Sentence examples for riding opposition from inspiring English sources

Phillips hit one fence in show jumping, the same fence that tripped up her teammate Nicola Wilson, who was riding Opposition Buzz.

And while the Conservatives are not as ideologically confident as in the 1980s, the scale of their proposed privatisations suggests they expect to over-ride any opposition.

Stockman rode his opposition to that bill to a victory over Rep. Jack Brooks (D-Texas), the House Judiciary Committee chairman who had served in Congress for 42 years.

(Remember, it was only a few election cycles ago that George W. Bush was able to ride his opposition to gay marriage to the presidency, but today such a position would cost a national politician more than it would help him or her).

From maverick marginals, the leftwingers have moved to centre stage, riding high on opposition to the austerity Athens has been forced to apply in return for €240bn in emergency bailout funds from the EU and International Monetary Fund.

The group's researchers said witnesses and others had told them that party agents had set up camp at an army barracks in Manicaland Province and were mounting raids on the homes of the opposition riding in army trucks and armed with guns supplied by the army.

A resurgent opposition is riding a wave of discontent as the country slides into recession.

First, do you stick to the Hammer's hard-charging brand of politics, riding roughshod over the opposition?

Instead of riding roughshod over the opposition, Mrs Kumara tunga may be compelled to step up negotiations with them.

Clem Cecil, the director of Save Britain's Heritage, accused Emin of "riding roughshod" over local opposition with her "aggressive" decision to appeal.

The Gaitskellites pledged themselves to get rid of Harold Wilson who, opportunistically, was riding the wave of opposition to the then leader.