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

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

But self hatred and enmity is nothing so deformed and abominable, as for the creature's will to be set in opposition to the holy will of him that made it.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Are the determinations of the judges set in opposition to the decrees of the senate?

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I by Johnson, Samuel