set in opposition
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Mr Brilliant says Harrods’ managers were set in opposition to each other and then expected to keep a watchful eye on their rivals.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
History tells us that Elizabeth and Mary were cousins set in opposition by their clashing religions, their royal parentage and their mutual desire to rule Britannia.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2011
As a utilitarian, Mill cannot appeal to any rights of the individual that can be set in opposition to the public welfare.
From Liberalism by L. T. (Leonard Trelawny) Hobhouse
The word social, then, includes the economic, political, moral, religious, etc., and must not be thought of as something set in opposition to, for instance, the industrial or the political.
From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles A. (Charles Abram) Ellwood
Two singularly-contrasted characters are set in opposition here.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Alexander Maclaren
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