1.   And in much of the rest of East Asia it was dictated by governments that brooked no opposition from former colonial powers.

2.   Even though conservatives have been in control of the national Southern Baptist Convention for years, they brook no opposition from denominational employees.

3.   I will not brook any opposition on this.

4.   The former rebel, who started a seven-year civil war, has long had a reputation for brooking little opposition.

5.   The leaders of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are both autocrats who brook no opposition.

6.   Barak wants a broad-based coalition to brook domestic opposition to his plans to revive peace talks with Syria and the Palestinians.

7.   The hard-liners have brooked no opposition and tried to stifle any thought deemed un-Islamic.

8.   He brooked no opposition, and flung thousands of dissenters in jail, driving others into exile.

9.   President Nelson Mandela has warned that he will brook no opposition from MK soldiers, and has warned the military will act sternly against offenders.