Sentence examples for softer opposition from inspiring English sources

The Saints head coach might have hoped for softer opposition than Atlanta on his first game back after a year-long suspension, but he also has good reasons to feel confident.

The question is now what level of opposition to match him with, whether he will be given time to compete against softer opposition or if he'll be deemed worthy of more top-10 opposition sooner rather than later.

Opposition leaders have also been calling out the "soft opposition" targeting those who publicly push for reforms, but aren't willing to challenge Mubarak in any serious way (Biden falls into this category).

Nobody voiced opposition.

GOP gubernatorial candidates who won in Virginia and New Jersey, and more recently Scott Brown in Massachusetts, were able to capture an enormous share of the independent vote because they not only emphasised bread and butter issues, but also soft-pedalled their opposition to abortion and illegal immigration, and reached out to ethnic minorities.

The most winnable voters may be soft supporters of the opposition, not the voters who polls say are undecided.

Both Mr. Lazio and Mrs. Clinton have pledged to abide by a ban on soft money if the opposition does so first.

He was also asked about reports that his chief economic adviser soft-pedaled Mr. Obama's opposition to Nafta during an informal chat with a Canadian official.

Like Coffey, the 6-foot-2, 208-pound Green has a laser shot to go with his speed and a knack for finding the soft spots in the opposition's defense.

The actor Juliette Binoche, with whom Khan co-directed and performed in-i (2008) for the National Theatre, saw him at Sadler's Wells while filming in London and was struck by "how strong and earthy he was, and how soft his voice; the opposition was very attractive".

His remarks come after his campaign was hit with a flurry of negative headlines over the last week about the land deal involving Antonin Rezko and charges that his chief economic adviser was soft-pedaling Mr. Obama's opposition to Nafta before Canadian government officials.