with moderate hypercapnic acidosis seems to prevent VIDD in a 72-hour healthy piglet study.
That deal was subsequently blessed with a visit by the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, even though President Mamadou Tandja of Niger has methodically rolled back civil liberties, locked up opposition figures and prolonged his stay in power beyond his electoral mandate.
Militant attacks have increased during the state of emergency, and some members of the opposition have suggested that Jonathan has prolonged taking decisive action in the northeast in order to make it more difficult for predominantly APC voters to cast their ballots.
In 1997, prolonged demonstrations followed Algeria's second contested parliamentary election after the opposition claimed fraud.
While the local rebel council is making contingency plans for a tighter and prolonged siege, Kiki said, it is precisely the strength of the opposition government and civil society groups in the Eastern Ghouta that makes it such an attractive target for the regime.
Giving evidence to the European parliament's constitutional affairs committee, the chamber's Brexit coordinator, Guy Verhofstadt, said the EU needed to be "firm and flexible" on extending article 50, as he dropped his previous opposition to prolonging talks beyond the summer.
