Example sentences of "not against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The Jews hated it but we were not against the Jews . ’ |
| 3 | When the universities reacted unfavourably to this aspect of the paper , accusing its authors of philistinism , the then Secretary of State , Sir Keith Joseph , was quick to reply that he was not against the arts subjects : far from it . |
| 4 | Being an alcoholic is not against the law , and not criminal , although it is deviant . |
| 5 | One advantage is that the students are not in competition with each other , as each student 's achievement is assessed against the criteria laid down and not against the best student . |
| 6 | In keeping with the composer 's wishes , the orchestra play with and not against the piano . |
| 7 | And John does not disguise from his readers the violence of the Roman mob , its delight in the heresiarch Arnold of Brescia , who preached , not against the doctrines of the cardinals , but against their way of life — and incited his hearers to social revolution . |
| 8 | But the anticlerical spirit was turned against the archbishop and the traditional , worldly , married clergy of Milan , not against the church as such , and won in time a measure of support from the reformed papacy . |
| 9 | Picking the mushrooms is not against the law , but crushing them or any other form of processing is strictly illegal . |
| 10 | On low-lying cliffs , provided that such development is not against the wishes of the landowner ; ( bolts are inappropriate on mountain cliffs and sea cliffs where a spirit of adventure should remain ) . |
| 11 | The government referred the bid to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) which allowed it to proceed , ruling that it was ‘ not against the public interest ’ . |
| 12 | Peter Upton , principal of Colne High School , Brightlingsea , is not against the scheme , but is worried about how it will work : ‘ When we measure these new levels are we raising the standards or are we lowering them ? |
| 13 | He is not against the National Curriculum , and accepts O-levels needed updating , but feels the new system does little to indicate to the ordinary man in the street what is going on . |
| 14 | In the case of breed classes , every entrant is judged not against the other dogs in that class , but rather against the prescribed ‘ ideal ’ for the breed concerned , as laid down by the governing canine authority . |
| 15 | CLIFF Brunt is not against the principle of testing , he insists . |
| 16 | One device which was tried was to claim that the appeal was only an appeal against one of the king-duke 's officers , not against the king-duke himself . |
| 17 | Was that not against the word of God who decreed : " Dust unto dust " ? |
| 18 | The TGAT Report insisted that their framework for assessment was criterion referenced , that is , pupils ' achievements would be measured against specific targets , not against the average performance of the age group : |
| 19 | I am not against the use of antibiotics — as a Nurse I see many infections managed effectively by their use and have used antibiotics on other people 's fish many times . |
| 20 | ABIE : My gun is not against the law — it is against the Russians . |
| 21 | The Monopolies and Mergers Commission may , under the Fair Trading Act 1973 , have referred to it by the Director of Fair Trading or a Minister for investigation and report whether a monopoly , as defined , is or is not against the public interest . |
| 22 | In February 1980 the Afghan Foreign Minister argued that ‘ the presence of foreign troops in a country , especially when it is requested by that country , is basically not against the principles of non-alignment ’ . |
| 23 | There is general agreement that in the elections which removed the Sandinistas from power earlier this year the Nicaraguan people voted against the long US-sponsored Contra war and their empty stomachs , not against the social reforms of the Revolution . |
| 24 | I am not against the general tenor of that which is sought . |
| 25 | It is truly amazing that in a civilized country with a government staunchly committed to law and order , or so they say , that the tax payer , you Mr President , you fellow delegates , me , and my members , our members , are left to pick up a bill amounting to millions of pounds as a result of actions by certain employers , which are , without doubt , criminal , but not against the law . |
| 26 | Charles the Bald did not simply exploit the church within his kingdom : he had to work with not against the ecclesiastical grain . |
| 27 | The contribution of the turnpikes must be measured not against the prescriptions of later ages but against the possibilities of their own . |
| 28 | Most organisations are not against the proposal , we could opt out if we wish . |
| 29 | Yes but not against the constitution |
| 30 | I 'm not against the principle as I said when I came , when I was on the Council previously , when this was first hanging about , that there 's little doubt about it as , it 's a good policy , but will we get the money to carry it out . |