Example sentences of "[v-ing] in opposition to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had ‘ disavowed any intention , for the present , of acting in opposition to the Labour movement in the country , and certainly their action in many constituencies during the last election gives earnest of their disavowal . ’ |
| 2 | Erm , speaking in opposition to the motion to shut down the college . |
| 3 | Congress , President , Ed , London Region Westminster Trade union Political Staffs Branch er , speaking on a free vote for the London Region but speaking in opposition to motion four one O. |
| 4 | Colleagues , to allow a trades council delegate to represent a trades council view , which could mean an official or member of a trades union speaking in opposition to its national policy , would be unacceptable . |
| 5 | At the same time , if two friends were running in opposition to one another for the same office , aid to one was sure to offend the other . |
| 6 | Standing in opposition to the predatory spirits are the spirits of the earth , who are closely associated with the spirit familiars discussed above under Buid personhood . |
| 7 | Communist fractions , of course , remained in being but they did not breach the basic principle of British trade unionism that there should be no separate organizations based on ideology or religion and standing in opposition to the TUC . |