Example sentences of "and in opposition to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contrasting with , and in opposition to , the mods , were the rockers or greasers , who with their leather jackets and heavy motor bikes were a diluted version of the American Hell 's Angels . |
| 2 | A body composed of other and smaller bodies , separated and in opposition to one another , which oppress and despise each other and are in a continuous state of war . |
| 3 | On the previous day there had been rallies in many parts of the Russian Federation in support of Yeltsin ( who was under threat of a no confidence vote in the Russian Congress of People 's Deputies as a result of an attack on Gorbachev in February — see p. 38013 ) , and in opposition to Gorbachev and the Union Treaty . |
| 4 | However , reports in October claimed that up to 1,300 Army officers had formed a secret group in support of the former CCP general secretary Zhao Ziyang and in opposition to the Yang brothers . |
| 5 | But at least Pétain , unlike most of the other First War Commanders — and in opposition to de Castelnau , then his immediate superior — knew when to stop , instead of trying to redeem failure fruitlessly , and at terrible cost in lives . |