There will be a period of public consultation first, and there is bound to be intense opposition.

第一阶段会进行公众咨询，这必将会引起强烈的反对。

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A key job of the Defensive Midfielder is to keep hold of the ball while the defence and attack are reorganising themselves after a period of opposition pressure.

他的一项重要工作是在本方经历了一段压力比较大的时间后准备由守转攻时控制住球。

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The 18-month period means the opposition will be largely excluded from policy-making until the middle of 2012, just months before Venezuela's next presidential election.

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It has already resolved, in effect, to abdicate its role as opposition during the three-month implementation period of the redeployment agreement, and will supply Mr Netanyahu with the necessary votes in the Knesset to make up for any defections from his ranks.

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The LDP lost power for an 11-month period in 1993-94 to a jumble of opposition groups, but they were so ineffectual that the LDP was easily able to step in again.

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