Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | His finding was that the capacity to experience it was much more highly developed in wives who had indulged in intercourse before marriage than in those who had remained chaste — in short there was much to be said against chastity . |
| 2 | There is a lot to be said against the politics of Left-and-Right . |
| 3 | There is more to be said against the probabilistic analysis of our conception of causation that can or needs to be said here . |
| 4 | It was no fault of Harry 's that he had been mistakenly put in the care of such people , although there was nothing to be said against the Pritchetts — a decent , hard-working family — other than their class . |
| 5 | Even so , there is a great deal to be said against timetable motions . |
| 6 | His sketching speed was amply illustrated at our meeting : at the request of The Independent photographer for a cartoon to be positioned against a picture of him , within seconds a huge Asterix bounced off a sheet of paper . |
| 7 | Sentence of excommunication was once again to be pronounced against those who violated them . |
| 8 | Roses may still need to be sprayed against black spot and rust . |
| 9 | Goldstar Information & Communications Ltd , Hyundai Electronics Industries Co Ltd , Maxon Electronics Co Ltd and Samsung Electronics Co have each signed agreements with Qualcomm Inc , San Diego for joint development of cellular telephone subscriber and infrastructure equipment based on Code Division Multiple Access technology for Korea ; the four will pay Qualcomm non-refundable preliminary fees totalling about $5m to be applied against part of their future licence fees . |
| 10 | ‘ All I can say though is that whatever happens it will be my decision , ’ she said , revealing the determination and single-mindedness that was later to be turned against her . |
| 11 | The up-grading of the priest meant the down-grading of the layman and , as status declined , so criticism began to be voiced against the ecclesiastical hierarchy and against exclusive administration of sacraments by priests as the sole means of salvation . |
| 12 | THREE CHEERS for quarter-finalists The Collins Family from Northampton , whose wayward eldest son lost them millions of cred points by sporting a black NME T-shirt , thus causing Noel to be biased against them . |
| 13 | The Godhead , or at least Christology , then appears to be biased against women . |
| 14 | Every practising barrister knows before which judges he would prefer not to appear in a political case because he believes , and his colleagues at the bar believe , that certain judges are much more likely than others to be biased against certain groups , like demonstrators or students , or certain kinds of action , like occupations of property by trade unionists or the homeless . |
| 15 | BRITAIN closed on the two teams ahead of them in the NorTel Southern Cross Cup series when Juno IV finished fourth , Heaven Can Wait seventh and Canon Express tenth in the fourth race yesterday — and there is a protest to be heard against two of the New South Wales team who lead the series , 11.5 points ahead of Australia and 21.5 ahead of Britain , writes Bob Fisher . |
| 16 | but it does n't actually change British policy , or alter the fact that sanctions are going to be maintained against Saddam . |
| 17 | In contrast with the patient and virtuous English , the French were portrayed as , at best , dissembling , unscrupulous and bellicose ; in fact , the patriotic exuberance of some clergy so overwhelmed Christian charity that they had to be warned against making their prayers too bloodthirsty ! |
| 18 | On Oct. 17 Havel had praised Vacek for " never having allowed the Army to be misused against the people " , for his loyalty to the new regime , and for having " started the process of fundamental restructuring of the Czechoslovak Army " . |
| 19 | ( vi ) Permanent data were to be validated against the employee record at time of input and either rejected or a warning issued if the data were either invalid or dubious . |
| 20 | This charting of the circulating relations between aesthetic and other forms of production works best in those historical periods , such as the Renaissance , where there was no modern concept of Literature , thus allowing literary texts to be mapped against the political and other discourses of which they formed a part . |
| 21 | They included Henri de Lubac , later to be raised to the rank of cardinal , though only after he had retreated from the more extreme position on the relationship between nature and grace he had adopted in 1946 in his book Surnaturel ; Marie-Dominique Chenu , one of whose books was placed on the Index in 1942 for daring to suggest that Thomas Aquinas ought to be studied against the history of his times ; and Yves Congar , who survived to become one of the leading theologians of Vatican II . |
| 22 | The tax was abolished for new fields given development consent from yesterday onwards , as were rules allowing PRT bills to be offset against exploration and development costs . |
| 23 | As it was , however , the US was slowly , and not too slowly , getting itself into a position where its responsibilities tended to supplant rather than complement those of the French : and this was something which at least had to be offset against all the delays that would ensue in European rearmament . |
| 24 | Participation in the black economy may produce substantial short-term gains for the individual concerned , but these gains have to be offset against the ‘ rights of citizenship ’ that go with a complete national insurance contributions record . |
| 25 | Later , a second change permitted these tax benefits to be offset against income that would otherwise have attracted higher rates of tax . |
| 26 | Whenever the final balance is drawn up , costs such as these will have to be offset against whatever gains arise from the scheme . |
| 27 | None the less , it is clear both that they are substantial and that they have to be offset against any putative gains in efficiency brought about by the internal market . |
| 28 | The advantages of this kind of map are cheapness and rapidity of production but these advantages have to be offset against the crudity of the printer map relative to the high-quality pen-plotter map . |
| 29 | Advance Corporation Tax to be offset against the Corporation Tax liability of the following year is carried forward . |
| 30 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |