Example sentences of "against it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set against it is the Marxist-structuralist position , that finds the concepts of art and literature inherently oppressive . |
| 2 | One argument sometimes raised against it is that it would lead to plea-bargaining , and thus to offenders escaping with lesser convictions and lesser sentences . |
| 3 | Against it is the evidence of Sir Brian Cubbon and his judgment that the criteria were always honoured . |
| 4 | The insurance by this Policy is subject to an endorsement below only if the reference set against it is specified in the Schedule of the Policy . |
| 5 | Shell has $ 10m euro ‘ dollar time deposit in Barclays Bank , London which has an asset of $10m in the name of its correspondent bank , Bank Y. In Bank Y's books Barclays ’ balance is a liability , while the asset held against it is the original Fed balance . |
| 6 | While the evidence for the validity of the hypothesis is much debated , the evidence against it is almost non-existent . |
| 7 | The case against it is precisely that it purports to explain the whole of history and , for that matter , of pre-history , by reference to a total system , and so denies to any of its implicated parts ( social , economic , racial , geographical , religious and so on ) as well as to the actions of its great or good men any separate authenticity . |
| 8 | Against it is the fact that the woman is fully aware throughout the process . |
| 9 | The message here is that we can only be what our society has made us and to fight against it is disastrous . |
| 10 | Card fraud is costing the industry £165 million a year and now the battle against it is taking a hi tec turn . |
| 11 | Yes , I think argument against it is why should we take somebody of less quality than somebody who 's available ? |
| 12 | A House of Lords ' Select Committee has found that detected fraud is only the tip of the iceberg , and that steps taken to support the fight against it are not enough . |
| 13 | Arguments against it are many and convincing : it is wrong to require a woman to depend on a man , particularly when he has no legal or moral obligation to maintain her . |
| 14 | If you struck lucky on one of those multi-dialled combination locks on bank safes , it would seem a very major miracle , for the odds against it are many millions to one , and you would be able to steal a fortune . |
| 15 | Now that will need to be assessed by the council as a whole against it 's priorities with regard to the balancing of the use of capital against capital to prop up the revenue er expenditure of the council and conceivably er to deal with the problems arising er out of government er legislation and clearly we are going to have to make some decisions decisions about this . |
| 16 | The Lancashire lad has managed to live with the pressures of early success and on Tuesday will make his bid for the game 's top prize against it 's greatest ever player . |
| 17 | Ghandi , I think , in the early eighties epitomised , to a large degree , and attitude of concern about erm violence , and I think that in some large measure the sort of recognition that it gained , particularly in the awards and so on , had a lot to do with its subject matter as against it 's actual execution , and I think that if it had been at another time , or if the subject matter had n't been erm quite as powerful as that old genius 's life was , I do n't think it would have won the awards . |
| 18 | Although such a payment is made in a very limited number of cases , this booklet 's authors are dead against it being made automatic ; after all |
| 19 | Among those who voted against it were some closeted gays : if there was to be a purge , they did not wish to be among the victims . |
| 20 | The numbers against it were still high ( 250 ) , but it passed with a respectable majority and was ready for promulgation . |
| 21 | Pitted against it were the great princes , some with ambition to achieve political and legal independence of the crown . |
| 22 | An operation like this must be a write-off , the odds against it were too great to make it worth pursuing . |
| 23 | Demonstrations against it were held in Prague in late September . |
| 24 | Thus , much was made of the fact that while the war in Vietnam was ‘ legal ’ , protesting against it was liable to lead to the protester being defined as a criminal ; that drinking alcohol was respectable , while smoking cannabis was not . |
| 25 | In 1983 a Government initiative broke the deadlock and a compromise of sorts was reached , with the Stock Exchange agreeing to amend its rule-book on the condition that the case against it was dropped . |
| 26 | The impact against it was enormous . |
| 27 | To struggle against it was revolutionary and progressive , whereas to struggle against the objective processes producing a class would be futile and Utopian . |
| 28 | As for serfdom , the economic case against it was both general and specific . |