1.   But that idea has run into stiff opposition.

2.   He is called upon both to defend his faith against stiff opposition and to spread it among his friends.

3.   The abstract design called Chameleon Slate was chosen against stiff opposition to win the Heavy and Luxury Axminster category.

4.   A proposal to increase the purchase and running cost of cars two years ago ran into stiff opposition, and contributed to the downfall of the Lubbers government.

5.   And John Paddick, principal of Macmillan College, Middlesbrough, said any attempt to change the CTCs would be met with stiff opposition.

6.   Although the Senate never took up the bill, which had received stiff opposition from the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, senators received petunias as well.

7.   An expansion of gambling faced stiff opposition in the state Legislature, particularly in the Republican-led Senate.

8.   And any such proposal would face stiff opposition from the Republican-controlled Senate and Pataki, who believes time limits are the best way to end welfare dependency.

9.   Another House provision to make it easier for companies to define certain employees as independent contractors faces stiff opposition from the Clinton administration.

10.   Annan has in the past often referred to stiff Israeli opposition as a reason not to press the issue.