For instance the evangelical in the story is not a fervent opponent of stem cell research.

On the Reagan ticket in 1980, he became a fervent opponent of abortion.

African-Americans were also the most fervent opponents of the Iraq war, the issue that put him in the spotlight.

He was a fervent opponent of gun laws in Australia, maintaining that everyone had a right to take it like a man.

But five years later, even the most fervent opponents of the policy say its impact is difficult to gauge.

For that reason alone, even some of the mega-chain's most fervent opponents assume they have not heard the last from it.

The more fervent opponents said that would choke off American competitiveness.

But the plans failed to win over the most fervent opponents.

Their fervent opponents, on the other hand, create an uncertain internal climate.

However, I am a fervent opponent of the plan to coordinate economic policies at European level in future.