11.   Republican lawmakers opposed the concept, but President Bush has continued it.

12.   Sanchez opposes that concept.

13.   Some groups who have opposed the concept of the tribunals reacted negatively to the details leaked Wednesday.

14.   The concept is bitterly opposed by labor activists, environmentalists, corporation-bashers, old-line radicals, New Agers, Canadian nationalists, and aboriginal rights groups.

15.   They guarded the perimeter, anticipating a demonstration by rigorously observant Jews, who oppose the concept of men and women praying together and a woman chanting the service.

16.   Unions originally opposed the concept because they were able to count on a cadre of political friends they had helped over the years.

17.   While the administrative office of the U.S. Courts did not oppose the concept, neither did it offer any money.

18.   Hanafi has called for better social services for the poor and opposes the concept of a religious state.

19.   Many countries opposed the concept as an infringement on their sovereignty.

20.   Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., said he does not oppose the concept of missile defense, but cautioned against undermining nuclear-reduction goals.