Example sentences of "[adj] be [adv] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before Phylis ran in the final , an official said : ‘ This is strictly against the rules . |
| 2 | ( 3 ) Regulated agreements which are not caught by Pt V of CCA 1974 as laid out in s74 of CCA 1974 , for example non-commercial agreements , or small agreements ( s17(1) ) , or running-account credit such as bank overdrafts or other overdrafts exempted by the Director if this is not against the interests of the debtor . |
| 3 | ‘ This is apparently against prison regulations , but little seems to have been done to enforce the rule . ’ |
| 4 | Although this is technically against the rules , it is still common practice . |
| 5 | This is certainly against the spirit of the law . |
| 6 | She had never envisaged that they would all be solidly against it . |
| 7 | Taking a balanced psephological slice of the local population , this revealed that out of 600 people questioned , almost twice as many were firmly against Hinkley C ( 44 per cent ) as were clearly in favour ( 23 per cent ) . |
| 8 | A Minister of the Crown told me once of being present at a Cabinet committee meeting when she disagreed with her then chancellor , Nigel Lawson , and sensed that the rest of those present were also against her . |
| 9 | And that is completely against the wishes of both Maloney and even his own brother Dennis , who believe they could eventually get at least twice as much . |
| 10 | And that is completely against the wishes of both Frank Maloney and even his own brother Dennis , who believe they could eventually get at least twice as much . |
| 11 | The weather as usual was all against us even in June , but the appointed time saw us anchored on our allotted station , near the East Bramble buoy in the East Solent . |
| 12 | Erm , it became very clear that that , that bid erm , was in fact , at an early stage , that that bid was not , did not have a realistic chance of being successful , so as , as you know Chairman , when you went on the delegation to see er , Mr in London , actually at that meeting , er , the members of the delegation said to the Secretary of State , well , we recognize , Secretary of State that it 's the wrong area , what we 'd like to really argue for is a bid for the urban core out in Browsley , erm , in , at the end of the day , we did n't even quite get that , but what we did manage to get was objective two status for the urban core of Telford still , and I think that was probably against the odds . |
| 13 | You have too much good sense not to discover that I , in spite of my heart and all the pride of it , can not but love you and have put on a behaviour to you that was much against my heart , in hopes to frighten you from your reservedness . |