But he appeared to be making himself accessible to discourage more violent opposition to his changes.

The protesters were met with violent opposition by state security forces.

It provoked violent opposition by inhabitants of the interested areas.

But I think they have a better idea of where violent opposition might come from.

And, despite violent opposition from China's Communist government, they continue to be passed on today.

The mine has since - with violent and fatal opposition - been placed under government control.

To judge by the look of Falluja, the violent opposition still has the upper hand.

The paper soon ran into strong, and occasionally violent, opposition.

It did, but there was violent opposition to the fact.

The movement faced violent opposition by the government before finally succeeding.