unanimous opposition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunanimousandopposition
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unanimous
adjective
uk/juːˈnæn.ɪ.məs/us/juːˈnæn.ə.məs/
If a group of people are unanimous, they all agree about one particular matter or vote the same way, and if a decision or judgment is unanimous, it is formed or supported by everyone in ...
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opposition
noun
uk/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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As a result, there has been an almostunanimousoppositionfrom employers and employers' associations.
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That proposal was withdrawn followingunanimousoppositionfrom member states.
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They are in agreement and state that they are in "unanimousopposition" to a predetermined constraint.
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We were impressed by the practicallyunanimousoppositionof the legal witnesses to the conferring on the courts a wide discretion.
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Well, well, we have by no means theunanimousoppositionof the large burghs.
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I believe that there isunanimousoppositionfrom the whole spectrum of political thought in this country.
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He deflected the debate fromunanimousoppositionto the order, to its details.
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Why is there suchunanimousoppositionfrom those who know in their daily lives what the police service and the magistrates' court service are like?
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Despite theunanimousoppositionof the development corporation the proposal can go through.
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From 1943 to the present time meeting after meeting of the representative body has recorded practicallyunanimousoppositionto a full-time salaried service.
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These organisations have expressedunanimousoppositionto the merger.
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There wasunanimousoppositionto the figures from the chairman of school governors, as well as all-party opposition on the county council.
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The meetings have been packed to the doors, and there has been virtuallyunanimousoppositionto this proposal.
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There wasunanimousoppositionto the original proposal.
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Why has he taken no account of theunanimousoppositionto paying this new benefit to the man and not the woman with the main responsibility for family care?
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There was an immediate public outcry and almostunanimousoppositionamong large numbers of my constituents living in villages in the area where the operations were to take place.
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But the proposal to apply unit pricing to all pre-packed foodstuffs met with fierce and virtuallyunanimousoppositionfrom all the sectors involved—manufacturers, retailers and consumers.
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Those defeats of the amendments marked the second year in a row such summary bills metunanimousopposition.
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