Sentence examples for steep opposition from inspiring English sources

The plan faced steep opposition.

Activists in Colombia are hopeful that history – and legal precedent – is on their side, but marriage equality in Latin America still faces steep opposition.

The project would also only make sense pending the approval of the proposed Energy East pipeline, which is facing steep opposition from political groups as well as the tribal groups whose land it would need to pass through.

There, the gunman did not have a background check; he used his mother's guns.Mr Obama faces steep opposition, and not just from congressional opponents: even his fellow Democrat, Harry Reid, the majority leader of the Senate, has indicated that the assault-weapons ban will be a hard sell.

The rings particles demonstrate a steep opposition surge an increase of the albedo when the phase angle is close to zero.

They faced steep opposition from many quarters including a number of Christian denominations who asserted that sacred scripture not only condoned, but more importantly, mandated the practice of slavery.

One thing that became apparent from the test sample of 16 ties, each featuring an MLS side against lower league opposition, was the steep drop off of standards from MLS first teams to their reserve players.

Whaling officials denied a report in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper that the fleet had been forced to reduce its target catch by 20% this year in the face of mounting international opposition and a steep drop in domestic demand for whale meat.

In the case of the W8 engine, the W is formed via two V-4s set side by side, with each V-4′s cylinders set apart at a super steep 15 degrees, and the opposition of the two banks of V-4s set at a very flat 72 degrees.

Within the Houses of Commons and Lords, however, the bill faced anger and opposition over the steeper income tax rate and the abolished paper duties.

The old parties – the ANC and those of the opposition – are so steeped in pre-apartheid political cultures that they are wholly inappropriate as instruments to deepen the infant democracy.