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    opposition


    1. opposition of that promise


    2. Courage against opposition - God knew there would be times that Joshua would


    3. face obstacles or opposition


    4. This are the most frequent questions and opposition that I hear – especially when speaking with nonbelievers


    5. ” If that God, and that King, can reign over that stiff-necked people, a people whose last national statement towards God was, "We have no king but Caesar" (John 19:15), then what do you think will be the disposition of other nations? If God can possess Israel, a people who, in all their unbelief and opposition to Him, have blasphemed His name in the nations, then He will have all the nations


    6. all of the opposition parties in the country's parliament


    7. leader of the opposition, shadow trade secretary and old weasel


    8. SATA : The opposition


    9. ‘Yes, there was quite a lot of opposition to the conversion


    10. Dawn’s dad remembered it very clearly … another example of Bunty’s charisma in action, I wonder? Anyway, the opposition was led by a Mr Gosford whom I happen to know proposed to Bunty in an attempt to get his hands on her property

    11. He had to run the gauntlet of a fair bit of opposition from the family generally but nothing put him off


    12. "What he stands for is, or I should say opposition to what his pursuers stand for


    13. The low price of corn, from 1741 to 1750, both inclusive, may very well be set in opposition to its high price during these last eight or ten years


    14. These twenty years preceding 1750 may very well be set in opposition to the twenty preceding 1770


    15. we learn about God in opposition with idols


    16. up in this way usually in the opposition with the official


    17. To each one the other side is evil because its objective, purpose and mission are in full and perfect opposition to the other


    18. the opposition is none other but Antonis


    19. is the opposition organised in the street by KKE


    20. of the opposition are both truly dangerous,

    21. especially since the opposition is not at all


    22. opposition in the future will not be equally


    23. direct opposition to the teaching of Jesus Christ


    24. Martin saw an announcement this past summer that the Administration had decided to use it as a storage facility, however there had been a groundswell of citizen opposition to this plan


    25. “Tell him that we have encountered no opposition at present but it would be best if a Company was sent up to safe guard the water supply and to stop it falling into enemy hands should they launch an attack


    26. Upon a subsequent occasion, in 1750, when a proposal was made to parliament for putting the trade under the management of a regulated company, and thereby laying it in some measure open, the East India company, in opposition to this proposal, represented, in very strong terms, what had been, at this time, the miserable effects, as they thought them, of this competition


    27. His interest is, in this case, set as directly in opposition to his duty as it is possible to set it


    28. At first we moved fast over the terrain with no opposition in sight and this put us in a light hearted mood and we all thought that at last things were going right for us


    29. What are called metaphysics, or pnemnatics, were set in opposition to physics, and were cultivated not only as the more sublime, but, for the purposes of a particular profession, as the more useful science of the two


    30. They are more disposed to examine, and more capable of seeing through, the interested complaints of faction and sedition; and they are, upon that account, less apt to be misled into any wanton or unnecessary opposition to the measures of government

    31. To attempt to terrify them, serves only to irritate their bad humour, and to confirm them in an opposition, which more gentle usage, perhaps, might easily induce them either to soften, or to lay aside altogether


    32. Religion, priests, parents, opposition, exams, marriage, mortgages, bills, work, and a child! And didn't opt out


    33. The center of the opposition


    34. Cole to Express Opposition to Islamic Terrorism over Objections of Base Commander!" „Jesse Nieto is one of those many unsung patriotic Americans


    35. So, naturally, there had to be opposition, established as in any political system


    36. A progressive (also read: liberal) stance maintains most if not all of the following propositions, and will in most cases brook no opposition to them


    37. Governor Maxwell reminded the King of his direct refusal to the ultimatums dispatched to him; further, that he sent Envoys to England, in direct opposition to orders; for they were told that all negotiations must be made to the Governor on the coast


    38. To her surprise, the opposition from her husband was less than she


    39. Democrats have certainly won, with little opposition from Republicans, the Battle of Ideas


    40. something which happens when surrounded by "yes men" and the natural arrogance to dismiss all critics as "from the opposition

    41. He knows it is very difficult not to throw money at a problem and almost impossible to stop doing so without the electorate complains about a "down scaling of jobs" and "leaving us open for attack" and whatever cr-p the opposition politicians can think off to make life difficult for you


    42. The War on Terror is encountering a great deal of opposition from the (hard) Left who continue to advance the notion of American Moral Culpability; that is to say, that America is the (historical) root cause of (all) worldly grievances and should therefore make every conceivable effort to redress certain points of contention that have evolved from its own (alleged) transgressions; thereby giving (justifiable) cause to the underlying motives that led up to the events of 9/11


    43. Liberals and (some) Moderate Republicans voicing their opposition over the outsourcing of jobs overseas and its dampening effect on the United States economy should give equal expression (as well) to Illegal Immigration that has similarly produced dire


    44. ” Otis's tactics and the heavier US troop losses that resulted led to a great deal of opposition to the war within the US


    45. There was strong opposition in the US to conquest, led by the Anti-Imperialist League


    46. In fact the wife, our opposition, wanted to know so desperately that she paid this forensic auditor a lot of money to give her all the evidence she needed since he had full access to my clients records


    47. That this murder program could be carried out so systematically, in spite of eight tenths of the public opposing it, and not get opposition from more than a few congressmen, is appalling but not surprising


    48. What instead needs to be explained is why opposition is so strong to government intervention on some issues, but not others, and why that opposition is so strong that some will literally let people die


    49. That led to his contacts being cancelled and the opposition moved in and we were called too late to prevent it


    50. We had a client who was so impressed with us that he would call in the middle of the night to say he is in trouble at with the opposition after him














































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    Synonyms for "opposition"

    opposition resistance confrontation enemy foe foeman opponent opposite oppositeness antagonism counteraction meeting hostility buffeting opposing resisting clash strife combat rivalry adversary disputant antagonist competition contrast offset objection contrariety discord difference distaste incompatibility disfavour constraint restriction hindrance tyranny

    "opposition" definitions

    the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with


    the relation between opposed entities


    the act of hostile groups opposing each other


    a contestant that you are matched against


    a body of people united in opposing something


    a direction opposite to another


    an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)


    the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected