Example sentences of "the [noun] [is] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis Smith says hopefully to get three points and play good football … there 's not much they can do in two days but his team talk will be tell the players to go out enjoy it and pass the ball … by a strange twist of fate Smith 's first match at the Manor is against the team that gave him the sack last season Bristol City |
| 2 | The tide 's against the Mysteries . |
| 3 | He recommends that councillors state their objections because the proposal is against the Cleveland structure plan and could increase congestion and accident potential on a busy road . |
| 4 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 5 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 6 | In the UK any firm with more than 25 per cent of the market can be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , which must then consider whether or not the monopoly is against the public interest . |
| 7 | ‘ The praesidium decided not to support the 1990 budget and the party is against the ( government 's ) housing programme . |