tremendous opposition

collocation in English

meaningsoftremendousandopposition

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tremendous
adjective
uk
/trɪˈmen.dəs/us
/trɪˈmen.dəs/
very great in amount or level, or ...
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opposition
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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(Definition oftremendousandoppositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is, too,tremendousoppositionfrom the general public to a policy which is adversely affecting the price people will have to pay for food.
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Let us not forget also that there istremendousoppositionfrom the general aviation community.
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The scheme, quite rightly, has mettremendousoppositionfrom the local community, the local councillors and me.
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If such reforming policies are adopted, there will betremendousopposition.
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No one can say that the industrial issues raised in that measure were not capable of excitingtremendousopposition.
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For instance, there were supposed to be seven in the last series of tests, but, due to thetremendousopposition, only five were carried out.
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Tremendousoppositionwas expressed when a consultative document was issued.
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On the issue of farm rents there istremendousopposition.
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The recommendations ran intotremendousopposition, especially from park users' organisations.
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Therefore, any attempt to relax the rules createstremendousopposition, which has effectively prevented most changes from occulting.
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Initially there istremendousoppositionto it but eventually people say that there has been a tremendous improvement to the landscape.
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We have heard oftremendousoppositionto this measure by the medical profession.
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There will betremendousoppositionto the scheme.
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I believe that there istremendousoppositionto bringing boys of tender years and men of 50 years of age into the military machine.
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However, one item is generatingtremendousopposition, if not disbelief, in the forces—the proposal to introduce performance-related pay.
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If there was a miscalculation,tremendousoppositionmight have been caused, which otherwise might have been avoided.
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We put up a production bonus scheme, but we mettremendousopposition.
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Such development will be met withtremendousopposition.
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There istremendousoppositionin the borough to its being divided.
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