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Both had to deal with a strong opposition party in Congress.

Of course, no matter how the plan works out, strong opposition is expected.

I understand that we have strong opposition ahead of us.

However, in many countries, there is strong opposition to such programs.

But that would get strong opposition in Washington, he added.

But he will face strong opposition from the country's two major political parties.

However, due to strong opposition within his own staff, he had to set him free the following day.

But strong opposition from Britain is likely to put the idea on hold.

There was a strong opposition, but he carried his point.

But he has run into strong opposition within his own, ruling party.

However, the country desperately needs a strong opposition now more than ever.

Concerning my party, it is going to provide very strong opposition.

But it would also run into strong opposition from the Serbs.

Such a provision is expected to face strong opposition in the House.

Against strong opposition, the vote passed on September 28, 1938.

He also does not have any strong opposition in his re-election campaign this year.

The changes to the general classification was met with strong opposition from the start.

However, following reports of strong opposition to the proposed changes, they were put on hold.

Although it was met with strong opposition, the issue would not be settled for several years.

It will face the strong opposition of housing authority officials.

A strong opposition here could seriously slow the President's program.

His public advocacy of this view met with strong opposition.

But any change to these deductions would likely face strong opposition.

Taiwan now has two strong opposition parties and a free press.

But sanctions are expected to face strong opposition in the Senate.

The Administration has hit fierce opposition over two issues, workers' rights and environmental standards.

Once again, the government was upset by the fierce opposition.

The bill met with fierce opposition from the state's oil interests.

The plan, however, has run up against fierce opposition in several neighborhoods.

The plans have met with fierce opposition from people living nearby.

Such changes would almost certainly face fierce opposition, as some of his proposals for the system already have.

The Bush tax plan is not yet law, and it has provoked fierce opposition.

Like the highway plan, there was fierce opposition to this action.

These troops found fierce opposition and got stuck in the area.

But fierce opposition in Parliament forced him to call them back.

But his plan was met with fierce opposition from the European powers.

The story ignores difficult issues, like her fierce opposition to birth control.

The bill faces fierce opposition from the technology, financial services and health care industries.

Despite fierce opposition, they won the title in 2001 and finished second the following season.

In several cases they have run into fierce opposition.

Many of these changes saw fierce opposition in Parliament and abroad.

It was withdrawn due to the fierce opposition by union groups.

The only certainty is that whatever the commission does will meet fierce opposition.

Fierce opposition met my act, and then I felt the shock of a great ripping.

The closure plans then stirred fierce opposition in the community.

These new regulations were met with fierce opposition from the colonists.

So why does it meet with such fierce opposition?

All those ideas would face fierce opposition in Congress.

The bill has met with unusually fierce opposition from gun owners.

But even these mild steps have run into fierce opposition from conservatives.

Let me say at once that it met with the most intense opposition.

But the intense opposition of organized small business has made that very hard.

But these groups have faced intense opposition from election officials.

Even in its planning stages there was intense opposition to the series.

Although required by court order, integrating the first black students in the South met with intense opposition.

He won the election despite intense opposition from Memphis's black community.

At first, the endeavor faced intense opposition from local businesses.

As a result, it is stirring intense opposition from many groups across the political spectrum.

As a result of this intense opposition, the initiative eventually failed to pass Congress in 2002.

But any attempt to change the rules provokes intense opposition.

But they could not overcome intense opposition from Democrats and organized labor.

But faced with intense opposition from the surrounding community, the firm dropped out.

The effort to unionize millions of workers is likely to face intense opposition from companies.

Moreover, the legislation faces intense opposition from the banking industry.

The project has provoked intense opposition in this area of Patagonia.

The move drew intense opposition from some local United Way organizations.

Perhaps even more than the plants themselves, large transmission lines and their towers have been the subject of intense opposition.

The employer mandate has drawn intense opposition, especially from small businesses.

But the ruling generated intense opposition in the South.

The concern was not that the rewriting of the laws would face intense opposition, one city official said.

But it draws intense opposition from business and House Republican leaders.

But they also note that base closings can generate intense opposition.

The administration was weakened by the intense opposition to Sidney's proposals on tax reform.

Bilingual education has encountered intense opposition in recent years.

With almost every endeavor, he has excited intense opposition or, at the very least, befuddlement.

However, he is up against stiff opposition within the government.

Those efforts are likely to face stiff opposition in Washington.

The growing pressure of Congress and the public to go to war was met with some stiff opposition.

But there was stiff opposition from the relatives of the girl.

But those proposals ran into stiff opposition from others within the administration.

The bill met with stiff opposition in Parliament, and was not passed.

But the county is a conservative place, and the project faces stiff opposition.

But, he added, the bill might encounter stiff opposition, particularly from religious groups.

But this plan is likely to face stiff opposition, particularly in the Senate, aides said.

There was stiff opposition to his ideas from all sections of the public.

Many ministers said changes could face stiff opposition from farm groups in their countries.

Such a change would likely face stiff opposition from legislators in Albany.

Such a request would face stiff opposition by the plant's neighbors.

From the start, his plan to develop managed care for long-term services met stiff opposition.

That argument has run up against stiff opposition from other prominent Republicans.

Both voucher proposals would probably face stiff opposition in Congress.

Past attempts to reduce the number of children in the program encountered stiff opposition.

But the project met stiff opposition from residents of the exclusive village.

The people of this area were known to provide stiff opposition to marauders.

The vote came in the face of stiff opposition from the Bush Administration.

The Accord faced stiff opposition from a number of quarters.

The new profession faced stiff opposition from the medical establishment at the time.

He wanted to abolish the board, but ran into the usual stiff opposition.

The stiffest opposition may come from the neighborhoods where the new housing would go.

In their reform efforts, they had to contend with stiff opposition from the conservatives.