Example sentences of "[prep] or against [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know that it 's for or against that he dotes on his wife . |
| 2 | I think there are a variety of ways Mr Chairman , in which our environmental strategy , when it 's formulated , could be publicised and that 's one way forward , and I wonder whether director could perhaps incorporate an argument for or against that , i , in , in , i , in the paper that Councillor has suggested . |
| 3 | Apart from the arguments for or against such a redistribution , it is clear from the breakdown of taxation given above that this is greatly over-simplified . |
| 4 | However , it is not clear that arguments for or against this possibility will cast light on the differences between holists and individualists concerned with social explanation . |
| 5 | This is not like a planning appeal because only those who are invited can actually participate , although in practice anyone with anything substantial to say , for or against any aspect of the plan , is likely to be invited . |
| 6 | A creditor may give a proxy to any person of full age ( who himself need not be a creditor or contributory ) ( r 8.1(3) ) requiring the proxy holder to use his discretion on voting ( a general proxy ) or requiring him to vote for or against any specified resolution ( a special proxy ) . |
| 7 | There is no discrimination for or against any candidate on the basis of sex , ethnic origin , social class , home location or whether they have a medical background . |
| 8 | There is no discrimination for or against any candidate on the basis of sex , ethnic origin , social class , home location or whether they have a veterinary background . |
| 9 | Just as ‘ facts ’ in science only become ‘ evidence ’ when they are ranged for or against some theory , so course data become evaluation data only in the light of contemplated change . |
| 10 | Such issues must be a concern of those devising the National Curriculum because the attainment targets and programmes of study must not be biased , deliberately or unwittingly , towards or against any such group . |