That the UK lags behind is due to our weak, by international standards, local government, as well as the opposition to taxes and regulation of our aggressively pro-market ruling party.

以国际标准衡量，英国之所以落后，是因为我们地方政府的软弱，以及对税收的反对，和对积极支持市场的执政党的监管。

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This has shocked his own party's pro-construction “road tribe”, with which he may now face as fierce a battle as he does with the opposition.

这一消息震惊了自民党内的建筑承包公司，因此，首相现在在党内也面临一场激烈程度不亚于与其对手斗争的对抗。

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The opposition has been quick to accuse Mrs Merkel of trickery: won't she go back to her pro-nuclear ways after the moratorium expires and the elections are safely out of the way?

反对派迅速作出反应，斥责默克尔是在玩弄权术：难道她不会在“暂缓执行”到期并且选举以这种方式得以安全渡过后，重新回到支持核能的道路上吗？

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The pro-secular campaigners charged that the probe is an attempt by the government to silence the opposition force.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Al-Shabab,alongside other Islamic opposition fighters, has pushed pro-government forces back to Mogadishu, where the two sides are engaged in ongoing street battles as the Islamist opposition attempts to topple the President Sharif administration.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The two MLAs distinguish themselves from Alliance by pointing out they are pro-Union and pro-opposition.

BBC: It's a love 'n hate thing for the new gang of two

Another young, charismatic businessman had spent six years behind bars for his pro-opposition views.

WSJ: Europe's Last Dictatorship

Another nine people have been sentenced to death for taking part in pro-opposition demonstrations.

ECONOMIST: Iran��s opposition refuses to give up