Sentences with phrase «unlikely quarter»

But now he's facing opposition from a somewhat unlikely quarter.

If the abrasive Salmond could manage to build alliances in unlikely quarters then his successor should have little trouble doing the same.

Last week Nigerians heard gloomy economic news from a most unlikely quarter.

Though the outgoing Bush administration seems like it has done its darnest to vandalize the environment, sometimes something good comes out of unlikely quarters.

And she has received support from an unlikely quarter.

Silver has drawn support from some unlikely quarters too, including former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, a Republican who twice faced criminal trials on allegations of bribery.

Over the past few years behavioural ecologists have begun to trawl for clues in an unlikely quarter: genetic fingerprints of birds.

The movement against fossil fuels is gaining strength in some unlikely quarters.

The idea of a carbon tax has slowly been gaining support, not only among scholars and environmentalists, but also in an unlikely quarter: business groups and even the companies that emit carbon dioxide and would be the most directly affected.