Example sentences of "had [been] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | The worst peasant uprisings in the Civil War had been against German expeditions in search of food supplies . |
| 2 | The home affairs ministry had been against American requests to relax the law that protects small shopkeepers by making it hard for supermarkets and department stores ( big importers all ) to open branches in their neighbourhoods . |
| 3 | He had been against the choice of London as the location for European Headquarters when he had been Treasurer . |
| 4 | Local opinion was outraged ; Price was brought to trial and would have been convicted by the jury if the judge had not insisted that his offence had been against morals and not against the law . |
| 5 | He had never been a party-goer and it had been against his better judgement that they agreed to join Ibn Fayoud 's party . |
| 6 | He had been against it , too . |
| 7 | ‘ They had been against one another for a long time . |
| 8 | Our recent low-key attempts at publicity , the Day to Day programme , the press conference to mark the three hundredth day and a few other interviews — had been fairly successful and had n't offended or worried Pat or Sheila , although Roby had been against them . |
| 9 | Though Wyatt had been against the Seven , he had played no part in the murder of Minister Lwo . |
| 10 | The Shah , according to Afshar , replied that the British and American ambassadors had been against it ; they thought it was better to have a quiet man like Azhari who could discuss problems with mullahs leading the revolutionary ferment . |
| 11 | Like him , she had been against destroying the revolution with massive bloodshed . |
| 12 | Both sets of parents had been against the marriage , but she and Gordon had persisted , drawn closer by the opposition . |
| 13 | She knew it had been against his better judgement ; that all his own instincts had told him to wait , to take it more slowly . |
| 14 | His hand was hard , the skin warm , the pressure firm , as forceful against her own palm as his mouth had been against hers . |
| 15 | Talabani , in Ankara on Oct. 26-28 for talks with Demirel and with European and United States representatives protested that both operations had been against civilian areas . |
| 16 | Some reports said that the operation had been against a training camp for Islamic fundamentalists and army deserters established by Said Mekhloufi , a former army officer said to be now allied with the FIS . |
| 17 | In the early stages of the war , most of Free France 's fighting , by force of circumstances , had been against other Frenchmen — in Africa , the Middle East , and elsewhere . |
| 18 | Danny had mercifully been persuaded to leave his ghetto-blaster behind , but this had been against his better judgement , and Rachel soon realised his silence was in fact a form of sulking . |