Sentence examples for show of opposition from inspiring English sources

The overwhelming majority who attended took part in a peaceful show of opposition to the charges.

Then in June, thousands of protesters marched through Chinatown in a show of opposition to the new Walmart.

In a rare show of opposition, two of the court's judges, Anatoly Kononov and Vladimir Yaroslavtsev, publicly protested the ruling.

On Monday, Mr. Chávez faces what could be the biggest public show of opposition to his three-year rule.

But the 63 votes for Ryan amounted to the biggest show of opposition against her during her 14-year reign.

The protest coincided with similar demonstrations elsewhere in the country, an effort to mount a nationwide show of opposition to the arrival of companies like Wal-Mart.

CAIRO — In the second potent showing of opposition rage in less than a week, tens of thousands of people streamed into Tahrir Square on Friday, angrily denouncing Egypt's president, Mohamed Morsi, and the hasty passage earlier in the day of a draft constitution written by an Islamist assembly.

A key question is whether there will be more spectacles like last weekend's "show trial" of opposition leaders "confessing" to their misdeeds.

The dramatic and unexpected show of political opposition came largely from the Republican benches, where a majority of congressmen opposed the measure citing concern among the public about the cost of the bail-out.

It is the latest show of public opposition to the austerity measure put in place by Ireland's coalition government, which hopes the country's economic growth will quell the discontent.

Any SNP/Labour pact would push Ed Miliband's party to the left on a range of issues, with the SNP having made a great show of their opposition to Trident and spending cuts embraced by the major parties.