Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | The head of the bed should be against a wall , or should have a head-board . |
| 2 | I do not think that we should be against such moral principles . |
| 3 | Mr. Lester presented us with what he termed a menu of choices in case we should be against his submission that the right to sue in malicious falsehood was a sufficient protection for the reputation of a corporate public authority . |
| 4 | La Forest J. who delivered the leading judgment on behalf of the majority concluded , at p. 196 , that : ‘ the rule should be against recovery of ultra vires taxes , at least in the case of unconstitutional statutes ’ and went on , at p. 199 , to reject the proposition that payment under an ultra vires statute constituted compulsion . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't see why my parents should be against our marriage , ’ Madeleine said cheerfully as she snuggled against him . |
| 6 | Another reason that we should be against the Labour party is that we should not put them in a position to buck the trend . |
| 7 | You 'd have er there 's somebody on yesterday who said that thinks it should er it should be against the law to cut a tree down . |
| 8 | There were to be no aisles , crosses or altars ; the pulpit must be against the end wall facing the congregation . |
| 9 | " I can see God himself must be against us , since I have declared war on the animals . |
| 10 | This must be against the interests of the UK economy , and of EC consumers . |
| 11 | The application must be against someone who is likely to be a party to proceedings but this can extend to cases where even the bringing of these proceedings depends on what is in the documents ( Dunning v United Liverpool Hospitals ' Board of Governors [ 1973 ] 2 All ER 454 ) . |
| 12 | Your age , health and qualifications might be against you . |
| 13 | The issue of shares to residents or non-residents ( overseas investors ) might be against the government 's policy on the ownership of national natural resources . |
| 14 | Can we have a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment . |
| 15 | We asked you for a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment . |
| 16 | Any journalist , confronted with a legal opinion that a story , or the conduct necessary to obtain it , might be against the law , should first establish whether that law permits trial by jury . |
| 17 | ‘ He 'll be against it because he wo n't think I 'm nice enough for you . |
| 18 | ‘ George Foreman is the big fight for Lennox right now and the second defence could be against American Tommy Morrison — and perhaps the third against Frank Bruno in 1994 . ’ |
| 19 | Who could be against it ? |
| 20 | As a result , the United States encouraged the British and the Russians to join with it in signing a treaty with Iran promising that all three countries would withdraw their troops within six months how useful the United States could be against Iran 's old exploiters . |
| 21 | FORGET about Carl Lewis , Olympic sprint champion Linford Christie 's next great showdown could be against … |
| 22 | So you 'd be against Eagle as the main competitor if if they 've got them already |
| 23 | ‘ I may be against this on principle but I do n't see why I should n't be able to make a little bit of capital , ’ he added . |
| 24 | If there is any iron law of bureaucracy it must be that such organizations will not willingly do anything that may be against the organization 's perceived long-term interests and that , on occasions , this will lead the organization to ignore its nominal masters . |
| 25 | The whole world may be against them , but they ca n't feel it . |
| 26 | It 'd be a brave person who would be against the Golf romping out the other end in front . |
| 27 | He questioned whether it would be possible to prosecute them with any chance of success with the present rules of evidence and he would be against proceeding if it meant changing the way in which the courts worked . |
| 28 | And it was given new nourishment by a series of Hitler speeches in late 1940 and early 1941 which aimed to strengthen confidence in final victory and create the impression that the decisive strike to end the war — people still presumed that it would be against Britain — would take place in the course of the next twelve months . |
| 29 | This would be against my nature . |
| 30 | But all the experimental evidence would be against you . |