Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another reason that we should be against the Labour party is that we should not put them in a position to buck the trend . |
| 2 | You 'd have er there 's somebody on yesterday who said that thinks it should er it should be against the law to cut a tree down . |
| 3 | There were to be no aisles , crosses or altars ; the pulpit must be against the end wall facing the congregation . |
| 4 | This must be against the interests of the UK economy , and of EC consumers . |
| 5 | The issue of shares to residents or non-residents ( overseas investors ) might be against the government 's policy on the ownership of national natural resources . |
| 6 | Any journalist , confronted with a legal opinion that a story , or the conduct necessary to obtain it , might be against the law , should first establish whether that law permits trial by jury . |
| 7 | If there is any iron law of bureaucracy it must be that such organizations will not willingly do anything that may be against the organization 's perceived long-term interests and that , on occasions , this will lead the organization to ignore its nominal masters . |
| 8 | It 'd be a brave person who would be against the Golf romping out the other end in front . |
| 9 | However , our GP persuaded him that such a course would be against the public Health Act . |
| 10 | He would be against the lifting of the ban , would n't he ? |
| 11 | He then went on to consider whether the further proceedings would be against the children 's interests under four heads : ( 1 ) the disturbing effects on the children of further investigation ; ( 2 ) the fact that , under section 91(1) , if in respect of any child a residence order were made in favour of the foster mother , the existing care order to the local authority would be discharged ; ( 3 ) the shared parental responsibility between the foster mother and the mother which would result from section 12(2) conferring parental responsibility upon the foster mother if a residence order were to be made in her favour ; ( 4 ) the time that would be likely to elapse before any substantive order could be made . |
| 12 | An arbitrary and unwarranted termination of their engagement would be against the organization 's own interests . |
| 13 | But both Miliband and Poulantzas were unprepared to accept that what came out of this conflict over , and within , the state would be against the long-term interests of the ruling class . |
| 14 | Lanham suggests that if cases such as these were treated as rape , this would devalue the crime , which would be against the best interest of women . |
| 15 | On the 25th March 1993 Mr Howard updated the DoE guideline to planners thus ‘ it would be against the national interest to refuse planning permission for the extension of economic indigenous coal where the development can be carried out in an environmentally acceptable way . |
| 16 | That would be against the interests of our industry . |
| 17 | My hon. Friend is right to pinpoint the fact that it would be against the interests of British Airways and Rolls-Royce for politicians to second-guess the commercial decision making of private companies . |
| 18 | I waited till we heard him on the stairs , then told them how I had offered to drive this run , but now that I was a passenger it would be against the rules . |
| 19 | The position is now somewhat alleviated by the case of Rowlands ( Mark ) Ltd v Berni Inns Ltd [ 1985 ] QB 211 where it was held that the intention of the parties to the lease was that the landlord 's claim would be against the insurers under the insurance policy and that the landlord would not have a claim against the tenant for breach of covenant , to the effect that there was no claim to which the insurers could be subrogated . |
| 20 | ‘ We thought everyone would be against the development , but opinion seems to be moving the other way , mainly thanks to Calder himself . |
| 21 | ‘ The district council , however , is of the view that taking this case to court could lead to more damage to the area through adverse publicity and this would be against the interests of local people . |
| 22 | We do not want this My Lords , th the th the appointed members system will be wrong , it will be against the whole trend of policing as the Noble Lord Harris spelt out from eighteen thirty-five . |
| 23 | I recreate the absent proprietor ’ , he says in The Thief 's Journal ( p. 129 ) ; and in a 1975 interview : ‘ I would like the world , and pay attention to the way I 'm saying it , I would like the world not to change so that I can be against the world ’ ( Gay Sunshine Interviews , 79 ) . |