Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] against the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to appeal against the amount of damages awarded by the trial judge and here the Court of Appeal will amend the amount if the trial judge has applied an incorrect principle of law or has awarded a sum which is clearly inconsistent with awards in comparable cases . |
| 2 | In fact , his cabinet colleagues , already unsure about public support for the bill and alienated from Dr Browne by his provocative politics , were not prepared to go against the hierarchy 's condemnation and refused to support the proposal . |
| 3 | They are prepared to vote against the government , even at the cost of a damaging row just before an election . |
| 4 | THE LORD PRESIDENT invited the Cabinet to review their decision that Ministers should be free to vote against the advice which was to be given on this issue by the responsible Minister as representing the considered view of the Government . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not easy to talk against the noise . |
| 6 | It would not be lawful for a grant maintained school to reject children with special needs who were otherwise eligible for admission but it is impossible to legislate against the temptation to work towards greater academic activity or to concentrate on subjects which are regarded as prestigious by the potential client group . |
| 7 | For the first few years the remands were unopposed , since it would plainly have been inappropriate to proceed against the applicant whilst the Carrian prosecution was still afoot . |
| 8 | SCOTLAND , deprived of the services of two of their international colleagues , Andy Nicol and Doddie Weir , are likely to struggle against the French , who beat them 22–9 in the winter . |
| 9 | But sometimes you can look at the Third World , animal slaughter , pollution and so on and just feel the depressing resignation that ‘ young ’ people are supposed to kick against the establishment . |
| 10 | Despite their unusually erratic season , it has been hard to argue against the premise that Liverpool 's name might already be on the Cup . |
| 11 | GATT is supposed to operate against the principle that , nationalism being what it is , individual countries will try to protect their own manufacturing and agricultural interests while seeking to inhibit everyone else 's . |
| 12 | But as Steven also said , this was no reason for Labour to vote against the Treaty . |
| 13 | The traditional Land-Rover is simply too agricultural to compete against the Japanese , especially as these vehicles spend more time ploughing round town than wading through mire . |
| 14 | If the section bars the plaintiff from suing the occupier , he may still be able to proceed against the contractor , either as an occupier , or under the common law negligence rules . |
| 15 | The most pertinent thing was the advent of Arthur Harris as the new C-in-C , His arrival at " The Petrified Forest " ( Bomber Command HO ) coincided with the publication of the Butt Report — one of the most deadly denunciations of the only serious offensive we were able to mount against the enemy . |
| 16 | It is because markets are not perfect in reality that companies have power , though in adopting this perspective it is important to guard against the tendency to view divergences from the model as temporary and aberrant rather than as a standard feature of market systems . |
| 17 | However , in order to maintain the advantage gained by thinking in terms of practices rather than individuals , it is important to guard against the danger of tacitly converting a practice into a ‘ starting-point ’ . |
| 18 | But trying to keep the peace between the two communities in Northern Ireland is no enviable task , particularly when both are apt to turn against the peacemaker . |
| 19 | ‘ Anyone who has a microwave oven , ’ went on Mr Gummer , ‘ will be able to check against the list to see what steps , if any , they need to take to ensure their food is fully cooked . ’ |
| 20 | Firemen who exercise reasonable care in attempting to extinguish a negligently started fire will be able to recover against the occupier , if they are injured in the process of extinguishing the fire ( Salmon v Seafarers Restaurant [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 1264 ; Ogwo v Taylor [ 1988 ] 2 WLR 988 ) . |
| 21 | So , where the buyer bought the goods under a credit agreement of a certain type he will be able to bring against the creditor a claim similar to that which he can bring against the seller . |
| 22 | In this political struggle it is also obvious that non-urban areas can not expect to receive equal treatment because politically their numbers are too small to count against the majority , who being concentrated , can receive more social provision at cheaper cost . |
| 23 | ‘ ( 4 ) Are the answers to questions ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) affected by the fact that the measure in question has been introduced with the object and effect of rendering a number of fishing vessels which immediately prior to the date of such measure coming into effect have been duly registered in and licensed to fish by the member state in question and which are to a substantial extent beneficially owned by nationals of another member state , resident and domiciled in that other member state , ineligible to fly the flag of the first member state with the result that they cease to be eligible to fish against the catch quotas allocated to the first member state under the Common Fisheries Policy unless ownership and management of the vessels are transferred to citizens of the first member state resident and domiciled therein in accordance with the provisions of the said measure ? |
| 24 | ‘ ( 4 ) Are the answers to questions ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) affected by the fact that the measure in question has been introduced with the object and effect of rendering a number of fishing vessels which immediately prior to the date of such measure coming into effect have been duly registered in and licensed to fish by the member state in question and which are to a substantial extent beneficially owned by nationals of another member state , resident and domiciled in that other member state , ineligible to fly the flag of the first member state with the result that they cease to be eligible to fish against the catch quotas allocated to the first member state under the Common Fisheries Policy unless ownership and management of the vessels are transferred to citizens of the first member state resident and domiciled therein in accordance with the provisions of the said measure ? |
| 25 | Certainly , as Philip Norton has shown , since 1970 MPs have been increasingly ready to go against the party line . |
| 26 | According to one loyalist thirties thirty or so of his colleagues think it 's more fun to vote against the Government , a smaller number go further , they think a spell in opposition might enhance their own careers . |
| 27 | Its purpose was to prepare for the coming struggle between good order under a monarchy , and the revolutionary socialism of the sort to which republics often sink-until , that is , conditions deteriorate to the point where people are ready to revolt against the system and return to the rule of an even more powerful dictator . |
| 28 | Despite this absence of co-ordination the British government was eager to move against the French and make sure they could not endanger the American colonies . |