Sentences with phrase «strong opponent of»

During his time at Apple, Steve Jobs was a strong opponent of Adobe's Flash Player, however, this application is still here, years after the former Apple CEO passed away.

I have been a strong opponent of abusive debt collectors on my consumer rights blog, and I know the debt collection industry and their lawyers are reading.

The Society remains a strong opponent of dog (and all animal) fighting, and we support law enforcement and prosecutorial activities intended to reduce this widespread inhumane practice.

He was a strong opponent of drinking, and he organized his first excursion as a way for a large group to conveniently attend a temperance meeting.

Up until now I have been a strong opponent of the Kindle Select program because of its exclusivity.

'' [What's] even more scary is that we have a vice president who has been a politician for a long time and is a really strong opponent of the LGBT community.

She declared that she is a strong opponent of nuclear power and the Indian Point nuclear plants just north of New York City «have to be closed.

Meanwhile Livingstone, who is a strong opponent of the Trident nuclear weapons programme, is a co-convenor of Labour's wider International Policy Commission, working alongside Hilary Benn.

He remained a strong opponent of the separation of the island of Ireland, however, once noting that every time he went to the border with Northern Ireland, he «experienced deep feelings of anger and restraint».

Marchione is a strong opponent of the SAFE Act, and is among a handful of Republicans who have been pushing (albeit quixotically) for its repeal.

The Christian minister, a strong opponent of Syria's influence in his country, was gunned down in his car in the Lebanese capital earlier today.

[57] He is a strong opponent of nationalism (as promoted by the Scottish National Party) and referred to it as an «ugly brand of politics».

He was a strong opponent of the decision by the Anglican Church of Canada to bless same - sex unions.

Unlike Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma, who won the presidency in 1994, was a strong opponent of establishing a state religion.

In a letter to Obama at the time, Brennan said he was «a strong opponent of many of the policies of the Bush administration, such as the preemptive war in Iraq and coercive interrogation tactics, to include water boarding.»

At the same time, Russia, one of the strongest opponents of bitcoin is seeking to regulate the digital currency.

Laing and Fox are strong opponents of equal marriage.

Even strong opponents of mortgage insurance find it hard to argue against this fact: PMI, on average, yields 530 % return on investment.

Conservatives should be the strongest opponents of fossil fuel emissions.

Many of the strongest opponents of patent reform are supporting the TROL Act.

Of all mining pools, the relatively new Chinese mining pool ViaBTC is perhaps the strongest opponent of the Segregated Witness soft fork.

Not exact matches

Clinton has repeatedly accused her opponent as being soft on Russia, pointing to his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a strong leader, his suggestion that he would rethink sanctions against Russian officials, his sharp criticism of NATO and other policy positions.

If one of the strongest opponents to negotiations with Iran is starting to come to terms with the inevitability of an agreement, that is pretty strong evidence that a final agreement could be in the works.

And so when the tribes entered into the land, Caleb went to battle some of the fiercest and strongest opponents there were (Josh 14:12).

He also criticized his Republican opponents for their alleged isolationist tendencies, affirming the necessity of a strong American presence in a dangerous world.

It could get even worse for Flake — a stronger primary opponent might emerge — but if so, it won't be because of mean tweets by President Trump, nor because a spirit of hate has been let loose upon the land.

Paul actually quotes his opponents in 2 Cor 10:10: They say, «His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is of no account» (RSV).

Identification of opposition to the measure with Catholicism might have been avoided if other religious groups had been perceived in the public's mind as early and strong opponents.

The strong man, the winner, is the reliever of our own frustrations and the surrogate for our vindictiveness against opponents.

This is where some opponents of capital punishment claim their strongest ground, for the statistical evidence for the deterrent effect of capital punishment is inconsistent and inconclusive.

One of his tendencies (and limitations) was to attack the weakest part of an opponent's argument but ignore the strongest or most compelling parts» a penchant that sometimes eroded his credibility, or at least made him less convincing.

In my opinion it would be silly not to play our strongest side against the strongest of European opponents and that of course means the Champions League winner Petr Cech in goal ahead of David Ospina.

Arsenal fans will have been a bit worried to say the least when the news came in on Saturday that our opponents for the first game of the Premier League season had just put the mighty Barcelona to the sword, with a 4 - 0 win against a strong side including their former striker Luis Suarez, Messi, Iniesta and all.

there is no doubt that we need a midfielder with the ability to dribble, fast but having a good players is not only enough, hard training for stamina, strength as a team to continuously press on the opponents not to give them time and space to settle and win the ball, go fast to the goal destabilize the defense, fiercely fight around the goal to create a space and shoot on goal with the strong power and on target needed and wenger also has to be hard and serious for the accomplishment of this.as we have seen with such a spirit even with the defence all reserve we won FA CUP

Amidst all the talk of the match - up, it has emerged that Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger has been the subject of interest from their opponents on a number of occasions, and despite his love for his home country and the city of Paris, his love for his current club proved too strong to leave behind.

Our ability advantage should prove too strong for our opponents regardless of the support the players receive, but the FA Cup has a way of instilling belief in the most unlikely opponents, and this weekend alone will have boosted Sutton, with Millwall and most amazingly Lincoln beating Premier League opposition, as well as Huddersfield refusing to bow down to Manchester City, who will have to face a replay in the coming weeks.

Our team yesterday was more than strong enough for Benfica however, earning a 5 - 2 win to put us top of the table going into the final game, and due to earning a point per goal as well as three for a win, we are currently clear of today's opponents by four points already.

Minnesota touched up Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck for six goals, tripling their total output for the series in one night and slowing the roll of an opponent that looked like the West's strongest team through the first five days of playoff action.

An attributable factor to our dropping of points in winnable games on Saturdays was almost definitely our domination of our BUCS league on Wednesdays and, therefore, complacency against stronger Saturday opponents.

In a nutshell, the problem with this approach is that if a team brings a strong player into a weak unit, opponents can quickly neutralize the impact of that player by double - teaming or playing away from them.

No defense is stronger up the middle than the 49ers», so it should come as no surprise that opponents are completing a league - low 48.8 % of their passes.

It was a cracking week of Champions League action, with strong results again for the Premier League clubs involved, as Manchester United, City and Liverpool all won while Chelsea and Tottenham drew against challenging opponents.

I feel like he was decent in the City game (not as bad as most people say) even though he played out of position, and he was bullied off by physically stronger opponents (which is case in alot of the PL games).

... I lost my balance... falling on top of my opponent... I hit my face against [Chiellini], leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth.

Of course we could always do with a fully fit and firing Ramsey on the pitch, especially against an opponent as strong as Man City, but I think it is more important to look at the long term view.

One of the strongest opponents Ronaldinho played against in some hotly - contested Barcelona v Chelsea matches, John Terry is still a slightly surprising choice here.

Argentina's redoubtable Santamarina brothers put up a strong bidding barrage against their vulnerable opponents, and East's jump to five hearts was worthy of a better fate.

all ramseys contribution came from middle, and if you look strenghts of our teams, like OG, his main attribute is header, how can you use his best when there is no one to cross and stretch opponent defense, i am sure we will beat Hull, but what will happened when we play strong defensive team, who will break their defense?

I think it is a mistake not to consider the option of having both Coquelin and Xhaka playing, especially against strong opponents.

John Cena was the United States Champion, and an incredible one at that: Between the defeats at previous SummerSlams and week after week of U.S. Open Challenges each Monday night that were designed to make Cena's opponents look strong while still having him retain, Cena was in a completely new light that he had been in before.