Example sentences of "[vb past] be against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In particular the sharpened leading-notes ( a feature of some of his other editions ) are in this small space especially intrusive and seem stylistically odd , leading to a situation in the Credo where the plainchant itself has to be altered to accommodate the harmony , which I understood was against the commonly-accepted rules of musica ficta . |
| 3 | He had been against the choice of London as the location for European Headquarters when he had been Treasurer . |
| 4 | Though Wyatt had been against the Seven , he had played no part in the murder of Minister Lwo . |
| 5 | Both sets of parents had been against the marriage , but she and Gordon had persisted , drawn closer by the opposition . |
| 6 | Jay was no mean performer ( in Peter 's words ) on the tenor sax but he was nervous and edgy about doing something which he said was against the law . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |