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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a petition opposing sth
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458 local people signed a petition opposing the move.
adamantly opposed to
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Britain is adamantly opposed to the new directive.
bitterly opposed
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The march was bitterly opposed by local residents.
conflicting/opposing views (= completely different )
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There are conflicting views about the best way to teach reading.
implacably opposed to
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He remained implacably opposed to Stalin’s regime.
oppose a move
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Union members have opposed the move.
oppose a nomination (= say that you think someone should not be given a job or position )
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Senator Hatch said that he would oppose Lee's nomination to assistant attorney general.
oppose a regime (= fight or compete against it )
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People who opposed the regime were executed in a wave of political violence.
rival/opposing/opposition fans (= fans who support different teams competing against each other )
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There were fights between rival fans outside the stadium.
strongly opposed to
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I’m strongly opposed to capital punishment.
the opposing team
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A member of the opposing team grabbed hold of his shirt.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
adamantly
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Several Bolshevik commissars favoured such a compromise, but Lenin and Trotsky were adamantly opposed and negotiations broke down.
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But religious right leaders had adamantly opposed him because of his views on abortion and affirmative action.
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During his 1995 mayoral campaign, Miller was adamantly opposed to letting Tucson Water slip into private hands.
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But both face populations that have adamantly opposed any cutbacks.
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But on this issue some people are adamantly opposed to the Church speaking out.
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The voucher proposal has been adamantly opposed by teachers unions as a scheme that would weaken public schools.
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But Dewey adamantly opposed a dual system of education, with one curriculum for the college-bound and another for everyone else.
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They have asked each to take a pay cut, something their agent, Jim Solano, has adamantly opposed .
also
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He also opposes an ethnic-studies requirement.
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The local council also opposes the compulsory purchase order.
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It was also opposed by music director Yoav Talmi, who threatened to resign if any orchestra members were fired.
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Students of the Barnes education classes are also opposing the tour in its current form.
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Some atheist groups also oppose the measure.
as
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I had been sold an older slot A Athlon as opposed to a socket A Thunderbird.
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The mindset is to go after the person complaining, as opposed to the issue.
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Testers will need a direct connection to the Internet, as opposed to the dial-up connections popular with home Internet subscribers.
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The black dropout rate citywide was 50 percent, as opposed to 13 per-cent for whites.
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Buchanan was everywhere in the days before the primary, as opposed to Bob Dole who pretty much stiffed the state.
bitterly
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In June 1969 a proposed Connolly commemoration parade through Belfast city centre was bitterly opposed by loyalists.
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When we put this strategy into place. it was bitterly opposed by many people.
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Its members have been responsible for some of the worst atrocities during the Troubles and bitterly oppose any decommissioning.
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Republicans bitterly oppose sampling, saying it invents people for Democratic benefit.
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His strategy of seeking an accommodation with Labour was bitterly opposed by many Liberals.
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It was difficult working at central office among people who had bitterly opposed our plan.
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Consequently it was bitterly opposed by some of the bishops.
diametrically
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A more recent image is diametrically opposed to this and emphasizes the affluence of later life.
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To begin with, he was diametrically opposed to the economic ideas advocated by Adam Smith.
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But it was not only different: the two were diametrically opposed .
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It is clear that Guthrie and Linforth follow diametrically opposed methods and reach contradictory conclusions about the nature and existence of Orphism.
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Paula Modersohn-Becker thought of the city and the country as diametrically opposed territories.
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In essence, the founding giants of the computer industry were diametrically opposed in both platform and product.
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Therefore, introspection and self-observation are diametrically opposed in action and effect, and should never be confused one with another.
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Here then the first mate and the captain are diametrically opposed .
fiercely
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It involves a further transfer of sovereignty to Brussels and is likely to be fiercely opposed by Tory Euro-sceptics.
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It could cause further delays to the scheme, which has been fiercely opposed in Kent.
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Owners Abroad has consistently fiercely opposed the Airtours bid.
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It would require the unanimous approval of all member states, and Ireland and Luxembourg would be fiercely opposed .
strongly
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But its greater underlying significance is demonstrated by the fact that it, too, has been strongly opposed by Yard conservatives.
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Those provisions had been strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association.
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And he said the application would be strongly opposed by residents.
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The left strongly opposes both nuclear tests and plans to manufacture nuclear weapons.
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Military and police commanders, as well as the top security minister, strongly opposed the move.
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The Government has intensified its control of local expenditure and local councils have strongly opposed the policy.
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Howard was strongly opposed to prison unemployment in the different circumstances with which he was familiar.
vehemently
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Welfare feminists vociferously supported protective legislation, and equality feminists vehemently opposed it.
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But there are others who vehemently oppose changing the general plan designation in either area.
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The conference was vehemently opposed by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Hezb-e Islami, the principal fundamentalist faction.
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They are, like Steven, vehemently opposed to affirmative action.
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The Lydende Party vehemently opposed the committee chairperson, partly as a consequence of longstanding family feuds.
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He is vehemently opposed to abortion, gay rights and many aspirations of the Third World.
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But they vehemently oppose the kind of expenditure that helps the underclass.
■ NOUN
abortion
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The fundamental argument of those who oppose abortion anywhere is deceptively appealing.
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He remains passionately opposed to abortion , gay rights, affirmative action and immigration, legal or illegal.
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Alan Keyes, an eloquent black talk-show host who fervently opposes abortion , has never officially abandoned the race.
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Dole and Kemp both oppose abortion , and the new Republican platform retains a strong anti-abortion plank.
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Buchanan opposes abortion , affirmative action, immigration and imports.
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Mack, a solid conservative who opposes abortion , could help Dole in electoral vote-rich Florida.
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I am opposed to abortion on demand.
action
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MacArthur was opposed to such action .
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It also passed an emergency resolution opposing federal anti-affirmative action legislation.
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However, nothing in the document challenges the Communist party, and it opposes any action against the state.
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Buchanan opposes abortion, affirmative action , immigration and imports.
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Therefore, introspection and self-observation are diametrically opposed in action and effect, and should never be confused one with another.
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They are, like Steven, vehemently opposed to affirmative action .
amendment
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He opposes the Gallegly Amendment , denouncing the idea of a government that refuses to educate all the children under its care.
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Republicans have complained that Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to incite seniors groups and others to oppose the constitutional amendment .
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The Law Society vigorously opposed the restrictive amendment .
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Formally, the Democratic leadership in both chambers opposed the Helms amendment .
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My second reason for opposing the amendment spans economics and politics.
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Among Republicans opposing the amendment are Texas Sens.
ban
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For what other reason does he oppose a blanket advertising ban on tobacco?
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Whitman enraged conservatives by opposing a ban on late-term abortions sent to her by the state legislature.
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On Jan. 5 eight journalists were suspended, apparently for opposing the ban .
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Traditionally, Democrats opposed any limits or bans on PACs and Republicans opposed any limit on overall spending.
bill
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Lawmakers said they had been strongly lobbied by constituents opposed to the bill .
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I have said several times that we will not oppose the Bill .
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The Tennessee Education Association, which represents 43, 000 teachers in the state, has opposed the evolution bill .
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The second is put down by a another sacked minister, Mr George Walden, who opposes the bill in principle.
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Barbara Boxer, when she announced she will oppose the anti-gay marriage bill .
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The amendment is opposition for the sake of opposing , but of course the Labour party has opposed every privatising Bill .
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To win her support, the ports would have to open discussions with labor unions that oppose the bill .
change
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The Conservatives are likely to oppose any suggestion of change .
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Instead of standing idly by or opposing change , the union should become actively involved in making change happen.
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Did they make a mistake by their decision to oppose changes ?
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But when Eisenhower opposed changes in the law, Durkin resigned and accused the Republican president of a double-cross.
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It had continually opposed socio-political change and had had little understanding of the industrialization process up to that time.
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The merchant capitalists who controlled the City were much opposed to changes in this.
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He had opposed the radical change of direction effected by Occhetto and the proposed change of the name of the party.
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For Marxists, the changing nature of capitalist interests ultimately dictates what happens in medicine even though doctors themselves may oppose the changes.
government
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He opposed the Government over the Official Secrets Act in 1989 and has consistently backed the cause of freedom of information.
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He supports parental notification and opposes government funding, but does not advocate a constitutional amendment banning abortion.
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Her Majesty's Parliamentary Opposition have of course a duty to oppose the Government of the day as part of their constitutional function.
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He was merely opposed to aggressive governments .
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Backbenchers moved 3510 amendments, only 171 being carried and most of these were not opposed by the government .
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How should we oppose government plans?
group
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Local amenity societies and conservation groups therefore frequently oppose their construction -; and all too often the houses remain unbuilt.
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Republicans have complained that Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to incite seniors groups and others to oppose the constitutional amendment.
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Pro-abortion groups also oppose the protocol on the grounds that it is too restrictive.
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Some atheist groups also oppose the measure.
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A local group has formed to oppose the mining and has held its first public meeting.
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Trial lawyers and some consumer groups also oppose the plan, and no-fault generally.
idea
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Britain opposed the idea of a global initiative and the raising of more money specifically for education.
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To begin with, he was diametrically opposed to the economic ideas advocated by Adam Smith.
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He's opposed to the idea .
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The Democratic leader broke with the Clinton administration, which opposes the idea .
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At the end of the last century few clerics opposed the idea of evolution.
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But labor unions, fearing loss of jobs, are planning to oppose the idea .
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But Peter Walker, the agriculture minister, opposes the idea of a new law.
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His generals, however, opposed the idea .
law
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Those opposed say existing law already outlaws electronic piracy, and that law-abiding users would suffer.
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In general, Forbes opposes any law that raises the cost of doing business.
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But the head of a coalition opposing the bill said laws already on the books outlaw electronic pirating.
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Environmental forces that have long opposed the Retail Rate Law cheered its repeal.
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But when Eisenhower opposed changes in the law , Durkin resigned and accused the Republican president of a double-cross.
legislation
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Above all, Churchill was opposed to passing major legislation before the war was won.
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It also passed an emergency resolution opposing federal anti-affirmative action legislation .
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She opposed protective labour legislation for women workers.
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The Bush administration has gone further, and said it does not oppose the new legislation .
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Clinton opposed the legislation but signed it anyway because, he said, he needed other important measures in the defense bill.
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He slammed the door on every meeting, opposed all legislation and blocked the working of institutions.
marriage
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They said her father had opposed the marriage fiercely; but all that was forgotten now.
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Clinton opposes homosexual marriage , according to White House spokesman Mike McCurry.
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The events upon which the play is based suggest an interesting examination of the forces opposing happiness in marriage .
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Barbara Boxer, when she announced she will oppose the anti-gay marriage bill.
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Some polls show as many as 70 percent of respondents oppose gay marriage .
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And Bill was shocked to see her agent take the stand, saying that he had opposed the marriage to Bill.
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How could the man I trusted to make life better turn around and oppose my right to marriage ?
measure
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I should have thought that good sense would dictate that some one who opposes every measure begins to lose credibility.
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Arteaga and Alarcon have publicly opposed the extreme economic measures Bucaram had announced, while supporting more gradual reform.
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He may oppose this measure but he should not pre-empt the results of the environmental assessment.
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Could individual States that were part of the Union oppose measures adopted by its central Government?
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Some atheist groups also oppose the measure .
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All the Republicans except Buchanan support global free trade and oppose direct measures to discourage companies from moving manufacturing plants overseas.
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Both Texas senators, Phil Gramm and Hutchison, voted against tabling the amendment because they opposed the measures .
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Mulholland, however, along with most leaders in the Republican and Democratic parties, opposed the open primary measure .
move
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Yusuf Bozkurt Ozal, the president's brother and a member of parliament, opposes his sister-in-law's move into politics.
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But Lott said he would oppose such a move .
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Military and police commanders, as well as the top security minister, strongly opposed the move .
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According to diplomatic sources, Mbonimpa had been opposed to the moves by President Buyoya to include Hutus in the government.
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An action group opposing the move for Paisley Grammar school has now been set up.
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But in Britain police, probation and child protection agencies opposed the move , warning that it would risk driving paedophiles underground.
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But Hambleton District Council opposes the move as the property lies in the heart of the town's industrial estate.
party
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I am surprised that the Labour party has decided to oppose it.
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There was speculation that pragmatists within the party opposed the hard-line stance of its Swadeshi Jagran Manch lobby.
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It is designed for one party to put forward a proposition which the other party denies or opposes .
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Prominent anti-abortion activists in the party had opposed the resolution, because it might prove embarrassing.
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But after 1947, Nehru began to assert his supremacy and sack party chiefs who opposed him.
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Mulholland, however, along with most leaders in the Republican and Democratic parties , opposed the open primary measure.
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The amendment is opposition for the sake of opposing , but of course the Labour party has opposed every privatising Bill.
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Although the Labour party opposes the discount scheme, it does not attempt to address the unfairness inherent in a property tax.
percent
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On the issue of abortion rights, Texans split evenly with 46 percent favoring abortion rights and 46 percent opposing abortion.
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Undecided voters split 49 percent in favor of abortion rights, 41 percent opposed .
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The California Poll found that 57 percent favored permitting cannabis prescriptions and 42 percent were opposed .
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Some polls show as many as 70 percent of respondents oppose gay marriage.
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Thirty-seven percent said they support the agreements, while 35 percent said they oppose them.
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Sixty-four percent said they opposed an amendment, 28 percent said they favored the proposal.
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Thirty-four percent oppose the deal, and 10 percent are undecided.
plan
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The District Council actively opposed her plans .
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Hiatt had come to oppose Shames and his plan to build a $ 30 million high-tech distribution center in Louisville, Ky.
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Delegates voted to oppose the mass opt-out plans and scrap controversial tests for seven and eleven-year-olds.
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She says she might oppose the final annexation plan if given enough reason.
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A recent opinion poll showed that 89 percent of the public said they would oppose plans to bury waste in their neighbourhood.
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But many Contra Costa residents are staunchly opposed to the plan .
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And two councils are to spend money opposing the National Grid plans at a public inquiry.
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Paul Cos. in Minnesota, also oppose the plan .
policy
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Bank officials remain opposed to loosening monetary policy by printing money.
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High-tech firms have opposed both administration policies .
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But his heart was with those students and delegates who opposed Johnson and his policies .
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The Government has intensified its control of local expenditure and local councils have strongly opposed the policy .
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Ronstadt opposes the policy on religious grounds.
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Many of us oppose not just these policies and the international institutions that enforce them.
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By a considerable margin, foreign-policy experts oppose the policy .
proposal
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That is why we oppose the proposals .
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The National Rifle Association and other advocates of firearms rights are expected to vigorously oppose these proposals .
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The Communist Party had originally been opposed to such a proposal .
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Once again, Democrats oppose a Wilson proposal because of its impact on education.
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It firmly opposed the Commission's proposals .
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The president, to be sure, opposes many Republican tax proposals .
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Fnac is asking its customers to sign a petition opposing the proposals to reintroduce r.p.m. on books.
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Neither Democrats nor Republicans in the House are likely to go along and the Clinton administration opposes both proposals as now drawn.
scheme
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The National Farmers Union opposes the scheme , but would also be unhappy about undergrounding because of the damage to crops.
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For Tolonen would be opposed to the scheme .
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Livingstone has opposed the scheme since taking office but has been powerless to act against it.
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The generally accepted view is that the people of Lewis opposed Lord Leverhulme's schemes .
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Although the Labour party opposes the discount scheme , it does not attempt to address the unfairness inherent in a property tax.
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Various people are opposed to this scheme as it will give the youth another area to congregate and possibly cause trouble.
use
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As a health officer I am opposed to the use of illicit drugs.
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Beccaria's reputation for humanity comes from the famous sections that oppose the use of torture and of capital punishment.
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Some, like Senator Joe Biden, who opposed the use of force in the Gulf call for it now.
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That plank also opposes the use of public funds for abortion and organizations that advocate abortion.
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Some doctors and students read a statement of protest opposing the use of a public hall to conduct the meeting.
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We oppose excessive use of decontextualised exercises written only for perusal and marking by a teacher.
view
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He had no ear for differences, no time for the opposing view , valiant in his deafness to contradiction.
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Did opposing views find compromise in final report?
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Study the opposing view with an open mind to make sure of your position.
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For most of his pastorate, Jim could count on Father Ed Dougherty to articulate the opposing view .
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The experts have opposing views to balance the debate, organizers said.
war
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From the beginning, Rawls was opposed to the war , and made his opposition known.
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Many opposed the war and despised the Milosevic government.
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She was opposed to World War I and the resultant erosion of civil liberties.
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Those who oppose the war are either muddled, cowards, or traitors.
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Did he oppose particular types of war ?
■ VERB
continue
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The Labour movement was not, however, convinced by these arguments: rather it continued to oppose family allowances.
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Clinton continued to oppose that provision of the bill during negotiations with House and Senate leaders last week.
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Chief officers continue to oppose any reform of the present system.
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The Republican candidate Ronald Reagan continued to oppose it.
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Mr Bush continues to oppose him, encouraged by this week's court rulings in his favour.
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Stein now decided to quit the fight, though Fisher continued to oppose the amendment.
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However, Cambridgeshire voluntarily introduced formula funding in April 1988, whilst Solihull continued to oppose it.
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I give my hon. Friend the absolute assurance that the Government will continue to oppose it root and branch.
remain
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Bank officials remain opposed to loosening monetary policy by printing money.
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He remains passionately opposed to abortion, gay rights, affirmative action and immigration, legal or illegal.
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The Prison Officers' Association remain opposed to cross-staffing, while the Governors favour it.
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Smashing through the few Night Goblins that remained to oppose them, Duregar and Belegar headed west.
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Nevertheless Chancellor Helmut Kohl remains firmly opposed to a delay on the grounds that it could endanger the project.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as opposed to sth
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The tax system favors the very rich as opposed to ordinary working people.
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Analysts believe that the healthy results can be attributed to an increase in trade as opposed to interest rate fluctuations.
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Another point is to give the medication on a scheduled as opposed to an as-needed basis.
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It stumbled commercially, reaching only No. 28, as opposed to the No. 2 peak of the first album.
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Let the stretch the absolute from your leg as opposed to being your leg.
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Melville uses the eyes of the whale to suggest something of the duality of nature as opposed to the Singularity of man.
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The mindset is to go after the person complaining, as opposed to the issue.
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The squarish wings, as opposed to the swept, triangular variety, suggests A-10s or 37 fighter-trainers.
be opposed to sth
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Most company bosses say they are opposed to employees working a lot of overtime.
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Above all, Churchill was opposed to passing major legislation before the war was won.
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I am opposed to a district-wide imposition of uniforms.
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I am opposed to air mattresses at a rendezvous, personally.
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It is a topic which raises strong emotions and 80% of the population are opposed to bloodsports.
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Its opponents included liberals who were opposed to the death penalty and conservatives who objected to the gun control provisions.
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The other editor, Reform leader Isaac Mayer Wise, was opposed to abolition.
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This constructivist approach is opposed to psychological behaviourism.
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This is opposed to obeying orders from a center, or reacting in lock step to the overall environment.
diametrically opposed/opposite
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The women hold diametrically opposed views on abortion.
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A more recent image is diametrically opposed to this and emphasizes the affluence of later life.
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Furthermore, the lift generated will act in a diametrically opposite direction when the rotation of the cylinder is reversed.
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In essence, the founding giants of the computer industry were diametrically opposed in both platform and product.
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It is clear that Guthrie and Linforth follow diametrically opposed methods and reach contradictory conclusions about the nature and existence of Orphism.
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Its neighbouring census tract to the north exhibited diametrically opposite trends, suggesting that whilst one area improved another declined.
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The assumptions in the two systems are almost diametrically opposed.
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Therefore, introspection and self-observation are diametrically opposed in action and effect, and should never be confused one with another.
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To begin with, he was diametrically opposed to the economic ideas advocated by Adam Smith.
flatly refuse/deny/oppose etc sth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Conservative MPs say they will oppose the new bill.
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Gillmore will be opposed by former Councilman Tobkin for the post of mayor.
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It is typical for local residents to oppose the building of a nuclear waste facility.
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The Church strongly opposes same-sex marriage.
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There will be a rally on September 22 for all those who oppose direct military action.
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Those who opposed the regime were put into prison or even executed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dole opposes a raise in the minimum wage.
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Even the Chamber of Commerce opposes Prop.
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For what other reason does he oppose a blanket advertising ban on tobacco?
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I am surprised that the Labour party has decided to oppose it.
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I never opposed his will but was prompt in obedience to his orders.
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They opposed moving forward with deployment.