They said the deep-seated opposition to the project on both sides of the Sound increased their influence.

His comments on Thursday reflected the deep-seated opposition here to any decision by the United States and Britain to attack Iraq without United Nations approval.

Mexico, for example, has invoked deep-seated opposition to American or even multilateral intervention by the O.A.S. in a member country's internal affairs.

But it remains stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate, where there is deep-seated opposition to legislation that opens companies to litigation, and where the blood-products industry, joined by insurance companies, have been vigorously fighting to kill the measure.

All three ethicists, along with Dr. Shapiro of Princeton, expressed a deep-seated opposition to the idea of reproductive cloning.

At a recent meeting in Ottawa, for example, Defense Secretary William J. Perry told his Canadian counterpart that deep-seated opposition to Father Aristide extends into the lower ranks of the Haitian military.

Even those who are most cynical about the significance of Mr. Gorbachev's policies, however, are desperately hoping that he will prevail against deep-seated opposition within the party and the society.

Democrats quickly dismissed the new Republican approach as a backdoor effort to overcome deep-seated opposition to drilling in the Arctic refuge.

He faced deep-seated opposition to the imperial council, and Gattinara began to acknowledge that many were against his plan.

Disarmament provokes deep-seated opposition among republicans, or those who seek closer ties with the Irish Republic, because they see it as an act of surrender.