Example sentences of "[is] [art] [noun sg] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the chance against happening to hit upon haemoglobin by luck . |
| 2 | Love is the plumb-line against which all spiritual maturity is measured . |
| 3 | Another sign is the campaign against the fur trade launched by animal-rights activists , which has led to the bankruptcy of several furriers . |
| 4 | The one probable exception to this state of affairs is the campaign against water privatisation , which seems likely to succeed because public opinion has rallied across the whole political spectrum . |
| 5 | It is not ancient against modern , or country against town , it is the modern against modern , the bourgeoisie against — we call it das Proletariat . ’ |
| 6 | A local authority may still claim privilege against disclosure in these circumstances and the court will then have to balance the two competing public interests as in Re M. ( c ) Privilege against incrimination Another form of privilege which may be claimed by a witness is the privilege against incrimination of self or spouse . |
| 7 | But if this is so , not only is the case against holism once more put in doubt , the case for supposing that it can ever be established in such an a priori fashion is threatened at the same time . |
| 8 | What is the case for the established system ; what is the case against this system and for proportional representation ; what are the prospects for implementing change ; and what are the implications of proportional representation for representative and responsible government in Britain ? |
| 9 | Giant Despair is the sin against the Holy Ghost ; on the other side , ‘ Evangelist ’ , who frequently comes to Christian 's rescue , represents the authority of the Bible . |
| 10 | Other criticisms and suggestions for the improvement of the educational system set up by the Education Act 1981 are new , and so is the protest against the indiscriminate closure of existing schools for deaf children which has taken place in the wake of this legislation . |
| 11 | All that 's doing is , is the account against this sort of idea that you can always do it . |
| 12 | This , then , is the backcloth against which Maidstone prison needs to be considered . |
| 13 | This is the background against which we can listen to our own suggestions on the tape and change . |
| 14 | This is the background against which we must see the departure of William Charles Titford for London . |
| 15 | This is the background against which RE has to happen . |
| 16 | Typical of these is the Invective against France which survives in several manuscripts : it depicts the French as effeminate , combining the characteristics of the lynx , viper and wolf ; King Philip 's fraudulent claims to the French throne and his unworthiness for it are elaborately exposed with biblical and legal references ; by contrast Edward 's victories , secured by his virtuousness , serve only to prove that God was on his side . |
| 17 | Anyway , is the match against BattyBurn on Sat or Sun , and is it live on Sky by any chance ? |
| 18 | If these descriptions assume that the only moral prohibition we must honour is the prohibition against cruelty , then they assume that it is sometimes morally permissible to cause animals pain , even substantial pain . |
| 19 | What 's the argument against it ? |
| 20 | It 's a fight against all that dehumanises , blocks and blights those who are made in God 's image and do n't know their God-given potential in the present and in a future which goes beyond the grave . |
| 21 | I prayed to him furiously in the van when I thought I was going to die ( that 's a proof against , I can hear G.P. saying ) . |
| 22 | Do you think that there 's a bias against women giving women erm the top positions of power on the County , because that 's where you would know , the County , we could talk to somebody else maybe about the City . |
| 23 | There 's a grudge against Tom because he drops in on everyone . |
| 24 | ‘ Unless there 's a plot against the Throne . |
| 25 | Goal of the week ; it 's a goal against I 'm afraid . |
| 26 | Yeah so it 's a revolt against sort of social |
| 27 | But now there 's a vaccine against the virus . |
| 28 | He says the difficulty is that the site is on the Oxford greenbelt and therefore there 's a presumption against any commercial development . |
| 29 | After he was pulled out of the tour following a four-match ban and then seeing Wakefield 's Michael Jackson make the trip after picking up a similar suspension , Goulding probably feels there 's a vendetta against him . |
| 30 | Whether there 's a boycott against them ? |