Sentences with phrase «majority of opposition»

While there are quite serious issues to consider in how ACES was weakened leading to its passage yesterday and serious issues about whether this is the bill that is required, the vast majority of the opposition to the bill relied on deceit and deception.

By now the majority of the opposition, or at least those who are reasonably well informed, realise that there is no evidence for:

The vast majority of political and ideological support for school choice resides on the right side of the political spectrum, and the vast majority of opposition comes from the left.

But when the legislature had a majority of the opposition, they would elect three or four senators and outvote the governor.

The vast majority of the opposition we see is covered by my answer.

The Canada - wide responses are similar to responses within British Columbia, where 54 per cent of respondents said they support the project, including in Vancouver and Victoria, where the majority of the opposition to the pipeline is centered.

Eggman attributes the majority of this opposition to discomfort with the program's funding source.

Not exact matches

Facing opposition from internet pioneers, online companies, members of Congress and the vast majority of Americans — all of whom are worried about broadband providers offering cut - down packages of services rather than the full internet — he released a jokey video scoffing at their dire predictions.

While approval is not a given since the ruling coalition government led by Abe's LDP does not have a majority in the upper house of parliament, most analysts do not foresee any problems given signs this week that main opposition parties will not block the nominations.

Abe's ruling camp controls the lower house but lacks a majority in the upper house, so needs the support of opposition parties to pass the nomination.

The motion, a broadly worded declaration of support for foreign policy, received 158 votes in favor, below the necessary majority of 160 votes and was followed by a chorus of opposition calls for the government to «quit, quit, quit».

Opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party led with 43.3 percent of the vote in the first round of elections but failed to secure a majority vote needed to win, according to the electoral commission.

The growing opposition from major shareholders could be a big problem for Dell because in order for the company to go private, he needs the approval of the majority of shareholders, excluding his stake in the company.

A majority of Americans favor legal pot and pro-legalization campaigns have overwhelmingly outraised the opposition.

Enbridge's Gateway (now with major Chinese government investment) has already garnered 56 % majority opposition in this province to ANY pipeline and supertanker traffic in the north irrespective of any upping of the benefits package.

Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

At that time I wrote: «Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

Opposition to Obamacare, instead of being mixed and uneven, would quickly become unanimous as a result of what would amount to a broad tax increase on the population with zero payoff for the vast majority of citizens (since they remain uninsured.)

This opposition however, has not been held by a majority of B.C. residents in reporting done by the Angus Reid Institute.

The PQ government holds just a slim majority of seats in the legislature, so it would need support from at least one opposition party for the budget to pass.

In its opposition to the tariffs, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) had not only the backing of the majority of the solar industry, but also enlisted the aid of right - wing think tanks including the Heritage Foundation and American Legislative Exchange Council, as well as a host of manufacturing interests and large energy consumers.

In fact, as Elizabeth O'Bagy wrote in the Wall Street Journal, «Moderate opposition groups make up the majority of actual fighting forces,» but they won't be there for long without help.

But where you vocal in your opposition to what I feel are the insane policy views of a large group (if not majority), of Christians?

It is important to recognize that traditional beliefs about the Trinity and about the status of Jesus Christ, which are often called Christology, were shaped by opposition to views which the majority of Christians felt were untrue to scripture and to their experience of faith.

Monday's vote received the two - thirds majority it needed in each of the three houses of the General Synod to pass, with members of the laity on this occasion overturning their previous opposition to the move.

Jesus is a real historical figure, a viewpoint held by the vast majority of atheist, agnostic and believing historians, yet you cling to the illusion that He isnt in opposition to all the evidence to the contrary

The issue then centered in Vietnam, the bitter opposition to it and its effects by the vast majority of students, and the role of the chapel as the center of the resistance.

Opposition was aroused in conservative circles, but so much of what was written was obviously from reverent scholars, constructive rather than negative, completely devoted to Christ and His Church, that in time general assent was given by the majority of thoughtful churchmen to the more moderate conclusions.

For Küng, the pope's declaration that the ban on contraception was still binding, in opposition to the majority vote of his own birth control commission, indicated that infallibility itself was the major block to church reform.

Despite the majority of its residents» opposition, Philadelphia became the first major U.S. city to approve a 1.5 - cent - per - ounce tax on soda and other sugary drinks.

While majorities are in favour of allowing foreign investment in manufacturing and the financial sector, the prospect of foreign companies investing in Australian agriculture, infrastructure projects such as ports and airports, and the National Broadband Network (NBN) provoked significant opposition.

7 p.m., Brooklyn Nets (19 - 15) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (15 - 20), YES, Comcast SportsNet Philly: The Nets actually do seem to have turned things around under P.J. Carlesimo: Sure, the majority of their games have come against sub-par opposition, but they did knock off the Oklahoma City Thunder by 17.

Well it largely depends on the strength of the opposition but the majority of the time it's fair to suggest the Chilean takes the crown.

The Writers criticism of supporters waving WENGER OUT BANNERS is wrong.Supporters have every right to show their contempt of this man who has now made himself the point of ridicule and a laughing stock within the football world.Im talking opposition supporters, tv and press as well as the ever increasing majority of the Arsenal Fanbase.Who ever wrote this article has misjudged the mood of the support and is badly mistaken if he feels his comments will carry any credibility.How many WENGER IN banners are held up each match?The only chants for Wenger to stay are from our opponents fans.Of course they want him to stay.Why wouldn't they?

Depends on signings, injuries and making sure we show up with the right attitude for the overwhelming majority of our matches, as well as flexibility in how we approach and play games against different kinds of opposition.

Since we already knew that a majority of public bettors routinely take ranked teams against ranked opposition, I believed that we could exploit this tendency by focusing on heavily bet games where shading would be more prevalent.

It's a pretty second rate league and not exactly the best proving ground... Morata scored in 5 consecutive CL games against much, much, much stronger opposition, 6G and 6A in 1200 mins of Serie A playing time (the majority of which, were in a sub late in game as the second choice)

Walcott needs to learn how to bully defenders as well as use his pace and until then we have to play the CF for the opposition, if they put every man behind the ball and give us majority of the possession then we need Giroud as he can bully players in the box and make space for himself better than Theo.

While a large majority of, if not all, Man Utd fans love Lingard having seen him come up through the youth ranks and establish himself as a senior star now, it's fair to say that he does have a habit of winding up opposition supporters with his social media antics and celebrations on the pitch.

His recovery pace also meant that despite spending the majority of his time camped high in the opposition half, he was on hand to help out defensively when required.

You know the majority of the fans are supporting the opposition.

NSW had effectively shut down Sammy Treherne and Lefau - Fakaosilea for the majority of the game which limited the opposition's attacking play out wide, but Sammy Treherne would not give up and finally got some space to make a run up the sideline only to be tackled into touch just a metre short of the try line by captain courageous Ash Hewson, saving a game winning try.

As the diagram below shows, despite starting from out - wide, Wilshere spent the majority of his time in the central zones of the field, a tactic deployed to help Arsenal break down the opposition.

Majority of Dembele's passes were placed in the forward direction and in the opposition half against West Ham, but in the Arsenal tie, a considerable chunk of the 25 - year - old's passes were directed backwards (24 % as compared to 10 %).

Our August triumph over Roma at the Stadio Olimpico was written off by the majority as a fluke because of all the «episodes» that went our way in that match, while the series of encounters we've had against inferior opposition since then have all followed a not - too - dissimilar narrative.

They had the majority of possession, but still were looking to win it back in the opposition half or just inside their own.

It was a sensational season for Chelsea as they dominated the 2016 - 17 season of the EPL with the vast majority of the campaign for the team of Antonio Conte being spent at the top spot with very little opposition from any of their main rivals.

Although, Mourinho being Mourinho, the team always adapted to the opposition and the situation but the basic structure they followed in the majority of the games was the 4 -2-3-1 formation.

He has run the German midfield that has spent the majority of their games in opposition territory and averaged the most possession.

On any normal day, a lead of five points in mid-term would be unlikely to be enough for the opposition to win, but thanks to the Conservatives» failure to get the planned boundary changes passed, Labour could still win an overall majority on a tiny lead.