set in opposition
Example Sentences
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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
His honour and affection towards his nurse, are immediately set in opposition to his duty to his mother.
From Practical Education, Volume I by Edgeworth, Maria
This salvation is set in opposition to that which was propounded before, by the ministration of angels, which consisted in a law of works; that which Moses received to give to the children of Israel.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
“Action, when properly set in opposition to passion or passiveness,” says he, “is no real existence; it is not the same with an action, but is a mere relation.”
From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor
