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

12.   But stripping local leaders, even honest ones, of some of their power bred intense opposition.

13.   But the legislation faces intense opposition from a number of Republicans, who say they will seek to block it through procedural steps.

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

15.   But some Republican and Democratic lawmakers face pockets of intense opposition to trade accords in their home districts.

16.   Confronted with intense opposition from his own executives, Breuer reversed himself and went along with Ackermann and his American head of global markets, Edson Mitchell.

17.   Does anyone remember the intense political opposition to the Alaskan pipeline?

18.   Even at the time of enactment, there was intense opposition to this inflexible, one-size-fits-all approach to sentencing.

19.   Further, there is still intense opposition from Germany and some other NATO members to using ground troops in a combat role.

20.   Half of the tax proposals have been rejected by Congress in the past, and much of the other half will also generate intense opposition.