Example sentences of "[noun sg] be against " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Opposition are against the creation of specially-favoured categories based on status or affluence , ’ he said , and would vote against Mr Hurd 's proposals . |
| 2 | Mind you must remember at the time when he was fighting to put it through , the bill through parliament , the whole B M A , British Medical Association were against him , to a man . |
| 3 | Anyone with ears to hear must have noted Hitler 's words , that ‘ we had no idea , how gigantic the preparations of this enemy were against Germany and Europe , and how immensely great the danger was , how narrowly we have avoided this time the destruction not only of Germany , but of the whole of Europe ’ . |
| 4 | Is it because we will point out that the consultants , general practitioners , radiographers , physiotherapists , occupational therapists , the Ayrshire local health council , all four district councils and the four Members of Parliament who bothered to make a submission were against the proposal to opt out — that all those 200 submissions were against it ? |
| 5 | His remedy is against them ( Dedman v British Building Ltd , [ 1974 ] ICR 53 at 61F ) |
| 6 | The winds , temperatures and humidity can change and you could be in your best shape , but the wind is against you . |
| 7 | The State Department appears to be in favour of that proposition , whereas the Defence Department is against it . |
| 8 | ‘ Forgery 's against the law too , you know . ’ |
| 9 | His crime is against the bond of servant and master . |
| 10 | In the matter of searches the only search necessary before completion is against the title , on the appropriate Form 94A ( search relating to whole of land in a title ) or 94B ( search relating to part ) . |
| 11 | ‘ That class o ’ talk is against the Catholic Church — against all the laws o' God and man . |
| 12 | Above all , Mosley had tried to reassure the country that persecution of race or religion was against the fundamental tenets of Fascism as it had evolved in England . |
| 13 | SATURDAY 'S defeat was against South Bank , whose own future is gloomier still . |
| 14 | The Conservative party in opposition was against the opening of the University , but now they claim they are four square behind it . |
| 15 | The resolution to end Sarawak 's autonomy was forced through the Council Negri , Sarawak 's representative body , on the votes of the raja 's European officials , although the native vote was against it . |
| 16 | Does he agree that it ill behoves the Labour party to comment on that because Labour was against the channel tunnel at its inception ? |
| 17 | Teachers said 12-year-old Tommy Woods 's new wedge-style cut was against the school rules . |
| 18 | as if 24-17 and derisive chants of ‘ Easy , easy ’ were not bad enough , this humiliation was against a side who have made a wretched start to the season — a week earlier Pontypool had given them a 35-6 going-over — and were short of at least half-a-dozen first-choice players . |
| 19 | Before she could stop him , his mouth was against hers , parting her mouth in a travesty of a kiss that forced her lips against her teeth . |
| 20 | She wanted to cry his name aloud again , but his mouth was against hers , his hair-roughened chest against the naked globes of her breasts , and she loved him , wanted him , needed him and , as he moved her until her back was on her mattress , she had no objection to make when he removed her only covering from her altogether . |
| 21 | The wind was against us , but that proved in our favour because Jacklin could n't reach the green in two . |
| 22 | The wind was against her now . |
| 23 | Illnesses such as leprosy are against God 's will and must be defeated . |
| 24 | A further example is that the provisions in question are against the principles contained in public Acts ; and yet a further example is that the provisions do not conform to previously accepted models , precedents , etc , from the point of view of drafting . |
| 25 | But it was not always possible to do this : the mere facts of topography were against it : and a great number of farms had to be created well away from the village . |
| 26 | " No , Fate 's against him , " said Tilda , and after one or two forkfuls of beans she fell fast asleep with her head across the table . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | While there may have been isolated instances which appear to confirm this interpretation ( for example , in 1970 the Soviet Union bought up Costa Rica 's excess of coffee , which may well have been a factor contributing to the establishment of diplomatic relations the following year ) , other such instances have been similarly small-scale and the evidence overall is against it . |
| 29 | ‘ My human sympathies ’ , said Lord Diplock , ‘ are with Mr Cheall , but I am not in a position to indulge them ; for I am left in no doubt that upon all the points that have been so ingeniously argued , the law is against him . ’ |
| 30 | Divorce is against my wife 's principles but she might get ideas as to a legal separation . ’ |