Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [adj] against [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The papers also report that the club sent a special envoy to Paris to ensure Gazza got to Seville for Tuesday 's friendly against Diego Maradona 's side . |
| 2 | Finlay Calder , the Lions captain , is unavailable for Scotland 's international against Fiji on 28 October . |
| 3 | But it did n't stop him leaving Lineker out of England 's friendly against France . |
| 4 | WEMBLEY has cut some of its ticket prices by half in an attempt to ensure a respectable crowd for England 's friendly against Yugoslavia next Wednesday . |
| 5 | WEMBLEY has cut some of its ticket prices by half in an attempt to ensure a respectable crowd for England 's friendly against Yugoslavia next Wednesday . |
| 6 | FOOTBALL : Referee James McCluskey and Scotland colleagues Hugh Williamson and William Young take charge of England 's international against Brazil at Wembley on May 17 . |
| 7 | Peter Wright , who missed Boroughmuir 's friendly against Hawick as he was resting a knock to his left shoulder which he had aggravated when he tripped at work , completed most of the session and is confident he will be 100 per cent for the heavy scrummaging routines on Wednesday night . |
| 8 | Soon after Graham Taylor 's boys touched down in Santander for to-morrow night 's friendly against Spain , Gazza joined his old team-mates after a 10-hour trip from his new home in Italy . |
| 9 | Durie was rushed into hospital for the operation within hours of the Tottenham party — minus Durie — returning from Wednesday night 's friendly against Lazio in Rome . |
| 10 | By stumps on the second day Australia were 36 for 1 ( Taylor 18 , Boon 11 ) , and on Day 3 the pair took their stand to 221 , only 15 short of Australia 's best against India , by Sid Barnes and Don Bradman ( who was watching the play from the committee-room ) in 1947–48 . |
| 11 | A similar attack is likely against Libya . |