| Destiny was not to be opposed and the cogwheels that were set in motion could not be stopped, not even by him. |
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| With the Liberal Democrats and some independent peers thought to be opposed, the Government could easily face defeat. |
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| The moderator has previously said he would not be opposed to openly gay ministers. |
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| However, the council will not decide its budget until February 21 and the plans could be opposed by other party political groups. |
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| The introduction of the technology, which is prohibited in several countries, is likely to be opposed by privacy campaigners. |
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| The plan is certain to be opposed by Labour who will see it as another way of allowing privileged queue-jumping. |
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| He is thought to be opposed to any hypothecated, or earmarked taxes for health or other services. |
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| The politically cowardly crowd believe that it is impolitic to be opposed to anything. |
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| But whatever means they find to perpetrate this assault they must be opposed for the warmongers they are. |
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| An atmosphere of racism and xenophobia is spreading, and this rising tide should be opposed in both words and deeds. |
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| This move should be opposed by everyone who believes in women's civil and individual rights, in freedom of expression and in freedom of religion and belief. |
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| They offered various reasons why the draft should be opposed. |
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| What sensible, fair-minded person could be opposed to such a measure? |
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| It is pitted against practicality, since theory is held to be opposed to practice, and the 'purely' theoretical mind is so much disesteemed. |
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| Today, to get out of this rut, class and corporate interests must be opposed insofar as they are not compatible with modern reformism. |
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| In view of the lack of effective ranching in Tanzania, the unlimited quota for ranched specimens should be opposed. |
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| All aid which is not used to finance services in the public interest is prohibited and is to be opposed. |
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| Labour, which holds 41 of the 59 Scottish seats at Westminster, will be opposed to tinkering with the Barnett formula. |
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| The Condorcetian theory could therefore be opposed by contrived counterexamples, but it is effective in action. |
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| He also upheld the idea that cohesion policy and sectoral policies should not be opposed. |
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| Of course, I cannot imagine that many people here would be opposed to tighter controls. |
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| Since one can hardly be opposed to virtue itself, we will support this measure. |
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| It is because of this last concern that we continue to be opposed to nuclear power. |
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| By definition, the Member State concerned will generally be opposed to any such warning. |
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| But it is also essential to communicate the policy change and to engage key stakeholders, especially those who might be opposed to it. |
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| He would not, however, be opposed to avoiding the issue by deleting the second sentence. |
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| Certainly, strong elements of public opinion in the West appear to be opposed to the export of arms in principle, on ethical grounds. |
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| The general conditions prevail over any purchasing conditions that may be opposed to them. |
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| As a citizen, I would not be opposed to experiments of this type, but I am not Minister of National Education! |
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| Such options can impede the shareholders' freedom of choice and be opposed to the interest of the target company. |
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| Opinion polls in the run-up to the referendum consistently showed a majority of voters to be opposed to the ban. |
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| You can also be opposed to the data processing of your information for legitimate reasons. |
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| To Zohra, who obtained a master's degree from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture, the subordinate position of women in a variety of fields must be opposed. |
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| Air France is said to be opposed to using 3M's riblet film-coating, even on a trial basis, because the satin sheen of the grooved surface spoils the white gleam of its logo. |
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| What you have rather is the rise of fairly significant, with a broad base of support, political-ideological movements which claim to be opposed to American imperialist triumphalism. |
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| In any case, the right not to know of the person concerned may be opposed to the interest to be informed of another person and the interests of these two persons should be balanced by internal law. |
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| Nationalism and eurocentrism do need to be opposed. |
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| Their insolence and recklessness must be opposed, and better late than never. |
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| But the oarsmen could not moult themselves in hoplites to be able to be opposed to the Macédonian phalanx: at the time of the final combat, the fleet remained unemployed. |
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| The Thorp plant has long been a nuclear white elephant for the British people, but the people of Ireland have been totally opposed to it for many years, and will continue to be opposed to it. |
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| The business lobby continues to be opposed to the legislation. |
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| In conclusion, the Committee considers that the development of practices aiming to make identic al reproductions of a human being and research which could achieve such purposes, should be opposed in every possible fashion. |
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| That delegation emphasized, however, that it would be opposed to policies that ran counter to its national principles of highly-skilled labour migrants, or labour migrants filling a particular national labour gap. |
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| Whilst appreciating the value of European funds such as MEDIA plus and Eurimages, the EBU and its Members would be opposed to the proposal of a European production fund financed by broadcasters themselves. |
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| The Superintendent continued to be opposed to the unconditional granting of the stay but did make submissions on the requirements of conditions that the Applicant should be required to adhere to, if the stay were granted. |
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| Quantity of work should not be opposed to quality of work. |
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| Except as provided by law, professional secrecy may not be opposed to regulating bodies nor to judicial authorities in the event such authority acts in the context of a penal procedure. |
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| According to the Slovak contact point, it would be necessary for the receiving agencies to seek the addressee, but several countries seem to be opposed to that. |
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| But you have to wonder if they would be opposed to regulating or restricting other activities that pose a risk to the public interest, in the same way that unmitigated greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning does. |
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| During that year's general election, Gully became one of the few Speakers to be opposed in his own constituency, a sign of the bitterness of the time. |
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| Whatever Edward's wishes, it was likely that any claim by William would be opposed by Godwin, the Earl of Wessex, a member of the most powerful family in England. |
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