Sentences with phrase «acting as the opposition»

«They are acting as opposition to Trump,» he said, referencing the use of leaked information to take a hard stance against Trump's administration.

Having surprisingly not qualified for the Euros, the Netherlands» acted as opposition to France and England, with Daley Blind and Memphis Depay the two Red Devils involved.

It's assumed therefore that the murk is primarily there as a narrative device and to act as an opposition to our hero.

Not exact matches

Despite opposition from some Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said this week there will be a vote to repeal Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act, on Tuesday.

The law met with the provisional cause opposition from several American organizations, who perceived too late don't a fair trial and the contents of the act as a «virus» for the Fourth Repair.

In this present age (history as we know it) God has, for reasons best known to Himself allowed relative freedom of action to the powers of this world, which often act in opposition to His will, and cause suffering to those who keep His law.

(Religions act on their principles regardless of how the opposition responds) This implies that ISIS is nothing more than a business run by egocentric tyrants that happen to identify with a particular religion... thus tainting that religion with their insecurity as they attempt to use it as a platform to try and convince their selves of control and eliminate any challenge to their personal views... All because their figurative pee pees can't handle it.

Hence in opposition to Whitehead, at least as he understands him, Leclerc advocates a modified Aristotelianism, according to which the subordinate entities within a physical organism «act on each other reciprocally, and are thus each modified, in some respect, by the relationship, that is, by their acting» (NPE 309).

We must do what we can in response to the love of God, yet as those who know that the world in which we act will be, until the end of time, in opposition to that love.

Considered Cuba's largest and most influential institution outside the government, the Catholic Church today acts as both a force for reforms and a mediator between the government and opposition groups, including some of the island's boldest dissidents.

This line of thought suggests that the products of minds are best conceived as issuing from constructive acts performed by «embodied psyches,» in which psyche and soma resolve their tensions and oppositions with the help of «radical imagination.»

Significant elements within the media continue to act as if they constituted a permanent and not - so - loyal opposition to the government of the day.

We can open out to attack as a force, we can act alone as a skilled warrior or we can form up and become a brick wall for the opposition to bash their head against.

Acting as a kind of sweeper, he would often leave his penalty area to break up an opposition attack - a tactic that would have scared the life out of most goalkeepers let alone their managers.

They will see Sahin's place in the opposition's team as a symbol of our failure to act decisively and strengthen the team.

The various formations that Allegri has employed this season have seen Juventus act as defensive roadblock, counter-attacking dynamos, and possession - dominating pass - masters depending on their opposition.

On the face of it, Jedinak doesn't do anything overly eye catching or spectacular, however, he is extremely effective in breaking up opposition play from his deep lying position and acts as a protective barrier to the defence.

Sané and Sterling acted as the wingers in that game and were tasked with pressing the outer centre - backs in the opposition back three.

Whereas in other games the full - backs have acted more as classic modern day wing - backs, Guardiola wanted them to stay deeper on Saturday so as to draw out the opposition's wingers.

This included a letter to Children and Families Minister Sarah Teather — who had blocked the enactment of joint birth registration, despite it already being on the statute books as part of the 2009 Welfare Reform Act — a legislative change for which the Fatherhood Institute has campaigned long and hard (often as a lone voice and in the face of opposition from other quarters).

He said it was one thing being in opposition and another thing being in government, saying the ruling NPP should stop acting as if it was in opposition.

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it will challenge the implementation of the Representation of the People Amendment Act also known as the ROPAA law, 2006 [Act 699] as ordered by the court.

So its ability to act as a coherent and effective opposition party will be undermined.

Upon defeat, Brown resigned as party leader and Harman became Acting Leader and Leader of the Opposition until Ed Miliband was elected leader.

He was the acting Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party (as chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party) from 1940 during the time Clement Attlee was in government.

She has served in various Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet positions and, in her role as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, she has served as the Acting Leader of the Labour Party twice and Leader of the Opposition: from May to September 2010 and from May to September 2015; and remains the only politician to have held this position on two separate occasions.

Deputy Leader Harriet Harman took over as Acting Leader and became Leader of the Opposition.

Many observers credited his strong opposition to New York's SAFE Act gun - control measure as attracting votes outside the City of Buffalo, but his office has also been embroiled in recent controversies including deaths in the Erie County Holding Center — that could serve as campaign fodder.

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Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman said she would offer a «responsible opposition» as ex-Cabinet members began their work in the shadow Cabinet:

Acting General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described as unfortunate claims by the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Portuphy that the militant goons in the ruling party are responsible for recent killing in the country.

He may not even face Sen. Greg Ball in the general election, but Democrat Justin Wagner is already taking the Putnam County Republican to task for his opposition to the 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

However, faced with opposition from the trade unions, the Liberal government passed The Trade Union Act in 1913, allowing unions to have a political fund as long as members were able to opt out.

Mr Huhne acted as home affairs spokesman when the Lib Dems were in opposition, but was given the energy and climate change brief after playing a prominent role in the coalition negotiations.

Indeed their was a plan last year that the co-operative party could sign up MP's dissatisfied with the Labour leadership and act as the official opposition themselves.

«Saving» the health service is, in the opposition's view, about repealing the coalition's Health and Social Care Act, which - controversial and divisive as it was - is only just starting to get bedded in.

At the time, it was part of a civil rights agenda being set by the then Labour opposition, which included such things as the Human Right Act, and a (failed) «Ethical Foreign Policy» and was in stark contrast to the authoritarian approach of the then Conservative Government; Michael Howard's support for ID cards and Ken Clarke using PII Cetificates in the Matrix Churchill case spring to mind.

Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard says he believes his opposition to New York's gun control law, known as the SAFE Act, played a role in his re-election.

Mr. Crespo's opposition to the Women's Equality Act, a ten - point package of bills, raised eyebrows because it has been championed by Assembly Democrats and Mr. Cuomo, who even created the Women's Equality Party as he ran for re-election last year.

Cuomo said his plans to extend public tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants — the Dream Act — and a plan proposed tax credit offsetting donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds (as well as public schools) were «highly likely» to fall out of talks because the State Senate and Assembly were «dug in» in their respective opposition.

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 was planned as a major reversal of previous gerrymandering by Fianna Fáil (then in opposition).

The leadership crisis of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got filthy this morning when former Acting Chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff stormed the party's secretariat to resume as Chairman.

In this case, although all five parties are in the power - sharing government, the DUP and Sinn Féin are acting as if they are «the government» and the UUP, SDLP and Alliance are «the opposition».

After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down parts of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional in June 2013, the FRC continued its anti-gay crusade, including opposition to the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

But the work and pensions secretary accused Labour of acting as irresponsibly in opposition as they had when in power.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has called the DREAM Act a nonstarter in his house, and with good reason — politically speaking — considering the fact that a number of his new members actively campaigned against the measure during the 2014 elections and were successful at the ballot box as a result of their opposition.

Klein said the IDC had served as a «strong, stabilizing force» during its partnership with the Senate Republicans, but the time has come to reassess that relationship in light of the fact that top progressive priorities like the DREAM Act, a statewide public campaign finance system and the Women's Equality Act aren't being allowed to the floor of the Senate for a vote due to the opposition of GOP Leader Dean Skelos.

Martins has been under attack from his Democratic opponent, Adam Haber, for the Senate GOP's refusal to allow Gov. Andrew Cuomo's full 10 - point Women's Equality Act to come to the floor for a vote as a result of opposition to the abortion - rights plank.

Ali Modu Sheriff was yesterday appointed as the acting chairman of the major opposition party filling the vacuum left by immediate past acting chairman, Uche Secundus.

Opposition urges the prime minister to act «without delay» as calls mount for Amber Rudd to be sacked