By the end of April, the British were ready to attack, with 1,700 men, opposed by 230 Māori.

The Union works were formidable and manned by 25,000 men, opposed to Longstreet's 20,000.

He was "a kindly and just man, moderate and understanding, opposed to the harsher forms of discipline.

They were men, opposed to him but men, and warriors.

This, Cornell thought, from a man opposed to continuing the mission.

The new committees specialize in intelligence work, especially the identification of men opposed to the Patriot cause.

To play the part of a man opposed to crime, and secretly commit murders of your own.

What, however, was to be thought of the king, who was hemmed in by the enemy, a single man opposed to so many thousands?