Example sentences of "an [noun sg] of [noun] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far from being an instrument of struggle against the prerogatives of private capital , and the multinationals in particular , the contract was to provide a means of national reconciliation . |
| 2 | The pursuers then concluded a contract for the purchase of the house but subsequently raised an action of damages against the defenders , based on negligence , in which they averred that there were many patent defects in the house which should have been apparent to surveyors of ordinary competence exercising reasonable care . |
| 3 | A dissatisfied party may also consider an allegation of misconduct against the arbitrator . |
| 4 | The child may retain his stools partly for the erotic pleasure of later letting go , but also as an act of defiance against the parents . |
| 5 | Shevardnadze in a strong speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25 characterized Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait as " an act of terrorism against the nascent new world order " , and , apparently going further than Gorbachev had suggested at Helsinki [ see above ] , stated that the Soviet Union was prepared to support the use of force against Iraq , in a UN framework , if the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait continued ; on Sept. 30 he confirmed Soviet willingness to join a UN force if necessary . |
| 6 | And it is often those who suffer abuse who are capable of horrendous acts of violence , storing up their hatred for release in an act of revenge against the world . |
| 7 | It said that terrorism had too often been treated as a law-enforcement problem when it should be treated as a matter of national security and an act of aggression against the USA . |
| 8 | A communiqué issued at the end of the conference condemned the " US-led military campaign against Iraq [ as ] an act of aggression against the Arab nation " . |
| 9 | Hrawi , who was visiting Damascus , the Syrian capital , at the time of the assassination , described it as " an act of aggression against the state security " . |
| 10 | In a statement issued on Sept. 10 Dominique Strauss-Kahn , the French Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade , said that the government could not formally announce its approval until a commercial agreement was finalized between Taiwan and the manufacturer of the Mirage , Dassault Aviation , but that " such a decision … would not be considered as an act of aggression against the People 's Republic of China " . |
| 11 | To that extent , Pan Am , its insurance underwriters and the 16 members of the Pan Am crew were also victims of an act of war against the United States . |
| 12 | His initial reservations expressed here suggest that he , like many of us , has spanned an era of reaction against the worst excesses of cut-throat competitiveness and artificiality of performance in favour of the process of a child 's personal experience . |
| 13 | This state of affairs is an example of discrimination against the needs of older people ; it not only causes great suffering but unnecessary economic costs . |
| 14 | The artefact , on the other hand , tends to imply a certain innocence of facticity ; it seems to offer the clarity of realism , an assertion of certainty against the buffeting of debate , an end or resting point which resolves the disorder of uncertain perspectives . |
| 15 | The result was interpreted by most commentators as an expression of anger against the Democrat administration of Michael Dukakis — who had decided not to seek a fourth term — for having caused the state 's current fiscal problems . |
| 16 | Although Trofin had been an ally of Ceauşescu against the old guard in the mid-1960s , in an act of rare solidarity , perhaps even comradeship , Draghici , Bârladeanu , Brucan , Corneliu Manescu , and others turned out to mourn him at his funeral . |