substantial opposition

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandopposition

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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opposition
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandoppositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubstantial opposition

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Given thesubstantialoppositionto service sector reform, liberalization was not a given outcome.
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In sum, although business users and private providers largely favoured reform,substantialopposition to reform existed among consumers, the union and the incumbent provider.
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It is because of thatsubstantialoppositionthat we are not making more rapid movement towards reform.
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I am not aware that anysubstantialoppositionhas been aroused by this measure.
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We quite agree that there is asubstantialopposition.
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In some areas there issubstantialoppositionto almost anything.
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The corporation has asserted that there is nosubstantialoppositionto the proposals.
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It emerged that there was indeedsubstantialoppositionto the request as known, and in the end no fewer than eight provinces were against it.
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It also seems they are meetingsubstantialopposition.
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Soon we will have to decide whether to continue to fight for this regulation against suchsubstantialopposition.
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That has been achieved in the face ofsubstantialopposition—from among our own ranks apart from others—to the cutbacks in public expenditure.
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Although they were not defeated, there wassubstantialoppositionto them.
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The fact that there was neverthelesssubstantialoppositionto the directive is due to the disagreement over freedom to protect designs for spare parts.
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We realise that there issubstantialoppositionto the clause as it stands.
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Here again, that would meet withsubstantialopposition.
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It does not do at this stage to go back, as it were, and to producesubstantialopposition.
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This aroused verysubstantialopposition.
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There has been much other evidence not only that the revolution swiftly succeeded, but that there was nosubstantialoppositionand that no troops marched from the north against it.
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And he will have to overcome, as has been said,substantialoppositionfrom entrenched bureaucracies that will absorb much of his energies and time while he solves his domestic problems.
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I am interested to note from the two speeches that have been made that there is nosubstantialoppositionto the principle of this particular clause.
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