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
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 Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny)
I must own, ,Sir, I think that Sylla and my father ought to be set in opposition rather than paralleled.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace
How mean and selfish the human heart is when our desires are set in opposition to our duties!
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
