Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be against " in BNC.
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| 1 | The probes used were against human CFTR exons 1–6 ( a-c and g-i ) or the hisD vector sequences ( d-f and j-l ) . |
| 2 | His hand was hard , the skin warm , the pressure firm , as forceful against her own palm as his mouth had been against hers . |
| 3 | B's remedy is against A alone . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Both sets of parents had been against the marriage , but she and Gordon had persisted , drawn closer by the opposition . |
| 6 | The worst peasant uprisings in the Civil War had been against German expeditions in search of food supplies . |
| 7 | Your slippers have been against the fire . |
| 8 | Mr Boren has a reputation for defying his party ( about a third of his votes over the past four years have been against the Democratic line ) and for changing his mind . |
| 9 | ‘ Most of the yard has been ill , and the ground has been against us . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Saints boss Ian Branfoot said : ‘ Our best two displays of the season have been against Chelsea and Sheffield Wednesday this holiday weekend , and all we have to show for them is one point . ’ |
| 12 | Though Wyatt had been against the Seven , he had played no part in the murder of Minister Lwo . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | United are in the middle of the table — they need to win tomorrow but so too do Watford — their only win has been against Brentford in the coca cola cup |
| 16 | ‘ Our only defeat in four internationals has been against England and we deserved a place in the World Cup , ’ said Mills , who gained 13 Welsh caps between 1975–79 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The order which he in fact made was against the health authority requiring it to ‘ cause such measures ( including , if so required to prolong his life , artificial ventilation ) to be applied to [ the child ] for so long as they are capable of prolonging his life . ’ |
| 21 | Market sentiment has been against the brewer this year , mainly due to concern about its slow progress in selling off 1,200 pubs before the government 's November deadline . |
| 22 | Party strategists acknowledge that the overwhelming weight of opinion polls has been against them — and that for Mr Major to win tomorrow he would need a movement in public opinion greater than that achieved in nine of the past 10 election campaigns . |