Sentence examples for were to oppose from inspiring English sources

Neither Ariel Sharon nor Yasir Arafat could survive politically if he were to oppose a sweeping settlement firmly backed by the United States and the Arab nations.

Even if America were to oppose that, as its secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, has hinted it may, it would find it hard to persuade its fellow council members to vote to reimpose the measures.A spokesman for the families of the 189 Americans who died over Lockerbie wonders, reasonably enough, about the point of trying the hitmen while the godfather walks free.

(If "nonreductive" physicalism were to oppose only a specific brand of psychophysical reductionism, that would weaken the position significantly, so that it would be compatible with other forms of "reductive" physicalism).

As top German official Albrecht von Kessel said about the planned deportation of Roman Jewry: "If the pope were to oppose this measure, there was even a possibility that he would be killed while trying to escape".

If Democrats were to oppose the House Republican measure in nearly unanimous numbers, it could spell trouble for Boehner, since some Republicans in the House are unlikely to vote for a large funding bill, no matter the conditions.

3. Alabama delegates to the Democratic convention were to oppose any candidate supporting either the Proviso or Popular Sovereignty (which allowed territories to exclude slavery at any point) 4. The federal government must specifically overrule Mexican anti-slavery laws in the Mexican Cession and actively protect slavery.

The point was to oppose — endlessly.

Labour's first duty is to oppose.

To oppose school choice is to oppose equal opportunity".

What was there to oppose?

Labour is expected to oppose the motion.