Example sentences of "if it be against " in BNC.

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1 If it is against the interests of the working class to cooperate with capitalists , there are nevertheless two possible ways of persuading them to do so .
2 It should be noted that it follows from this that an action in respect of a public law wrong can be a private action for present purposes if it is against a non-governmental body .
3 But neither labelling patterns of resistance as unreasonable nor believing that managers can be manipulated into acceptance if it is against their interest , are adequate solutions .
4 But if you did genuinely make that statement it 's more likely to be true if it 's against your interest , rather than for your interest .
5 I do n't think it 's of great benefit to English rugby to go around persuading people to stay on if it 's against their wishes , and possibly against their better judgement .
6 Stephen nodded , not knowing if it was against the law or not , and not much caring .
7 When he was consecrated , however , Cranmer made a public protestation that any oath which he took acknowledging the authority of the Pope was not intended to be binding if it were against the law of God or the King 's prerogatives , nor would it bind him to be less free in reformation of the Church .
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