Example sentences of "[adj] [is] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is against all the evidence , but it is a compelling image , and one that clearly derives from this present age in our history , which now has the Shakespeare it deserves : an old , sex-obsessed vagrant in the Forest of Dean , refusing to pay his Poll Tax . |
| 2 | Some clinics helpfully provide forecasts of the likely sex , although this is against the law . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . " |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I do n't know who this is against , and I 'm off to see us v ippo in any case . |
| 8 | This is against a national average rise of 9pc . |
| 9 | The first alleges that the Bank induced Ansbacher to force his resignation , and the second is against his employer for breach of contract by forcing him to resign . |
| 10 | In many other countries , one or other ( or both ) of these is against the law . |
| 11 | One top too many is against tradition |
| 12 | The first is against structuralism 's putative ‘ objectivism ’ . |
| 13 | The traditional view of a trust is that it was enforceable only in personam , that is against the trustee . |
| 14 | That is against natural justice . |
| 15 | And that is against the advice of Government in its circular advice to the coal industry and indeed to the County Council . |
| 16 | This is why Cardinal Newman once remarked , " It is not reason that is against us , but imagination . " |
| 17 | that is against the law , because they have to have access to that cupboard in case there is a fire . |
| 18 | That 's against what , sorry ? |
| 19 | Dear oh dear , cos he were n't allowed , he were n't allowed to stop money , cos that 's against the law to pay for damages . |
| 20 | Three eighty , four hundred four twenty , four fifty four eighty , five hundred and fifty six hundred and fifty , seven hundred and fifty it 's on the left at seven fifty now , eight hundred behind you against you now eight fifty nine hundred standing nine fifty one thousand one thousand pounds standing on the left at the back , one hundred two hundred three hundred , one one thousand three hundred pounds , that 's against any more at one thousand three hundred , four hundred , five hundred one thousand five hundred standing , any more ? |
| 21 | you know that 's against me as well so erm so that that in itself has put a doubt in my mind if you know what I mean . |
| 22 | See that 's against traditional sales techniques . |
| 23 | That 's against . |
| 24 | It was in the lead , but it was thrown and that 's against the rules . |
| 25 | so much for the Italian job Gloucester are back home training this week and getting themselves ready for the first league match of the season … that 's against wasps at Kingsholm on saturday ( 1 ) |
| 26 | That 's against , that 's against the law , son . |
| 27 | That 's against , that 's against the law , son . |
| 28 | That 's , that 's against parking regulations . |
| 29 | There is one other game taking place tonight in group A , that game taking place in Italy , in and that 's against Charlton . |
| 30 | Now that 's against the law so I do n't think so . |