Sentences with phrase «number of opposition»

Some have suggested that Erdoğan's reason for targeting these schools is the number of opposition voters associated with them.

has explained why President Muhammadu Buhari met with the leaderships of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, only, despite the number of the opposition parties in the country.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has explained why President Muhammadu Buhari met with the leaderships of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, only, despite the number of the opposition parties in the country.

Second, a number of opposition MPs — who might have been expected to oppose legislation that empowers government censorship — backed the bill, against the stated position of their party leaders.

Ivanishvili drew a number of opposition parties into coalition so they would not split votes.

Given this, how can we explain the fact that government MPs and a number of opposition MPs backed the proposals?

As a number of opposition sides have found, the duo can be turned easily and that's where trouble lies for the south coast outfit.

The stadium doesn't prevent good football as a number of opposition teams have ably demonstrated.

If either of them were to stay in power for 16 or 20 years (and Obama was popular enough that he might have done so) large numbers of the opposition would find themselves shut out from power and subject to punitive laws and regulations (consider the IRS targeting of conservative groups under Obama or recent Trump's voter fraud investigations of states that opposed him).

Not exact matches

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

While I agree with the sentiment of the opposition, I do not believe the number 25 is of great consequence either.

It has faced opposition on a number of fronts in B.C., including from First Nations, environmentalists and the province's NDP opposition.

To sum up, the six general elections considered here ended with minority governments, and those minorities all enjoyed a relatively small advantage in the number of seats — ranging from two to 22 — over the official Opposition.

Opposition has run in a number of ways.

(Merely as a point of interest, consider that the average seat - advantage these six minorities held over their official Opposition was roughly 14, while the average number of months from their initial election victory to the next tilt was about 15.)

Yet a large number of criticisms in precisely this domain have already been leveled against Ukraine, not only from domestic political opposition groups but also from high - profile international actors and leaders of other OSCE participating states.

It seems like the numbers go up every year: WPP's share price, Sir Martin Sorrell's pay total, and the level of shareholder opposition to the company's remuneration report.

The Wildrose Opposition represents most of rural Alberta, and a large number of our caucus members are farmers and ranchers.

In sum, our analysis would suggest that opposition to a Canada - China FTA has softened and that the number of supporters are likely to increase if the government is able to demonstrate that they are crafting a trade agenda that effectively maximizes Canadian long - term economic interests.

As the Opposition Caucuses and Parties reorganize following electoral changes caused as a results of the April 23 election, there will be a number of staff and role changes in Assembly.

The Progressive Conservatives have opened their nomination process, leading a number of candidates to declared their interest in opposition held constituencies.

The growing number of shareholders voicing opposition to Dell's US$ 24.4 billion plan to go private appears to be putting the company increasingly on the defensive, raising questions about the terms of the deal.

You might think that Dunbar's number is in direct opposition to the idea of social media.

Significant numbers of women clergy now see opposition to their intellectual positions as ineradicably linked to right - wing Christianity or as inextricably tied to a backlash on the part of white male members in the church.

The survey results suggested widespread support but also pockets of concern and opposition, and Tietjen concluded that «work needed to be done in order to reassure the small number of clergy who had reservations about our Lutheran commitment.»

Yesterday's opponents, the West and Russia, may need to unite around a single focal point that will stand in opposition to a non-European focal point, which may also consist of a number of nation - states.

If their position is not to be perceived as sentimental, if they hope to persuade any significant number of their overwhelming opposition, they must start by making clear that their case is not in principle argued on behalf of those who have been rightly convicted of capital crimes.

For a start, there has never been one single opposition: there have always been a number of different groups, and even from the beginning several of these, such as the Al - Nusra Front, harboured hardline Islamist objectives.

Seems the remaining Catholics still need to be reminded of their idiocies, but fortunately their numbers are declining despite their opposition to birth control.

Through collecting and reworking many of his previously published articles, Ford will attempt in this new book to formulate the requisite complementary natural theology for Whitehead's cosmology in historical conversation with, and in dialectical opposition to, a number of contrasting perspectives on creativity, temporality, immutability, theodicy, and technical (internal) problems in process metaphysics put forth by Robert Neville, Norris Clarke, Donald Sherburne, and other colleagues over the years.

It is not surprising that growing numbers of perceptive people are realizing this and voicing their opposition.

That restrictive policy has been maintained through the succeeding administrations, though not without opposition from a considerable number of faculty and fierce opposition from some members of the history department.

(If a considerable number of Psalms go back to the prophetic period or earlier, as some modern critics hold (in opposition to the view which prevailed thirty years ago), then there is additional support for the view that there was no such radical change from collective to individual conceptions at the Exile as has often been asserted.

There were a number of occasions this season the ref could have punished our opposition but chose not too and then punished us for far less.

It's the job of the number 5 to watch out for opposition passes.

The German international has seemingly become something of a scapegoat for the Spanish giants faltering start to the season and this culminated in the former Werder Bremen man being hauled off at half - time during Real Madrid's 5 - 1 thrashing of Deportivo La Coruna, a move that greatly angered team - mate Sergio Ramos who chose to illustrate his opposition to the substitution by wearing Ozil's number 10 shirt under his own.

You will not believe youraelf at the number of opportunities which the opposition create against these teams only to be undone by wayward finishing.

A number of sub-par displays have seen them crash out of both cup competitions against what should have been easy opposition, and they look sure to lose the Premier League to either Leicester City or their north London rivals Tottenham.

Well he has too there's no way around it... when you mesmerize about the opposition ability to finish it means you understand that a certain level of quality & consistency is needed to finish up plays & bury occasions (that we do create in numbers better than anybody in the kingdom).

At the risk of repeating what you have said, it is unbelievably frustrating to see an Arsenal counter attack with superior numbers and they then start a tika - taka just outside the opposition penalty area to allow the defence to regroup.

You're absolutely right, I've lost count of the number of games where arsenal are outworked and outfought off the ball by the opposition.

«I think we played our best game of the season, in terms of what we demand from ourselves with the quality of our attack, how early we won the ball back, how consistent we were throughout the game, the number of chances we created, and all that considering the opposition we were playing against.

The general public is already skeptical of him based on his background: he's a numbers guy, which some folks still see as being in opposition to the scout guys (which is inane by the way).

When you look back at the games we lost because of injuries, even with his bench it was a ploy to make the opposition think he had numbers but half the bench was not fit.

Committing the extra number or two in a tighter midfield with Sanchez tirelessly working to stretch the defence should work wonders against teams who employ this tactic, and if the quick combinations pay off and break the lines there will be loads of space in other areas to hurt the opposition.

Overly reliant on Alexis Sanchez for goals this season, Arsenal could really benefit from Ramsey scoring again, and it will be far harder to play against the Gunners if they have players to hurt the opposition from a number of different parts of the pitch.

It didn't matter that he was standing off the pitch in his civvies; it didn't matter that the opposition were racking up record numbers of throw - ins.

And yes, teams have played differing numbers of games and faced opposition of varying quality.

Instead, play gets held up because he gets held up and the ball goes backwards and in field, allowing the opposition to regroup in numbers in front of us.

Last Night Wilshere had self discipline by not been tempted to go in the opposition box and he held his position well, unlike most of our players, he was amazing making space for himself to receive passes and making passes quick so not to lose momentum of our attack or possession, in fact i was hugely disappointed with Sanchez and some of our forwards they complacently blanked Wilshere like he was there to make the numbers up, i was hoping Sanchez could connect with Wilshere too feed him with great passes in the box,