Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's opposition to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The composition of any Palestinian delegation remains one of two crucial issues at the heart of Likud 's opposition to the 10 points put forward by President Mubarak of Egypt and devised as clarifications of Israel 's own initiative . |
| 2 | Rafael Eitan resigned as Minister of Agriculture on Dec. 24 in protest at Likud 's opposition to proposals for the direct election of the Prime Minister ; the Likud central committee had voted by a large majority on Dec. 23 against the direct election of the Prime Minister . |
| 3 | The new Japanese Foreign Minister , Michio Watanabe , had already stated that Japan would not participate in this grouping , and Lee Sang Ock also reportedly pledged South Korea 's opposition to the plan . |
| 4 | The two most irreconcilable differences between the JSP and the other opposition elements ( excluding the Japan Communist Party — JCP — which all parties eschewed ) were the JSP 's opposition to nuclear power and its commitment to revise the terms of the Japan-US Security Treaty . |
| 5 | Le Pen 's opposition to the Gulf war confused many supporters and provoked dissidence , notwithstanding his well publicized return from Baghdad on Nov. 22 , 1990 , with 70 freed French hostages [ see also pp. 37758 ; 37871 ] . |
| 6 | As late as 1831 , the Tory , or Burghley , candidate canvassed under the large flag of a painted bull , despite the Marquess of Exeter 's opposition to the custom . |
| 7 | Althusser shared Sartre 's opposition to Stalinism 's emphasis on economism and technical determinism , dissociating himself from it not through an assertion of individual agency but through a reformulation of the Marxist thesis of determination by economic relations — redefined as a causal rather than a historical relation . |
| 8 | Between 1935 and 1939 Nizan 's opposition to the spread of fascism within the fabric of French society became progressively more hostile , more ferocious . |
| 9 | Nor should industry expect ‘ to find refuge in a perpetually depreciating currency ’ , Mrs Thatcher said , underlining Nigel Lawson 's opposition to devaluation of the pound . |
| 10 | In his summing up at the end of ‘ Prospect ’ , the Chief of Air Staff , Sir Dermot Boyle , publicly expressed the RAF 's opposition to the Sandys Reformation . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll have your work cut out to do that — to say nothing about having to contend with Matt 's opposition to the idea . |
| 12 | LYNDA Chalker , reappointed as Minister for Overseas Development despite losing her Wallasey seat at the election , yesterday backed United States Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady 's opposition to new funds for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development whose annual meeting in Budapest ended yesterday . |
| 13 | Clearly , he realised that he must uphold the papacy even in the light of Hadrian 's opposition to imperial equality . |
| 14 | But Mrs Gandhi never forgave Khan 's opposition to her scrapping the privy purses , and to his regret she did not make him a minister . |
| 15 | Ulster 's opposition to Home Rule long pre-dated Law 's leadership and he had rarely even spoken on Irish affairs in parliament before becoming leader . |
| 16 | Republican Senator John C. Danforth , the self-appointed mediator between the two sides , expressed his dismay over Bush 's opposition to a provision of Danforth 's proposed compromise bill which would prohibit employers from adopting employment standards which were not directly related to job performance . |
| 17 | Claiming that his domestic agenda went beyond the liberal-conservative divide of US politics , he denounced President Bush 's opposition to recent civil rights bills , and promised to back a national health plan , to penalize parents whose children missed school , and to send fathers who missed child support payment to prison . |
| 18 | The announcement , regarded by analysts as a reversal of Egypt 's commitment to a regional defence pact , was reportedly due to Egypt 's opposition to the involvement of non-Arab powers , including Iran and Turkey , in regional security arrangements . |
| 19 | Differences were also reported to have stemmed from Egypt 's opposition to any Iranian participation in a Gulf security system [ see p. 38213 ] . |
| 20 | MARGARET THATCHER said yesterday she intends to maintain Britain 's opposition to sanctions against South Africa at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference later this month . |
| 21 | It would have been nice for him to wind things up by breaking the back of Britain 's opposition to integration . |
| 22 | For weeks his local paper the Westmorland Gazette was full of outraged letters from Sedbergh businessmen who saw their profits threatened by Harding 's opposition to the golf course . |
| 23 | The march , scheduled to end in the Kashmiri capital , Srinagar , on Jan. 26 ( Republic Day ) , had reportedly been organized to express the BJP 's opposition to the special constitutional status accorded to Kashmir and , in particular , to a clause prohibiting non-Kashmiris from owning land in the state . |
| 24 | Hahnemann 's opposition to the ignorance and barbarism of the medicine of his day made him many enemies in the medical profession . |
| 25 | In a " clarification " issued on Dec. 25 , however , Hithi stressed Iraq 's opposition to Resolution 706 saying it " could not be applied " . |
| 26 | On Sept. 4 President F. W de Klerk presented the constitutional proposals of the National Party ( NP ) to a federal party congress at Bloemfontein , saying that they demonstrated the NP 's opposition to " domination of any kind " . |
| 27 | Tokes 's opposition to the NSF and support for Hungarian minority rights earned him a number of death threats . |
| 28 | Professor Walters has reinforced Mrs Thatcher 's opposition to British entry to the European Monetary System ( favoured by Sir Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson ) and to her Chancellor 's policy in 1988 of managing the exchange rate to maintain downward pressure on inflation . |
| 29 | That runs counter to Mrs Thatcher 's opposition to any expansion of the parliament 's democratic powers . |
| 30 | Having simply ignored Mrs Thatcher 's opposition to economic and monetary union and the Social Charter , EC leaders were at pains not to underline her complete isolation . |