Sentences with phrase «only in opposition»

Yet carving out an identity only in opposition to economic processes — such as gentrification, economization, precarization, valorization — determined by an external, yet all - too - close center also means, in a very subtle way, deferring to these processes.

Only those in opposition were invited to speak.I wanted to speak and complained to Chairman Ray Robbins that he had not asked for those in favor of the rezoning to speak.

Given his exaggerated loathing for Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson, and his explicit belief that the Labour Party can «sort itself out» only in opposition, a fair - minded reader is bound to assume that he would prefer a minority (or even a majority) Cameron government to any sort of Labour one.

Freedom can be realized only in opposition to these laws and practices.

Both sides will need to define themselves in positive terms rather than only in opposition to the real or imagined excesses of the other.

So if they believe in the like of that which you believe, then they are rightly guided, but if they turn away, then they are only in opposition.

This can not be understood by someone to whom his own opinion always seems to be more important and true than that of another or of a community, and who thinks that he can achieve the full development of his personality only in opposition to a community.

Not exact matches

Given that the deal also faces strong opposition from hardliners in Iran, its prognosis has only darkened with the appointment of ardent Iran foe John Bolton as national security advisor.

Only this January, following the threat from the opposition parties to form a coalition and wrest control of Parliament from the Conservatives, did the government unveil a $ 35 - billion stimulus package including $ 18 billion in infrastructure spending.

The SPD only agreed to ally with Merkel after promising a list of distinctive policies to secure the approval of party members, many of whom wanted the SPD to regroup in opposition after the last four years in coalition damaged its standing among voters.

Only in rare cases have political opposition and national security concerns sunk proposed transactions.

Since the Democratic Party is united in opposition to the tax bill, and there are only 52 Republican senators, the bill basically has to go through reconciliation and thus comply with the Byrd Rule.

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.

They opened their first, and only, week in Victoria by dangling two juicy carrots in front of the opposition parties — one bill to give the Green Party official party status and one -LSB-...]

It may be a fine Canadian tradition in our perpetual political cycle for opposition parties to promise transparency and openness as they attack a tired government which has tossed both overboard, only to come to power and be accused of the same.

In the House bill, homeowners would be allowed to deduct only interest payments on their first $ 500,000 worth of home loans, a proposal that generated fierce opposition from the housing industry, while the Senate bill would keep the current threshold of $ 1 million.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Back for a return engagement, President Donald Trump's address to the National Rifle Association on Friday comes after he temporarily strayed from the group's strong opposition to tougher gun controls following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida — only to rapidly return to...

Arguably, Mr. Prentice's only missteps in his first few months in office were his aborted Gay - Straight Alliances bill and the unease caused after he tactfully dismantled the Official Opposition (see # 2 below).

Over the course of the debate, she proved herself to be the only opposition MLA who has been able to throw Mr. Prentice off balance and exposed a huge rift between moderates and social conservatives in the PC caucus.

The irony of the criticism in response to Ms. Berman's appointment is that, only a few years ago, opposition NDP MLAs would have roasted the old PC government for appointing a former CEO of CAPP to co-chair an advisory group like this one.

David Powell of the New Economics Foundation explains how opposition to fracking is only heading in one direction - and a tipping point for the frackers could soon be reached

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 California, efforts to expand the list of those who could petition for restraining orders to include co-workers and employers drew opposition not only from pro-gun groups like the National Rifle Association but also from the A.C.L.U.

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Back for a return engagement, President Donald Trump's address to the National Rifle Association on Friday comes after he temporarily strayed from the group's strong opposition to tougher gun controls following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida — only to rapidly return to the fold.

Still, opposition from Republicans is adamant — not only do they oppose increased domestic spending, but it appears to be in the political interests of the party to exacerbate the negative consequences of automation and free trade.

If only he had, in addition to taking a deep breath and counting to ten, considered how embarrassingly transparent his support for same - sex marriage and opposition to the Church's teaching would appear to any thoughtful reader.

Thus, on the first national celebration of Martin Luther King Day in 1986, Jesse Jackson decried the widespread focus on King's great, unifying «I Have a Dream» speech, and stressed instead King's opposition to the Vietnam War — an opposition, be it noted, that King came to only after long agonizing with his conscience, and that he always carefully distinguished from the position of the extremists within the anti-war movement.

I will not argue whether or not the bible is the word of a god translated by man, my only question is, why would you follow a book that supports and idolizes a single deity who seems to have intentions of converting the world to his worship alone (for if there are no other gods, why then would Yahweh require that you «hold no other gods above him» — he just confirmed their existance) when said deity's followers have proven that their purpose in life is to grind any opposition to their «holy law» into dust?

Pro-business opposition parties warn that it will lead to a loss of jobs, and in particular hurt students who only have time to work at the weekends.

(ENTIRE BOOK) A helpful understanding of the major themes in Bonhoeffer's works that cover not only theology, philosophy, Christology, ethics and sociology, but also the mystique surrounding his opposition to the Nazi state, leading to his execution.

As Randy Thomasson, the president of a group in opposition to the bill, SaveCalifornia.com, explained to CBN News, «AB 2943 is only triggered when money is being exchanged for «sexual orientation change efforts.

So abstract and general a statement, however, not only oversimplifies the long and complicated process it endeavors to describe but, in particular, neglects the natural human opposition which so high an estimate of personality encountered — the endless doubts, cynicisms, and denials with which this emerging estimate of man's value was inevitably met.

We, the opposition, speak only of diversity in terms of using science and technology differently.

The dissolution of this opposition takes place only when each form of the Godhead, by virtue of its inherent independence, dissolves itself in itself: «Therefore that element which has for its essence, not independent self - existence but simple being, is what empties and abandons itself, gives itself unto death, and so reconciles Absolute Being with its own self.»

The «New Atheism» sets science and religion in permanent opposition, with the ultimate triumph of the former being only a matter of time.

Alongside the growth of personal prayer within the liturgical framework, therefore, went its development not only apart from the sacrifices but in opposition to them.

We can be confident in the knowledge that all true searching into the depths of the deposit of our Faith and in the world around us, which are never in opposition, can only bring us closer to God.

Through the events that faith knows as the Incarnation and the Crucifixion, God empties himself of his sovereignty and transcendence, and not only does this kenotic sacrifice effect the dissolution of the opposition between Father and Son in the new epiphany of God as universal Spirit, but so likewise vanishes the opposition between God and the world.

It is the faith «that there is really only One Power which, while at times it may permit the sham powers of the world to accomplish something in opposition to it, never permits such accomplishment to stand.»

And true «practice» in radical opposition to theory is not the mere execution of something planned and hence merely theoretical, but opening oneself to and risking the unplanned, so that the true possibility of what is risked appears only in this practice.

Dom Helder Camara, the diminutive Brazilian archbishop who symbolizes Christian opposition to military dictatorship not only in Brazil but throughout Latin America, was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws at Harvard University in 1974.

It is about a minority that wants not only tolerance but affirmation, to which end it will exploit a host of emotions (guilt, sympathy, fear), magnify the most extreme examples of vitriolic attacks as representative of all opposition, and try to silence» not rationally defeat, but silence» all arguments not in keeping with its desired goal.

Progressive critics presume there to be an opposition of the two councils, when in fact they are only two ends of a continuum of Vatican reform.

That, combined with opposition to a war that they believed could end only in catastrophic defeat, galvanized the resistance.

If we believe that faith precedes regeneration, then we set our thinking and therefore ourselves in direct opposition not only to giants of Christian history but also to the teaching of Paul and of our Lord Himself (R. C. Sproul, «Regeneration Precedes Faith»).

He had only the Hebrew Tanakh, the Old Testament, which he wisely interpreted spiritually, often in stark opposition to the commonly accepted theological interpretations.

Only through genuine dialogue between them in which each of the partners, even when he stands in opposition to the other, attends to, affirms, and confirms him as this existing other, «can the opposition, certainly not be removed from the world, but be humanly arbitrated and led toward its overcoming.»

Vivas, for example, posits the «objectivity of evil» as the only alternative to its being merely subjective and defines morality in terms of the opposition between objective duty and subjective inclination:

He's not going to be getting all that many votes — except in Virginia (where Paul is his only opponent) and Taxachussets — but his opposition is very divided and in disarray.