Sentences with phrase «despite vocal opposition»

Despite vocal opposition, this government is «so resistant from backing down from its position.»

The RGB voted 5 - 4 in favor of the proposed hikes at the May 5 preliminary vote despite vocal opposition and cries from the crowd.

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Our team lacks pace all round, and despite the vocal support for our manager shown at the London Stadium last week, I haven't yet worked out our strategy in breaking down opposition defences.

Despite more than 90 MPs signing the parliamentary motion against the proposals tabled by Audrey Wise MP, outbursts of anger at meetings of the PLP addressed by Harriet Harman, protests and vocal opposition from women Labour Party members and lone parent organisations — even Glenys Kinnock MEP added her name to a petition and letter against the proposals — the new batch of Labour women MPs were largely noticeable by their absence.

Despite the obvious tension and Speaker Silver's prior vocal opposition to the plan, an Assembly source tells our Capitol crew that Assembly Democrats prepared to propose a compromise deal to the senate.

A handful of San Francisco elementary school principals facing an urgent need to fill positions for the fall have hired Teach for America recruits despite the school board's vocal opposition to the organization.

His voice was clear and consistent, despite serious illness, and despite encountering vocal opposition by powerful forces — individuals who seek to make policy on the basis of wishful thinking and disinformation rather than sound science.