Sentence examples for was generally opposed from inspiring English sources

Mr. McCain said he was generally opposed to federal intervention.

The local population was generally opposed to Mr. Hussein, and by the time American marines reached the town in early April, local Shiites had seized control.

Until the 1950's, bias was more or less a synonym for partiality or partisanship, which was generally opposed to accuracy and objectivity.

He said that he was "generally opposed to privatization in any form," but that he wanted to hear the details of the proposal because the five schools were in such bad shape.

Indirectly, the movie also raises other sensitive points, among them whether Sarajevan children should have been evacuated from the city during the war (Bosnia's Muslim-led Government was generally opposed to evacuation, believing that it would help the Bosnian Serb policy of "ethnic cleansing").

If not totally a pacifist (he conceded that in some circumstances a defensive war to resist Ottoman expansion in the Balkans might be unavoidable, though he rejected the idea of a crusade), he was generally opposed to war under almost any circumstances, especially to war between people who called themselves Christians and then ignored Christ's call to peace and brotherhood.

(His only competition came from Dennis Kucinich, but Mr Kucinich, unlike Mr Davis, was generally opposing Democratic bills from the left).

As a former Conservative prime minister, John Major, put it, Tories believe in "wealth cascading down the generations" and are generally opposed to death taxes.

Republicans are generally opposed.

"Many are generally opposed to it".

He's generally opposed to large global trade agreements.