Example sentences of "be opposition to " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , some reports suggested that there had been opposition to Saddam 's decision to invade . |
| 2 | Colonial merchants might not like the English monopoly of trade , but they wanted their markets in England , so there was unlikely to be opposition to the general principles of the Acts of Trade . |
| 3 | Erm as I digest Mr 's comments and the various implications erm of the things that he said , it 's more and more confirming for me that perhaps we may well be right in the step by step measured approach because quite clearly erm I suspect that if we run at this stage a preferred location , erm I suspect that the the opposition to that and there would be opposition to it , may well have may well prejudice the principle er of the new settlement . |
| 4 | There will also be opposition to the use of high quality agricultural land for golf courses . |
| 5 | It was known at the time that there was going to be opposition to them and it was an absolute recipe for debate after debate , council meeting after council meeting , committee meeting after committee meeting . |
| 6 | It 's now clear , my Lord Mayor , what the Labour Party has transferred has transferred it 's opposition to Right to Buy in to opposition towards the new Rents to Mortgage . |
| 7 | A key material issue in Central Asia was opposition to the Russian seizure of the historic lands of minority peoples . |
| 8 | There is no evidence that all jurists early practised toleration of defective trusts , for we have seen that up to the end of the first century at least there was opposition to allowing them validity . |
| 9 | None of these companies was a natural monopoly and hence the concerns about competition , described above , did not apply , although there was opposition to the privatisation proposals from the Labour Party and the trade unions on grounds of principle . |
| 10 | Although there was opposition to the Fiat-Alfa deal from some trade unionists who were concerned at the possible job losses caused by rationalisation after a merger , the Italian government was subjected to considerable political pressure of a nationalistic nature to support the Fiat bid — pressure similar to that which forced the British government to cancel the talks between Ford and Austin Rover — and eventually rejected the Ford overtures in favour of an ‘ all Italian solution ’ . |
| 11 | Hardly surprising , since one of the main components of that radicalism was opposition to the Vietnam war , and although nominally defeated at the party conference in 1967 , Wilson 's basically pro-US stand defined the party 's position in the eyes of many young radicals . |
| 12 | Within North Yemen there was opposition to unification among some militant Moslem Brotherhood groups , on the grounds that the Islamic basis of legislation in the Moslem north could be undermined by the " pagan-dominated " Marxist southern Yemen Socialist Party ( YSP ) . |
| 13 | There was opposition to the idea of a joint parliament , but , as a compromise , a consultative interparliamentary body was set up . |
| 14 | There was opposition to the existing CET tariff rates which ranged from zero to 45 per cent , with Jamaica proposing new rates ranging between 5 and 20 per cent and the seven-country Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ) arguing for rates ranging from zero to 30 per cent . |
| 15 | In 1513 there was opposition to a tax imposition in Yorkshire — indeed on this occasion a remission of assessment was granted on grounds of poverty , so the government seems to have been prepared to meet genuine grievances . |
| 16 | There was opposition to a subsidy demand in 1523 , and when in 1525 Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey attempted to levy the so-called Amicable Grant , to finance a campaign against France , they faced serious resistance . |