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
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 Maclaren, Alexander
The timid and the half-hearted may not yet be safely set in opposition, perhaps," answered Captain Morgan, "and Congress is beset with many difficulties.
From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Caldwell, Willie Walker
Military nations were not now engaged against an undisciplined and unwarlike people; nor heroes set in opposition to cowards.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David
