Sentence examples for staunchest opponent from inspiring English sources

Before Tolls, a Hurdle EVEN the staunchest opponent of tolls would probably concede one point: collecting fees from drivers could bring money into the financially strapped state treasury.

On the European side, even President Jacques Chirac of France, the staunchest opponent of the Iraq war effort, is looking for ways to play a more active role in the Atlantic alliance and even in Iraq.

With the sage wisdom of the august broadsheet rock critic ringing in your ears, it was possible for even the staunchest opponent of the Mercury to feel more kindly disposed towards the award than usual, a state of affairs made easier still by the winners.

Shiller was Mayor Richard M. Daley's staunchest opponent in City Council votes in the last three months of 1989, in Daley's first year of his first term.

He knew how to turn his staunchest opponent on one issue into his staunchest ally on another; and he knew how to conduct the fiercest of fights with a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye.

The staunchest opponent of the legislation, Alderman Leslie Hairston, expressed concern that after the NATO summit, these new restrictions will be used to quell demonstrations or assembling in Chicago.

But even some of their staunchest opponents give them credit.

But they were not enough to satisfy the measure's staunchest opponents.

Sotomayor replaced Justice David Souter, one of the staunchest opponents of cameras in the high court itself.

France, one of the staunchest opponents of unbundling, is taking over the EU presidency in July.

The state's chamber of commerce was among the bill's staunchest opponents.