Example sentences of "it [was/were] against [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she was afraid to allow herself to become pregnant and therefore , although it was against her religious beliefs , was using contraceptives . |
| 2 | Other customers , strangers , sometimes offered to buy her drinks , but it was against her principles to accept them . |
| 3 | The report states : ‘ She knew it was not right in him to act as he did and … she knew it was not right in herself in permitting him … she knew it was wrong in both , and that it was against her will at all the tunes . ’ |
| 4 | It was against her nature to tell anything but the whitest of white lies , but she was of necessity getting better at it , though it would never sit comfortably with her conscience and her sense of fairness and justice . |
| 5 | It was against my will but I felt there was no use fighting it , because the social worker had many things against me , like my not going to see the baby , and my being in prison — there were many things against me . |
| 6 | The Chairman at that time decided t to take the motion and proposition and it was against my advice . |
| 7 | Gary also managed a goal for us , which brought him , as well as Palace fans , great delight for it was against his former club , Chelsea , upon his return to Stamford Bridge with the Eagles in November 1982 ( 2–2 ) , and as his career with us drew towards its close , he also performed capably in the centre of our defence . |
| 8 | He had acquired in effect a veto over all grants or sales of land to the church , but it was against his political and financial interests to enforce this ban . |
| 9 | I knew perfectly well that he respected the Manager and even liked him though it was against his nature to admit it ; the thing that maddened him was that this had happened behind his back , and for a reason which he obviously found as inadequate as I did . |
| 10 | It was against his convictions to call them ‘ actors . ’ |
| 11 | He would n't look at me , said it was against his religion . |
| 12 | It was against his principles . |
| 13 | But at Oxford 's John Radcliffe Hospital his family asked doctors not to give him blood , insisting it was against his religious beliefs . |
| 14 | He loves Eliza , despite the fact that it was against his ‘ will , reason and even against his character ’ to do so . |
| 15 | And as a doctor it was against your ethics to tell me . ’ |