Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] against the [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mansion House constable , a feeble old man whom the Lord Mayor suggests as a Catholic 's defence against the Gordon rioters ( see GORDON , LORD GEORGE ) . |
| 2 | Now , thanks to TODAY 's campaign against the photocopier cowboys , the Office of Fair Trading is to consider a dossier of complaints against them . |
| 3 | Elizabeth Wolstenholme-Elmy , for example , was associated with the suffrage movement , Butler 's campaign against the CD Acts , and the campaign for the Married Women 's Property Acts , while Millicent Fawcett , though withholding public support for Butler because she feared it would bring the suffrage movement into disrepute , in fact wholeheartedly approved of her work . |
| 4 | Mr Clarke won the approval of the conference for a strong attack on the BMA 's campaign against the NHS changes . |
| 5 | WALES yesterday named 11 players from Swansea and Llanelli — the two teams to embarrass Australia already this winter — for Saturday 's Test against the world champions , writes Giles Smith . |
| 6 | SCOTLAND 's national coach , Andy Roxburgh , broke his silence yesterday and criticised the system that has caused the decimation of his squad for Wednesday 's match against the World champions , Germany , at Ibrox . |