Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six newspapers were banned at the end of September under a presidential decree empowering the Interior Ministry to close for six months any publication judged to be against national interests [ see p. 39072 ] . |
| 2 | Let's face it , Rangers are the biggest club in Scotland , but they had an attitude that seemed to be against change and against progress . |
| 3 | The British seemed to be against it , but the British could never be trusted . |
| 4 | But most people we spoke to were against . |
| 5 | Everyone I spoke to was against the widening of the roads especially the steep pass down into Kinlochewe . |
| 6 | All Girls under twenty-one had to get written permission from their parents and although fathers still tended to be against the idea , no one appeared to have committed forgery . |