Sentence examples for was opposed on from inspiring English sources

McGeer left the company and started a new one, not only because he was opposed, on principle, to making war machines but because, for someone eager to devise civilian uses, the economics didn't add up.

It was opposed on ethical grounds by right-to-life groups and the Catholic Church, which also raised the specter of science gone wild.

He was opposed on the mound by Tracy Stallard for the Mets in the first game of a doubleheader.

The bill was opposed on both sides of the House and Brown was facing a growing backbench rebellion.

When Clinton came into office, he was opposed on this issue by the Joint Chiefs, including its chairman Colin Powell, by many in Congress, and, according to an ABC News - Washington Post poll of May 1993, by 55percentt of the American people.

It was opposed on the body of the cecum with stay sutures.

But the fact is we are opposed on almost every issue".

But the two Romantic revolutionaries were opposed on almost every aesthetic question of the day.

They are opposed on their harrowing mission by the evil Sauron and his Black Riders.

Others are opposed on principle to what they see as unacceptable tampering with nature.

It is hard to find anyone in Congress who is opposed on principle to healing the mentally ill.