noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an opposition leader
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The opposition leader accused the government of not being able to control unemployment.
an opposition party (= a party that is not in power )
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The tax increase was criticized by opposition parties.
an opposition politician (= belonging to the party that is not in power – used in some political systems )
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Opposition politicians argued that there was not enough reason to go to war.
bitter opposition
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The new tax aroused bitter opposition.
determined opposition
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The library was closed down despite determined opposition .
encounter opposition/resistance
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The government has encountered strong opposition to its plans to raise income tax.
express opposition to sth (= say that you oppose someone or something )
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Local people have expressed their opposition to plans for a new airport.
face opposition (= deal with strong disagreement )
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The government faced opposition from the Liberal Democrats.
fierce attack/opposition/criticism etc
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The government’s policies came under fierce attack.
implacable opposition
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The government faces implacable opposition on the issue of nuclear waste.
intense opposition
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Locals have voiced intense opposition to plans to expand the airport.
meet with opposition/disapproval etc
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His comments have met with widespread opposition.
principled stand/opposition/objection etc
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He took a principled stand against the legislation.
provoke opposition
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The government's proposals provoked widespread backbench opposition.
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.
stiff competition/opposition
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Graduates face stiff competition in getting jobs.
strong opposition
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There had been strong opposition to the scheme from the national park authority.
the opposition coalition (= forming an opposition party to the government )
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The opposition coalition's strength increased from 37 to 53 seats.
vehement opposition/criticism/hostility etc
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Despite vehement opposition, the Act became law.
whip up interest/opposition/support etc
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They’ll do anything to whip up a bit of interest in a book.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fierce
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There is the fierce opposition voiced by Col.
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The levy, which began on January 1, has met with fierce opposition from the trade unions.
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There was also fierce local opposition in June to plans to build the world's largest nuclear waste facility near Krasnoyarsk.
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Initial reports that the bond was to be fixed at £10,000 stirred fierce opposition to the scheme.
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Yet live Monday games attracted fierce opposition from many Football League managers.
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Expansion of either now faces fierce opposition from environmentalists.
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The Christians faced fierce persecution and opposition , especially from a more numerous religious group known as the Gnostics.
local
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But local opposition groups still protest against the appropriation of their localities through this usage by political and commercial forces.
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Despite all these safeguards and its lopsided superiority over local opposition , the Machine never fails to run scared.
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It's aroused a little local opposition .
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Other trials have been abandoned in the face of local opposition .
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There was also fierce local opposition in June to plans to build the world's largest nuclear waste facility near Krasnoyarsk.
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William Denny recommended that the local opposition should be bought out at the huge cost of £720,000.
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It aroused much local opposition but the directives came into force, technically at least, from I January this year.
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Unlike Heathrow or Amsterdam Schiphol, there is no strong local opposition to more flights.
main
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The main opposition parties had boycotted the elections.
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The next day the main opposition parties joined in the calls for Ershad's arrest and students threatened to storm his home.
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Called by the five main opposition parties and by trade unions, the protest took place with government consent.
political
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The political opposition , on the other hand, is not convinced.
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I failed then to sense the depth of local, commercial and political opposition .
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Finding ways of soothing political opposition to the dumping of highly radioactive waste could prove more difficult than solving the scientific problems.
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They have yet to learn the meaning and significance of constitutional political opposition .
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Punk was at its zenith and political and cultural oppositions were intense.
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The killings are part of a campaign of intimidation and elimination of supporters of the political opposition .
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Kostunica wrote his doctoral thesis in 1976 attesting to the vital role played by political opposition groups in the West.
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In certain states, broadcasters have been disciplined for reporting political opposition .
public
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However, there is intense public opposition both to incinerators and to moving the old shells and bombs around.
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But public opposition has increased since last summer.
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That cabinet came as a huge disappointment to the public and opposition , contributing much to the present unstable atmosphere.
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He blamed the collapse of confidence on hysteria heaped upon the public by the opposition political parties.
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And this brings me to my fourth point, and that is the notion of domestic - public opposition .
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There has been little public opposition to the program.
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Of all the possibilities of interventive reproduction, none has been the subject of more public opposition than surrogacy.
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The tax was scrapped the following year because of public opposition and implementation problems.
stiff
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He is called upon both to defend his faith against stiff opposition and to spread it among his friends.
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But that idea has run into stiff opposition .
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Union leaders warned that the group's attempt to cut jobs could face stiff opposition .
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It is likely to face stiff opposition from trade unions, including the teachers' union, if it does so.
strong
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Mr Major has repeatedly made clear his strong opposition changing the voting system.
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But there is strong opposition to that spot: Critics say it would destroy the vista.&038;.
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The strongest opposition is likely to come from supporters of nuclear power, which was cut sharply in the Clinton budget.
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In each so-called cooperative the attention paid to social issues, work conditions, and community welfare was meeting strong opposition .
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However, strong opposition resulted in rejection of this Bill despite his excellent testimony as an expert witness.
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Among the spots on the battlefield where the attacking forces encountered strong opposition was a peach orchard on the Union left.
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Any attempt by the mining company to undertake operations seems certain to run into strong opposition .
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Both plans were dropped because of the strong opposition of mayors, congressmen, and urban lobbying groups.
■ NOUN
candidate
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It carries an aura of respect and makes the main opposition candidate look even more of an outsider.
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Probably only an opposition candidate who was himself a nationalist should have led the final resistance.
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Among the successful opposition candidates was Hitoshi Motoshima, who was narrowly elected to a fourth term as mayor of Nagasaki.
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The opposition candidate , Mr Dharam Vir, was charged yesterday with the murder of a Congress worker.
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Even when an opposition candidate seemed to have won, it could be taken from him.
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Last week, gunmen kidnapped opposition candidate Claudy Myrthil.
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No opposition candidate won a seat.
coalition
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The opposition coalition criticized the tax-free zones as exploiting women textile workers and as creating dependence on foreign countries.
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Leaders of the opposition coalition Zajedno, or Together, address the crowd.
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Their failure also appeared to reduce the chance of creating an effective opposition coalition .
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The newly formed opposition coalition insisted it was the majority and kept the original day and time.
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Instead, the center-right opposition coalition that is leading the street demonstrations is demanding early elections.
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An identical opposition coalition had backed the victorious Rengo-no-kai candidate in the Nara prefecture by-election on Feb. 9.
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With the opposition coalition holding firmly together, more history-making is likely in the coming weeks.
group
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Fourteen women were gang raped in May 1990, when paramilitary soldiers raided five villages in Assam in search of armed opposition groups .
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On Sept. 11 Kravchuk met leaders of opposition groups , when topics under discussion included a transitional government and a new constitution.
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They also made it clear that the party fears that New Forum and other opposition groups could turn into mass movements.
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The decision, however, was rejected by opposition groups .
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Amnesty International opposes abuses by opposition groups - hostage taking, torture and killing of prisoners and other arbitrary killings.
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It is not perhaps surprising that the source of substitution should have come from the traditional opposition group , the Bani Hashem.
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Often they were targeted simply because they lived in zones of armed conflict between government forces and opposition groups .
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Two opposition groups were formed in response to the constitutional changes.
leader
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Mr Adamec had talks with the opposition leader , Mr Vaclav Havel, on the cabinet lineup.
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When it went off track, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu pulled roughly even.
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Then Tymoshenko and other opposition leaders disagreed over whether to enter into talks with Kuchma or organize a popular referendum against him.
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They also sought to use their influence with Draskovic and other opposition leaders , cautioning them against agitating for further violence.
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For their part, opposition leaders demanded that Mr Fujimori step down immediately in favour of a transition government.
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In July Namaliu outmanoeuvred opposition leader Paias Wingti yet again in a vote of no confidence.
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Rade Markovic is being questioned about a car crash in 1999 in which opposition leader Vuk Draskovic was injured.
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The parallel figures for the opposition leader are 15 % and 60 %.
movement
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Censorship was not legally defined so the opposition movement had to tread carefully.
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The fundamentalist opposition movements that extol the veil are reactivating this age-old connection.
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The majority of these women have remained unemployed and are now working for the opposition movement in a variety of ways.
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Such a government should include members drawn from the existing parliament, the nonviolent opposition movement and rebel leader Kabila himself.
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The opposition movement , Birlik, was banned from taking part, as it was not officially constituted as a political party.
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In fact, the opposition movements , whatever cause they espouse, use them widely to push their propaganda.
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The burgeoning opposition movement here has also extended itself to the army.
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Anwar became a symbol for the opposition movement , and his wife, Wan Aziza Ismail, formed Keadilan.
party
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The four major opposition parties reportedly decided to boycott the Nov. 29 elections in protest at alleged unfair election conditions.
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Every one of the quintet saw the opposition party gain strength during his final period in office.
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The Liberal Democrats' success unleashed speculation about pacts, deals or at least closer co-operation between the two opposition parties .
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By Christmas all three main opposition parties had dissolved themselves.
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The nature of electoral conflict changed as the Labour party succeeded the Liberal as the main opposition party to the Conservatives.
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The opposition parties will be invited to make individual contributions on that day, and to send a small number of delegates.
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Talks between the government and opposition parties in the summer and autumn of 1989 led to improvements in the detention centres.
politician
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He may be judged excessively optimistic, however, if not utterly desperate, in seeking the votes of leading opposition politicians .
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S.-financed program helped opposition politician Rafael Angel Calderon Fournier win the presidency in 1990.
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The action is the latest in a series of assaults on journalists, judges and opposition politicians .
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Vilified by opposition politicians , Bryan lost to McKinley in 1896 and again in 1900.
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He distracts attention with homophobic rants and attacks on opposition politicians and journalists.
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An opposition politician , Chee Soon Juan, was jailed for 12 days in 1999 for speaking in public without a permit.
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In recent weeks, many opposition politicians had campaigned for guarantees of future immunity from prosecution on charges of corruption.
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Kececiler's statement was condemned by opposition politicians and the press.
■ VERB
arouse
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Predictably, this putative development has aroused considerable opposition within public sector higher education.
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The project aroused tremendous community opposition in the mid-1980s and was initially denied a permit by the California Energy Commission.
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It's aroused a little local opposition .
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As might be expected, such a policy aroused enormous controversy and opposition , and was later modified.
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It aroused much local opposition but the directives came into force, technically at least, from I January this year.
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Even where an application does arouse some opposition , issues of public amenity rarely arise.
encounter
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Even a government with substantial majority support would have encountered the same opposition .
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You've probably never encountered opposition before, because you've deliberately gone after the weak who couldn't fight back.
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They encountered no opposition though Ranulf maintained that he had seen a rider watching them as they crossed the bridge at Dalmeny.
express
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At our Sunday Mass, you can see how we all come together to express our silent opposition to the regime.
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The secret ballot gave these students their first free opportunity to express opposition .
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Some consultants have also expressed their opposition .
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The imprecise nature of the emotions expressed requires the opposition of formal restraint to produce the dynamism necessary to the convincing poem.
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Indeed, all the consultants, doctors, local health councils and general practitioners have expressed their opposition .
face
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The reforms will have to be passed by the national conference where they will face considerable opposition .
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But they face opposition from a lobbying powerhouse of credit card companies, banks, auto companies and retail chains.
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Gramm faces token opposition in the Republican primary scheduled for March 12.
lead
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His son was now to take charge and lead the opposition to Lij Yasu.
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Liberty-loving Patrick Henry led the opposition to disestablishment.
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The new show, in which leading opposition figures have been charged, is technically within the law.
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So long as Stravinsky had led the opposition on behalf of tonality, art music had broadened and deepened in expressive range.
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And yet it looks doomed to failure, thwarted by a United States-\#led opposition .
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As a senator, Bob Dole led the opposition to this reform effort.
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Brown led the opposition campaign, and later criticized the media for creating a negative image of the Legislature.
meet
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These are likely to meet with opposition on the grounds of spoiling favourite views.
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In each so-called cooperative the attention paid to social issues, work conditions, and community welfare was meeting strong opposition .
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On Christmas Day, he met the opposition head-on.
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Still the plan met intense opposition .
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The proposals were met with opposition from across the political spectrum.
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That met a lot of opposition from different sources.
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The levy, which began on January 1, has met with fierce opposition from the trade unions.
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Before they start down the court to meet the opposition , they warm up.
overcome
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In each they struggled with considerable success to overcome that opposition .
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By her patience and charity she eventually overcame opposition and became the advisor and dearest friend of the whole household.
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Our ancestors were somehow able to overcome all the opposition that stood in their way.
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But he could not overcome strong opposition from anti-abortion activists in the party.
run
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Ironically, when Leicester did run at the opposition , the previously secure Quins looked vulnerable.
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But he said that the request is likely to run into opposition unless efforts to overhaul the program are completed.
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But although test boreholes were successfully sunk at Altnabreac in Caithness in November 1975, the programme quickly ran into opposition elsewhere.
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But that idea has run into stiff opposition .
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Vogts can not be accused of running away from top-class opposition .
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His political views were closely akin to those of the monarchists, and he ran into immediate opposition ii, Congress.
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Not surprisingly Teetotalism at first ran into opposition from some Nonconformists who saw it as a rival pseudo-religion.
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Newlands' bill, as expected, ran into immediate opposition .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be loud in your praise/opposition/support etc
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Nevertheless, both my master and Agrippa were loud in their praise of my martial prowess.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Opposition to the war grew rapidly.
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Despite strong opposition , the law was passed.
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In the last 17 games, the Red Wings have outscored the opposition 36-8.
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Plans for the new stadium will no doubt face a lot of opposition .
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Seles had reached the semi-finals without really facing any serious opposition .
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The opposition fought hard, but had no chance of winning.
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The team won all their games against local opposition , but lost in the international competition.
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Thousands of people plan to gather on Sunday to express their opposition to the government's handling of the crisis.
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Widespread opposition to the military government led to violence in the streets.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All but the extreme nationalist opposition is portrayed as traitorous.
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Anwar became a symbol for the opposition movement, and his wife, Wan Aziza Ismail, formed Keadilan.
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But he deludes himself in thinking this reflects support for himself when, in fact, it reflects discomfort with the opposition .
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Finding ways of soothing political opposition to the dumping of highly radioactive waste could prove more difficult than solving the scientific problems.
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In practice the opposition was the beneficiary of the parity reform.
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The modern militant opposition forces who claim power in the name of the sacred are only replaying that scenario.
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The Senate votes of confidence were boycotted by the opposition on the grounds that the legislative role of parliament was being restricted.
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The strongest opposition is likely to come from supporters of nuclear power, which was cut sharply in the Clinton budget.