Example sentences of "[subord] they be against " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knows one thing is certain — Forest will be much more difficult to beat at Wembley than they were against Wednesday , who joined Sheffield United as the only teams to have achieved a double over Forest this season . |
| 2 | Men and women of all schools of thought joined ; all parties were welcomed if they were against socialism … |
| 3 | Delegates attending the session in Torquay were asked to sit on the right-hand side of the room if they were in favour of the motion and on the left if they were against it . |
| 4 | Cos they 're against churches generally are n't they ? |
| 5 | Such ideas tend to be anathema to the Army Board , not because they are against the creation of stronger reserves ; nor because of the difficulties of finding barrack accommodation and training areas in the cramped and over-populated British Isles ; but because the units withdrawn from the Continent would become vulnerable to pruning in some future retrenchment programme — reserves are always the first to go when cuts are demanded , since their size is based on subjective rather than objective judgments . |
| 6 | This deficiency he shared with a whole crew of leaders of third-world or so-called ‘ non-aligned ’ countries , who like him had gained power because they were against foreign rulers , not because they had any idea of what to put in place of foreign rule . |
| 7 | Er also feel that the people the companies are not making services actually got because they were against these making go out in the evenings because the last bus leaves the town centre at six thirty . |
| 8 | Even though they were against the wind , Colleges made the better start and after Thomson had missed two penalties and John Mackenzie had had a ‘ try ’ disallowed for a foot in touch ( signalled by the Colleges touch judge Bert Barclay ) the home side went 10-0 up . |
| 9 | They 're just as likely to be used against us as they are against you . |