Sentences with phrase «spoke against»

Buhari who told Biya to put his mind at rest spoke against the backdrop Nigeria was still accessing hydrocarbon from the oil rich Bakkassi Penunsula.

Many state lawmakers also spoke against fracking.

Stanley Fritz of Citizen Action is one of many who spoke against the state budget's priorities at a rally on the Million Dollar Staircase at the Capitol on Wednesday.

In one of the unlikeliest alliances referendum campaign so far, Osborne, Balls and Vince Cable spoke against the backdrop of a Ryanair Boeing 737.

He also spoke against partisanship which he said made it difficult to prosecute corrupt politicians, noting that members of some political parties view such criminal prosecutions as political persecution.

When we were in Opposition, we spoke against it.

«I don't believe there was anyone who spoke against mayoral control.»

Stanley Fritz of Citizen Action is one of many who spoke against the state budget's priories at a rally on the Million Dollar Staircase at the Capitol on Wednesday

Others also spoke against violence and emphasized the need for it to end.

When the issue of former second lady (Mrs. Amissah Arthur) came up, we spoke against it, I don't care if I am a sympathizer of NPP or sympathizer of Nana Addo.

Faso, during the meeting, spoke against a Democratic - backed amendment that would have prevented the replacement bill, known as the American Health Care Act, from taking effect until the federal government in the form of the Health and Human Services secretary certifies the number of uninsured people and out - of - pocket expenses would not increase and overall benefits would not declined.

In one breath, she appeared to be against MPs prefixing their names with «honourable «and turned around to advocate for the application of same prefix she reportedly spoke against in the case pf Madam Otiko Djaba.

«Should we now say that Lai Mohammed and President Buhari sponsored Boko Haram because they spoke against the federal government's clampdown on the insurgents then?»

Atiku who delivered a lecture titled: «Beyond Terrorism: Education and Sustainable Development» spoke against the backdrop of the activities of the Boko Haram terrorists in the North East.

However, these present a rare opportunity for the US Supreme Court to overturn these kinds of orders, thus vacating the precedent set by the horrendous Korematsu decision (a decision so terrible that even Scalia spoke against it when he was still alive) and reversing the precedent set by upholding Executive orders like order 9066

Dasuki also spoke against the backdrop of insinuations that his detention might have to do with a retaliation of a similar maltreatment against Buhari in 1985 which he denied.

But only one person among the more than 50 residents at the meeting spoke against the dog run near Roosevelt Road and Michigan Avenue.

Five residents spoke against the location at a recent Village Board meeting.

Ethan Knightly, who spoke against the motion, was disappointed with the result but hailed the «positive impacts» of having the debate.

Jesus on several occasions spoke against the bib * le..

As early as 1671, when George Fox, their founder, visited America he spoke against it.

Anthony Benezet wrote and spoke against it and persuaded a number of outstanding people to oppose slaveholding.

Presumably the reach of that atoning blood extends to the hiding place of Peter, who also spoke against the Son of Man, as would many others later on when asked if they followed Jesus.

Believing victory against apartheid to be inevitable, he also spoke against black violence — even threatening to leave the country should it get out of hand.

When I spoke against this with regard to the leader that treated me as such I was told «I can't have that» by the pastor.

The early Christians did that; they unilaterally spoke against violence in all forms.

Jesus Christ, spoke against traditional religion and promoted spirituality.

He hardly spoke against the Romans at all.

That is is actually Pharisaical system identical in character and nature to every Christ spoke against.

Trump was also the subject of more pastoral criticism: 7 percent said their leaders spoke against Trump and 4 percent against Clinton.

5The people spoke against God and against Moses, «Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?

Clint spoke against the venality of lawyers and politicians, and then Romney spoke shortly thereafter.

After all, it was the fixed mark from which he argued even when he spoke against it.

Even in the canons of the Council of Trent (1545 — 1563) nothing spoke against the possibility of divorce and remarriage, he argued.

Even before Roe v. Wade, he wrote and spoke against abortion on demand and served as president of the National Right to Life Committee.

Paul often spoke against those who tried to teach that all new believers must accept and comply with jewish law and tradition.

In contrast Jesus took away the power and riches motivation as he spoke against hierarchical leadership withing the community he is building, against giving titles to anyone, and against using the place were people gather together for monetary gain.

The next year, two prominent Pakistani politicians who spoke against the blasphemy laws and championed Bibi were assassinated.

You are a modern - day pharisee: the very self - righteous frauds that Jesus spoke against.

In response to mykids — Paul spoke against praying for the dead, Gnosticism and polytheism.

Jesus spoke against the bible, said it is wrong, and man's interpretations of the bible is wrong!

@Mike, I said nothing against the church (this time) I spoke against the Priest, who, if you read the larger article, did NOT carry out teh funeral.

Yeah, the church totally wasn't responsible for killing science, they only heavily suppressed it and tortured / executed people who spoke against it.

Wayne Pesce, president of the Connecticut Food Association, a grocery trade group, spoke against legislation that would expand paid sick leave to businesses with 20 or more employees.

In the legislature, MLA Laurie Throness spoke against the universal child care plan, saying, «I find it strange that the government... ignores the cries of an infant leaving its parent, who has to go to work, and the sadness of a parent who would rather stay home with their new baby for a while.»

According to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, men can be part of the solution too by speaking against their male colleague and saying, «That's a great idea.

General Motors is about unity and inclusion and so am I. Recent events, particularly those in Charlottesville, Virginia, and its aftermath, require that we come together as a country and reinforce values and ideals that unite us - tolerance, inclusion and diversity — and speak against those which divide us — racism, bigotry and any politics based on ethnicity.

Back in 2015, Novak and Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin had publicly spoken against coordinating with OPEC.

Conspicuously absent from the list is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has openly spoken against Trump's proposal to deport all undocumented immigrants from the United States.

The New Testament Gospels portray Jesus as speaking against the oppressors of his people with prophetic words of judgment that focus extensively on issues of money and power.