Example sentences of "against many " in BNC.
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| 1 | The image is of an aggressive radical tilting against many of the most powerful and conservative ( even Tory ) interests in British society . |
| 2 | Against many expectations , and despite a groundswell of popular support for Iraq in the Muslim world , the coalition has held together well . |
| 3 | Since Big Macs are the same the world over , the Hong Kong dollar must surely be much undervalued against the greenback — and even more so against many other currencies if , as seems likely , America 's dollar is itself still generally undervalued . |
| 4 | A similar criticism could have been made against many of Jesus 's parables and sermons and some of his listeners were certainly not of the highest social class . |
| 5 | The early strains used were not highly active against some major lepidopterous pests , but the discovery of the HD1 strain in 1969 gave rise to products with a broad activity spectrum against many pest species and , until very recently , this has been the basis of all commercial products for caterpillar control . |
| 6 | They have waxy cell walls which perhaps protect them against many antibacterial substances . |
| 7 | To multiply human cells in tissue culture on the scale necessary presented considerable difficulties , but enough material has been made for a variety of clinical trials against many different viral diseases and certain cancers . |
| 8 | As one lawyer who is lobbying against many of the bill 's provisions told New Scientist : ‘ The very early aims of data protection laws were to protect the individual , and this particular bill was put forward by this government to protect business interests . |
| 9 | Momentarily she digested the horrible implication , that by nineteen-eighty the work on Titron had reached a stage where an enlarged adult human foetus had presumably already been tested against many diseases — and was a norm . |
| 10 | Since then , the Castle has been defended against many sieges and attacks and its walls have never been breached . |
| 11 | It is unjust to make sweeping condemnation of the private sector , as we know that this hospital compares favourably against many others . |
| 12 | The RTC still has multimillion dollar suits outstanding against many firms , including a $400m claim against AA filed in August last year ( see ACCOUNTANCY , September , p 16 ) . |
| 13 | This tactic goes against many of our instincts ; when confronted with a difficult audience member , we may tend to ignore the person in the vain hope that he or she will go away . |
| 14 | At least the British players demonstrated that they fully deserved to be on the same court — much against many people 's expectations . |
| 15 | Sources close to the KIO say the civil suit in Britain has no bearing on separate , and so far unsuccessful , criminal cases against many of the same defendants in Spain . |
| 16 | Hence , CTL to this epitope generated by one parasite strain will not protect against many other strains . |
| 17 | During his brave and daring life he came up against many dangers , none so well remembered and retold as the story of how he was saved from death at the hands of the Red Indians by Pocohontas , daughter of Chief Powhattan . |
| 18 | At least they did not encounter what the builders of the Moscow Underground came up against many years later , a quicksand in their path . |
| 19 | Again , a few instances must suffice to show how the culture of racism , and institutional processes which provide discretionary Al locative power to teachers , tend to intermesh and work against many black students . |
| 20 | Between the sisters there was love of a singularly pure kind , proof against many trials . |
| 21 | This argues against many of the palaeo. magnetic reconstructions that put them far apart . |
| 22 | Does my hon. Friend agree that domestic rates were especially unfair to single people , and will he reassure the House that he , at least , has no intention of returning to a system that discriminated against many pensioners ? |
| 23 | virtues against many illnesses fr and evils . |
| 24 | Against many , yes said illnesses and evils . |
| 25 | succoureth by virtue , and and , sorry , withstands and succours by virtue against many sicknesses and evils . |
| 26 | But , but I mean I suppose if we take sense of standing up against , it 's saying , and it stands up against , and it withstands against many sicknesses and evils and inserted into the middle of that , and succoureth it by virtue , so it helps by its goodness to withstand sicknesses and evils . |
| 27 | The bible forbids the taking of blood but we also believe it protects us against many of the medical problems which exist today |
| 28 | ‘ I loved every minute of it and played against many of the touring sides . |