Example sentences of "this be against [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formerly , the villagers used to eat turtle eggs and flesh , despite this being against the law . |
| 2 | This is against a national average rise of 9pc . |
| 3 | Some clinics helpfully provide forecasts of the likely sex , although this is against the law . |
| 4 | It fits well with the way the figure placed next her in fig 124 is lifting the mantle on her shoulders ; and this is against the suggested transfer . |
| 5 | Sitting much later in the genteel coffee shop of a Holiday Inn in Suburban Virginia , Habib Olahi recalled that as the Shah walked to and fro , he said , " This is against the constitution . " |
| 6 | Profits are well up , cost reduction obviously played a major part in this and the F T group is er , fifty five percent up on last year and this is against the background of a five percent drop in advertisement volume and we have an eleven percent drop in advertisement volume from the continent of Europe erm , which of course does n't affect other national newspapers . |
| 7 | I , I actually think they probably did use up all that was possible available to them at the time , and so , in some ways , this is against the spirit of the policy , although the policies have been changed , and I hear what Councillor said about improvement to the place , and so I do n't think we 'd serve any useful purpose in stopping these people doing this , because they 're probably not the people who were responsible for the flagrant disobeying of the rules at the time . |
| 8 | This was against a book |
| 9 | This was against a background in which the expected OPEC output for the third quarter was 19 million b/d ( against an OPEC global ceiling of 16.6 ) and the stockbuild forecast was over 2 million . |
| 10 | He thus unjustly extorted a great sum of money from the men of the bailiwick , not being content with any mode of lawing , saying , if the right leg was lawed , the left leg ought to be lawed , and vice versa , and if all the feet were lawed , saying falsely that this was against the assize and the tenor of the king 's Charter . |
| 11 | If it turns out badly , he might argue ( contrary to the facts ) that this was against the odds . |
| 12 | Dorman-Smith , yielding to Aung San 's personal intervention on 23 May , ordered release of the detainees : this was against the advice of his Chief Secretary . |
| 13 | This was against the threat of the strike spreading throughout the public services . |
| 14 | Although this was against the law , the poll tax was illegitimate — imposed from above . |
| 15 | All of this was against the Welfare at Markets Order of 1990 says Animal Aid . |
| 16 | This was against an Irishman named Ned Murphy . |