Sentences with phrase «somewhat less opposition»

The gas projects have encountered somewhat less opposition, in part because of the perceived lower environmental damage from a gas pipeline or tanker accident, but also because the economic fundamentals of gas exports provide more benefits to the local economy because much of the gas will come from BC fields and the need for construction and operation of LNG facilities on the coast.

Not exact matches

With a somewhat hamstrung and less - than - competent opposition the Harper government was able to push through legislation which brought some shifts of income in favor of higher income brackets.

This review is somewhat similar to the patent - opposition procedures available in other countries, such as the EPO, and possibly allows for a less costly way of challenging patents than through an inter partes patent reexamination or a lawsuit.

In addition, the effect of opposition against interethnic mating on preferred parental influence on mate choice was especially pronounced among the Turks, somewhat less so among the Moroccans, and least strong among the Dutch.