Example sentences of "[was/were] against [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over two-thirds of respondents were against a prohibition of the kind proposed in the paper , and a clear majority of local law societies were unsympathetic . |
| 2 | Now , just over two years ago , when it was first mooted that the Rockhill site would become a permanent gipsy site , we did then erm conduct erm interviews in the town , and we interviewed something like two and a half thousand people , of which ninety five per cent said that they were against a site in that particular place . |
| 3 | For this reason , some of the Prince 's closest friends were against the marriage ; they feared that with so little in common it could never work . |
| 4 | Every instinct and all the forces in political democracy were against the surrender of sovereignty , but we had to move down the road towards accepting it . |
| 5 | The Royalists and the Presbyterians formed an alliance and there followed a power struggle with the ‘ Republicans ’ who were against the restoration of the King . |
| 6 | All the teachers were involved , apart from Mr Litmus and Matron who were against the expedition . |
| 7 | Furthermore , 66 per cent of respondents were against the return or even the 1967 refugees . |
| 8 | Her parents were against the match because they thought Dad was a poor scholar . |
| 9 | They were against the soulless competitiveness of Whiggery and derived their inspiration from the chivalry of the Middle Ages , as exemplified by the aristocratic Eglinton Tournament of 1839 . |
| 10 | ‘ If any were against the proposal , either they were too lily-livered to protest — or else they were impeded by the rush for the exits ! ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Delegates who opened by saying they were against the motion , ‘ to continue to build an open and outward looking Community ’ , were cheered . |
| 13 | Almost to a man they were against the new phenomenon of the movies and they made no effort to include them in their ‘ night-time ’ world . |
| 14 | In the comments that came from some sixteen of the presbyteries who were against the amendment , two things are significant as our report points out . |
| 15 | The judge in instructing the jury sought to direct its attention to certain factors which might have a bearing on whether or not the defendant 's actions were against the complainant 's will . |
| 16 | Eighty-eight per cent of people interviewed were against the control of water services passing from regional councils and 60 per cent said they did not understand joint board arrangements for providing local services . |
| 17 | The findings were against the miners . |
| 18 | It is significant of Joseph 's attitude that his legal code of 1787 declared that henceforth all offences were against the State and must therefore be prosecuted even if there were no individual victim willing to begin legal proceedings . |
| 19 | The recent taunts were against the ‘ quack doctors ’ , ‘ faint hearts ’ and ‘ moaning minnies ’ who allegedly wished to give up on the fight for low inflation and a stable currency . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | Delegates from Slovenia and Croatia were against the broadening of state powers , while the Serbian party members supported the position for a stronger federation . |
| 22 | In a sermon on 9 September 1683 ( the day of thanksgiving for deliverance from the Rye House Plot ) Richard Pearson , rector of St Michael , Crooked Lane , London , told his congregation that there was no great difference between the principles of the fanatics and the Jesuits , since both were against the King ( although Pearson , in fact , thought the fanatics were worse ) . |
| 23 | A recent poll showed eighty four per cent were against the proposition . |
| 24 | It 's believed the protests were against the breeding of rats and mice for experiments . |
| 25 | It 's believed the protests were against the breeding of rats and mice for experiments . |
| 26 | Even though they were against the wind , Colleges made the better start and after Thomson had missed two penalties and John Mackenzie had had a ‘ try ’ disallowed for a foot in touch ( signalled by the Colleges touch judge Bert Barclay ) the home side went 10-0 up . |
| 27 | There were no longer groups of pupils in any one class who were against the school and were erm wanting to disrupt the teaching of their erm of their teachers , and really problems were reduced to individuals in teach class , one or two pupils , which erm did n't present the same massive problem to teachers as the bottom streamed groups had done previously . |
| 28 | erm in general we must remember that Iran was erm stating very clearly that it was exporting it 's revolution and there were statements which came out from the Iraqui from the Irani revolutionary committee that they were against the Arab states at the time and that they were very committed towards liberating Israel through Baghdad and such statements was coming , so obviously erm the Arabs had to stick together according to charter of the league of Arab states , which everybody was a member of , and Iraq being subjected to war it was natural for the Arabs to give Iraq support . |
| 29 | There were no longer groups of pupils in any one class who were against the school and were wanting to disrupt the teaching of their teachers and really problems were reduced to individuals in each class , one or two pupils , which did n't present the same massive problem to teachers as the bottom streamed groups have done previously . |
| 30 | The Parliamentary Ombudsman was the first to be created in Britain in 1967 after a series of incidents highlighted how powerless people were against an abuse of power by central government . |