Example sentences of "by [noun] opposed [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A truce signed on Saturday by Serb , Croat and Muslim communities has failed to hold amid persisting violent opposition by groups opposed to the state breaking away from what remains of Yugoslavia . |
| 2 | The National Assembly elections were the first to be seriously contested by parties opposed to the ruling Kuomintang ( KMT ) . |
| 3 | The Committee concluded that the ‘ case law is probably sufficient to inhibit litigation by parents opposed to particular actions , such as authority to impose sanctions was insufficiently explicit and should be made more definitive ( see below ) . |
| 4 | The letter caused a furore in Britain for political reasons , being used by Conservatives opposed to further European integration as an example of EC interference in British affairs . |
| 5 | This allows for a far greater sophistication of analysis because it recognises that the state and the policies it pursues may well be a result of internal conflicts within the state or due to conflicts between fractions of the capitalist class or from struggle by classes opposed to capitalism . |
| 6 | Farmers from the militant Co-ordination rurale ( formed in late 1991 by farmers opposed to the increasing moderation of existing unions ) blocked routes to Paris on June 23 in protest at the changes to the EC 's common agricultural policy approved in May [ see p. 38931 ] . |
| 7 | On July 23 Lukanov 's caretaker government adopted a decree on maintaining public order aimed at containing the " city of truth " protests ( now being copied in many towns ) but also at strikes and rallies ( principally in the southern town of Kurdzhali ) by nationalists opposed to the presence in the National Assembly of ethnic Turkish deputies [ ibid . ] . |
| 8 | Demonstrations throughout April and the first part of May organized by activists opposed to ( ex-Communist ) President Rakhmon Nabiyev 's regime culminated in the formation of a coalition government , announced on May 11 , in which eight of the 24 ministerial posts went to opposition members , while Nabiyev remained as President . |
| 9 | These include the " Big Four " — Hakata Bay and Isahaya Bay on Kyushu and the Fujimae tidal flats and Tokyo Bay on Honshu — all mudflats threatened by developments opposed by local opinion [ see ED 70 ] . |
| 10 | April 1916 , and that sparked off a rebellion in which the General Post Office and other places in Dublin , were occupied by forces opposed to the British rule , and the local leader proclaimed the establishment of a republic , although he and his colleagues had no mandate from the Irish people . |
| 11 | Medical Practitioner — Medical treatment , consent to — Refusal of blood transfusion — Adult patient under sedation and in premature labour — Patient attended by relative opposed to blood transfusion — Transfusion later necessary — Whether refusal effective — Whether doctors entitled to treat in accordance with patient 's best interests |