Example sentences of "[been] [adj] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investment in Europe could also rise if the yen stays strong , since the yen 's appreciation has been greatest against European currencies , Robert Feldman , economist at Salomon Brothers Asia , said . |
| 2 | Whether it would have been possible against this background of practically continuous fighting in the south , more than a year before the first Vietnam war between France and the Vietminh is usually reckoned to have begun , for either side to have modified its objectives to the point where compromise could have been reached is obviously a question which is relevant to the origins of the Vietnam war and one must therefore look for the characteristics which , at least after the event , suggest a remarkably high risk of collision . |
| 3 | Constance frequently reiterated that she would never buy anything that had belonged to somebody else , that meant something to them , that had been warm against their skin or over the fireplace : only brand-new articles , the stuff of commerce in transit between factory and store , the owners of which already had more money than was good for them and were themselves no better than they should be . |
| 4 | In Nigeria , saplings occupied by Pachysima aethiops have more leaves and branches and less attack than those without but , because the few larger workers have a ferocious sting and the habit of dropping from the crown , it is suggested that they may have been effective against large browsing mammals too ; the ants also attack nearby plants and keep the host 's leaves clear of debris and epiphyllae . |
| 5 | For an eternity , it had been alone against the Dark , unsupported even by the fragile hopes of humanity . |
| 6 | If damages would have been available against ‘ the State ’ if the directive had been implemented , then damages can be obtained even though the directive has not been implemented . |
| 7 | This was an adaptation , evolved by the courts , of the writ of account which from the thirteenth century had been available against bailiffs , factors and receivers . |
| 8 | If the defence of volenti would have been available against the employee , it will be available against the employer ( ICI Ltd v Shatwell [ 1965 ] AC 656 . |
| 9 | Up to 1925 , however , industrial action had not appeared to work and threatening postures had not generally been successful against employers . |
| 10 | Salisbury , named Young Cricketer of the Year last week , had also been successful against the tourists earlier in the summer when bowling for Sussex . |