Example sentences of "there [modal v] [be] [adj] opposition to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed there may be strong opposition to taking on delegated tasks for fear , perhaps justified , that failure will prove personally very damaging . |
| 2 | So it will not do to say that the reason why the Government found it necessary to curtail debate on the Bill was that they felt that there would be massive opposition to it . |
| 3 | There would be some opposition to American bases , he said , but most people face the prospect with equanimity . |
| 4 | It is likely that there would be significant opposition to the idea that local taxes should bear the burden of redeeming the old debt as well as building up new capital . |
| 5 | That there will be fierce opposition to such changes is fairly certain , and there will be vociferant arguments against them , and whilst these must be listened to , they must be allowed to have influence only if they can help in the process of bringing into being the new philosophy or religion . |