Sentence examples for spirited opposition from inspiring English sources

Even rather small changes in the elaborate rules governing economic life inevitably provoke spirited opposition from some quarters.

A book dedicated to criticizing the G-format would be about as likely to encounter spirited opposition as a denunciation of the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Although one ageing but spirited opposition leader, L.K. Advani, has urged the government to quit and call a fresh election, nobody else seemed keen.

Even if he cleans out his cabinet of disloyal political parties, he will still face a spirited opposition, already thinking ahead to the elections four years away.

He was best known for his spirited opposition in 1992 to the Maastricht Treaty creating the European Union; this opposition culminated in a televised debate with Pres.

Donovan said he wished the shackles had come off sooner against a talented Belgium team who nonetheless were vulnerable to being put off their game by spirited opposition.

The depredations of the country's rulers are relatively well-documented, thanks to a stout free press, an independent judiciary, and a spirited political opposition.

The union endorsed Mr. Thompson's bid for mayor in 2009, emerging as a spirited voice of opposition against Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

But the possibility of a much longer stay in Cuba has further emboldened Venezuela's spirited, if fractured, opposition, reinvigorating its hopes of defeating Mr. Chávez in a presidential election next year.

"I take full responsibility and apologize for any information given in good faith that has subsequently turned out to be wrong," Mr. Blair told the House of Commons during a spirited exchange with opposition members.

But if Hugo Chávez is unable to quickly return to power in Venezuela, it remains to be seen how effectively his brother can hold off the spirited, if divided, opposition here and build support in a governing movement so centered around the president himself.