21.   If the Mets do plan a ban on sex magazines, they most likely will encounter opposition from the Players Association.

22.   In both books, the papers said, the wife encounters strong opposition from her mother-in-law, who tries to break up her marriage.

23.   In playing this scenario at its hardest level, I encountered opposition only from a couple of submarines and a few woefully outmoded aircraft.

24.   In the GOP primary, Attorney General John Cornyn so far has encountered no opposition.

25.   In the state Senate, the more fiscally conservative Republican majority responded favorably, saying that the proposals would probably encounter little opposition.

26.   In the days ahead, Brazilian stocks may decline on concern that the wireless bill may encounter stiff opposition in the Senate.

27.   It is also possible that Lim encountered opposition to the proposed terms within the South Korean Government.

28.   Last year it continued its acquisitions, though some of its deals have encountered opposition from regulatory authorities.

29.   Local housing officials have also encountered opposition from the Ripley Arnold Residents Association, whose members have staged protests against the redevelopment plan.

30.   Luckily, the project encountered no opposition from the neighbors or from the tenants in the two other apartments in the brownstone co-op.