Sentence examples for raised opposition from inspiring English sources

But top aides said he never approved any of the specific proposals that raised opposition.

Officials were discussing how to incorporate its missions that had not raised opposition elsewhere in the Pentagon bureaucracy.

While Mr. Bush maintains considerable support in Texas, his effort to build a presidential center at the university has raised opposition from the start.

When the builders broke ground in 1996, the Israelis were not in the know and several politicians – including Yitzhak Rabin, as Qurei explains in the film – soon raised opposition.

This raised opposition suspicions that Sheikh Sabah might try to change the electoral law by decree - which he did, on 19 October.

However, such executive action has raised opposition in Congress.

Some who saw the plans yesterday praised elements that could raise opposition.

Mr. Maharaj said he believed that The Mail & Guardian was using him as political football to raise opposition to the protection bill.

There are an awful lot of people out there who feel in the dark about what is going on, but we figure that if we get elected we can raise opposition to the plans.

Ms Portas said last week that she was considering writing to David Cameron to raise opposition to the expectation that the National Planning Policy Framework could recommend relaxing the "town centre first policy", which means developers can build out-of-town schemes only if no town centre options are available.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said the blackout was part of a campaign to raise opposition to the stop online piracy act (Sopa) and protect IP act, two US bills which he has called destructive legislation that, if passed, would "endanger free speech and set a frightening precedent of internet censorship for the world".