The dance was initially met with tremendous opposition due to the semblance of impropriety associated with the closed hold, though the stance gradually softened.

"There is tremendous opposition," Inez Pasher, a member of Community Board 1, said yesterday.

They often faced tremendous opposition when in this role.

"I know this is a difficult issue and that tremendous opposition to the Pier 40 site exists," he said.

And there's going to be tremendous opposition.

Soon afterward he began organizing the conference, Mr. Cooper said, but there was "tremendous opposition" within the department.

The Provisional Government was mostly composed of "new conservatives," and the new government faced tremendous opposition from the left.

"They will cut the red tape and the tremendous bureaucratic opposition that entrepreneurs on the mainland face, which make it very, very difficult to actually start your own business."

But the plan has created tremendous opposition from community organizations in SoHo, business groups and environmentalists.