Sentence examples for strenuous opposition from inspiring English sources

He was also noted for his right-wing political views and strenuous opposition to labour unions.

Courser and Gamrat are known for their strenuous opposition to same-sex marriage.

He acquired his shares despite the strenuous opposition of Springer's founder, Axel C. Springer, now deceased.

Strenuous opposition from Mr. Karzai, European diplomats and some American policy makers stopped the program from getting off the ground.

The New Yorkers met unexpected and strenuous opposition from three Republican senators, Phil Gramm, John McCain and Don Nickles.

Some lawmakers tried to revise the state's condemnation procedures in the wake of the Connecticut case, but their bills died because of strenuous opposition from the Bloomberg administration.

Despite strenuous Republican opposition, Democrats used their majority muscle to push the measure through the legislature's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee on a 36-15 party-line vote.

He is insistent, in the face of strenuous Democratic opposition, that his 2001 and 2003 tax cuts should be made permanent, which would cost nearly a trillion dollars over the next five years.To cut spending, Mr Bush slashes a range of government-run domestic programmes, including a scheme that trains paediatric specialists.

The project at 408 Greenwich Street, approved over strenuous community opposition, is to be built on the site of a garage on the corner of Hubert Street at the southern rim of the TriBeCa North Historic District, a mélange of expensive condominiums, cobblestone streets, garages, lofts and even some working warehouses.

In 1975, a bloc comprising the USSR and Third World nations passed a resolution, over strenuous US and Israeli opposition, declaring Zionism to be racism; the resolution was repealed in 1991, shortly after the end of the Cold War.

"People in the opposition are part of a highly vocal and strenuous community.