Example sentences of "[is] against [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manipulating people by tricking them into doing something which is against their best interests is clearly bad . |
| 2 | No law bans men from this occupation , but the weight of economic , social and psychological pressures is against their entry into it . |
| 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 | Now Mill seems to be very unsure what to do about this because he does n't want to say that the poor should be disenfranchised , because after all everyone is entitled to their say in government , but he does seem to be worried that if the poor are given an equal say or the uned uneducated poor are given an equal say , then they will make a very bad decision , a decision which is against their own interests and this is one reason why he favours plural voting because he recognizes that the numerical majority might make a erm wrong decision , so we should make sure that the numerical majority do n't have sway in a democratic process by giving another client more weight in it so he seems to between wanting to disenfranchise them altogether which he seems to consider and just emasculating their vote by giving other people more votes . |
| 5 | Half-empty glasses : do you measure what is against what might have been , or against what was ? |
| 6 | The officers know that time is against them as new descriptions from members of the public may be distorted by sight of the published artist 's impressions . |
| 7 | Although governing bodies retain ultimate control where the grievance is against them , in certain circumstances grievances may be taken against the LEA . |
| 8 | But today 's India , which has been busily conforming to the prescriptions of the IMF , World Bank and Gatt , is against them . |
| 9 | This is probably the best option , but the Champion is a dangerous opponent , and time is against them . |
| 10 | His remedy is against them ( Dedman v British Building Ltd , [ 1974 ] ICR 53 at 61F ) |
| 11 | Unless they catch you unawares and rush you immediately , the gang will try to surround or corner you , so make sure that your back is against something and avoid corners . |
| 12 | In the Third Act he realizes that the world is against him but he is intelligent enough to know that he is the victim of his own weaknesses . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Davide is against him , he came and told me afterwards to be careful . |
| 15 | He must feel the whole world is against him . |
| 16 | His age is against him and her ca n't get work in his previous field . |
| 17 | It 's his age that is against him , but he 's helped me a great deal since I came into the Irish squad . ’ |
| 18 | One driver told the interviewer : ‘ I 'm always thinking that they 're sat back in the office thinking ‘ Where has he got to ’ , and it puts you on edge so I always drive faster in a company car because time is against me . ’ |
| 19 | Now I know time is against me : the horror of being left thirteen feet in the air with no stairs to reach the ground ! |
| 20 | Pears , 30 , virtually ruled himself out of the crucial Wolves game when he said : ‘ Time is against me . |
| 21 | Jesus himself said , while he was here on earth , that , it 's in Matthew chapter twelve and verse thirty , he who is not with me is against me . |
| 22 | Look what there is against her . ’ |
| 23 | There is no reason to suppose that Ulpian favoured this broad use , and the evidence is against it . |
| 24 | Patrick Costello , the priest in charge of the chapel on the summit said , ‘ The majority of people around here are against gold mining and since the church is the people the church is against it ’ . |
| 25 | Certainly most tales recounted in support of the theory are nonsense and the main weight of scientific opinion is against it . |
| 26 | Presently one of the young men came to Flavia ‘ We want to dance , we need support , Aunt Rosette is against it , wo n't you go and ask Uncle Albert ? ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The Department 's submission should press the Region 's case to be the Unitary Authority for Lothian , even if we feel the Government is against it — they have not proved the Region is inefficient or ineffective and other parties may turn to the Region 's support . |
| 29 | The State Department appears to be in favour of that proposition , whereas the Defence Department is against it . |
| 30 | Environmental audit — Most staff are in favour of this , but management is against it . |