Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless I am convinced that where , as here , a party can satisfy the court that there is a genuine risk of prosecution for some offence which is not within the scope of section 31 of the Theft Act 1968 ’ — e.g. conspiracy — ‘ or any similar statutory provision , it is not open to this court to substitute for the privilege against self-incrimination some other protection based on an order restricting the use of disclosed material . |
| 2 | When he told them that the Government could have used more oil at the power stations this summer and so built up coal stocks for the winter against a possible strike , but had n't , they merely retorted , ‘ More fool you ’ and thanked him for letting them know how strong their position was . |
| 3 | And the IRFU did nothing for its cause by not awarding caps for the matches against Canada and the United States and by refusing to pay the players the regulation daily allowance because the tour was one day short of the stipulated duration . |
| 4 | But Tony 's sparkling form at England B level is sure to give him the left wing spot and set him up for the Test against Canada on October 17 . |
| 5 | That is unless , like Wade Dooley whom Rodber joined in the England pack against Scotland and Ireland last season , he is picked for the Test against the South Africans four days later . |
| 6 | For example , it is possible to snip through the genes of the vaccinia viruses ( one of which is the basis for the vaccine against smallpox ) and stitch in some threads of DNA from the rabies virus . |
| 7 | The Christians called ‘ pagans ’ those who had not in baptism enlisted in Christ 's militia for the battle against satanic idolatry and superstition . |
| 8 | The Scottish Cricket Union will award caps for the games against Yorkshire and Western Province Colts , which Love expects to be a very hard fixture , and bearing in mind the high standard of youth cricket encountered in Johannesburg last March , he is almost certain to be right . |
| 9 | To help you choose a hotel that can accommodate larger numbers , just look for the G against the hotel name in the price panel . |
| 10 | The new rule is also a clear victory for the environmentalists against a proposal by the Bush administration that would have eliminated any waiting period . |
| 11 | It was widely believed that the financial records supplied by Hakim were instrumental in supplying evidence for the charges against Clines . |
| 12 | The other advantage of affray for the prosecutor is that it requires a less exacting proof of mens rea than is required for the offences against the person . |
| 13 | The peso traded at $1.00=P22.44 at the end of 1989 , having averaged $1.00=P21.737 for the year against the 1988 average of $1.00=P21.094 . |
| 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 | They play the winners of next Sunday 's semi-final between Redcar Mariner 's and Wharfdale A. Batty fit FOOTBALL : Leeds midfielder David Batty was last night declared fit to join England 's combined senior and B squad for the friendlies against France this week . |
| 16 | In 1892 Hobhouse narrowly won Wiltshire East for the Liberals against a formidable Conservative opponent . |
| 17 | Its influence must have been very considerable for the boy to have been so successfully supported for the kingship against an adult rival . |
| 18 | I now come to what I regard as the plaintiffs ' most convincing argument , namely , that paragraph 33 of Buckley J. 's order , combined with the letter dated 23 October 1991 from the Crown Prosecution Service , provides effective protection for the defendants against the criminal consequences of having to disclose incriminating information or documents by virtue of paragraphs 18(a) and ( c ) and 19(a) and ( c ) of the order . |
| 19 | On 12 September 1922 it issued a decree abolishing Pomgol and replacing it with Posledgol ( the Committee for the Struggle Against the Consequences of the Famine ) . |
| 20 | His love of Britain and wholehearted support for the fight against Fascism gave his films an urgency and richness which were lacking in the few he made after the war . |
| 21 | The appointment on Feb. 26 of Col. Faustino Rico Toro as the new head of the Special Force for the Fight against Drug Trafficking ( FELCN ) sparked off a controversy within the country , which resulted in the eventual resignation of the Chief of Police and the Interior Minister . |
| 22 | The threat led to the resignation on March 4 of the head of the Special Force for the Fight against Drug Traffickers ( FELCN ) , Col. Faustino Rico Toro ( who had been appointed as recently as Feb. 26 ) , and was followed by that of the Interior Minister , Capobianco Ribera , after accusations in the US press of his association with drug trafficking [ see p. 38094-95 ] . |
| 23 | The bill also dissolved , from December 1992 , the High Commission for the Fight against the Mafia ( which since the early 1980s had had little success ) in order to make way for the new Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate ( DIA ) . |
| 24 | — The 1992 Pubs , Clubs and Hotels Exhibition will be held at Gateshead International Stadium on March 3 , 4 and 5. — A show organised by clubland entertainer Terry Milligan in memory of his mother-in-law and former stewardess at Newcastle East Conservative Club , the late Katie Brown , raised £1,000 for the Fight Against Cancer Trust , based at Newcastle Freeman Hosptial. — Presentations to the winners of the West Durham Snooker League will be held at Horndale Social Club , Newton Aycliffe on Friday , April 3. — Popular organiser John Beattie is now resident at Old Shildon Social Club every Saturday and Monday night playing for dancing . |
| 25 | He is proposing a pilot scheme to take uniformed officers away from front desk duties as one of the latest for putting civilians into jobs which in the past have been filled by officers in order to free more for the fight against crime . |
| 26 | He is proposing a pilot scheme to take uniformed officers away from front desk duties as one idea for putting civilians into jobs which in the past have been filled by officers in order to free more police for the fight against crime . |
| 27 | Goalkeeper Andrew Collett will play for the North against the South in an England youth trial at Stafford next Tuesday . |
| 28 | An enhanced generation of either omega-3 or omega-6 derived prostaglandins possessing cytoprotective properties could account for the protection against acid-induced duodenal lesions in rats fed the polyunsaturated fatty acid diets , though this can not be confirmed with the present data . |
| 29 | Strangely , his only international appearance was for the English against the Scottish League in 1914 . |
| 30 | James was foiled mainly by the determination of the European powers , including the Warrior Pope Julius II , to fight one another instead , and certainly not by any substantial doubt on the part of his subjects that a king from Scotland was overreaching himself ; indeed , his popularity was to bring him an enormous Scottish army for the campaign against the English in 1513 which ended in the disaster of Flodden . |