Example sentences of "be against " in BNC.
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| 1 | The front arches are not repeated on the back because a credence table is a side table and will always be against a wall . |
| 2 | He said that if the people were ready for negotiations , he would n't be against it . |
| 3 | ‘ If the people were ready for negotiations , he would n't be against it . |
| 4 | I recreate the absent proprietor ’ , he says in The Thief 's Journal ( p. 129 ) ; and in a 1975 interview : ‘ I would like the world , and pay attention to the way I 'm saying it , I would like the world not to change so that I can be against the world ’ ( Gay Sunshine Interviews , 79 ) . |
| 5 | It 'd be a brave person who would be against the Golf romping out the other end in front . |
| 6 | In many cases , following the advice , particularly with regard to sleep , will initially be against the ‘ natural ’ dictates of the body clock , but , as we have explained , obeying the body clock in this case will only prolong the difficulties in living with the new time zone . |
| 7 | ‘ I may be against this on principle but I do n't see why I should n't be able to make a little bit of capital , ’ he added . |
| 8 | He questioned whether it would be possible to prosecute them with any chance of success with the present rules of evidence and he would be against proceeding if it meant changing the way in which the courts worked . |
| 9 | ‘ German unity depends first of all on the German people … and France will not be against it . |
| 10 | The prime minister , by contrast , is said to be against more spending cuts . |
| 11 | And it was given new nourishment by a series of Hitler speeches in late 1940 and early 1941 which aimed to strengthen confidence in final victory and create the impression that the decisive strike to end the war — people still presumed that it would be against Britain — would take place in the course of the next twelve months . |
| 12 | At the end of Owen 's testimony , Senator Inouye said he had received the impression that to be against the President 's policy in Central America was to be ‘ less than patriotic ’ . |
| 13 | There were to be no aisles , crosses or altars ; the pulpit must be against the end wall facing the congregation . |
| 14 | The head of the bed should be against a wall , or should have a head-board . |
| 15 | Every man 's hand will be against him and gassing , snaring and poisoning will be the order of the day , with perhaps a bounty on his brush and he will be at the mercy of every council official , cowboy and yobbo in the country . |
| 16 | Your age , health and qualifications might be against you . |
| 17 | However , an opinion poll carried out in 1987 found the majority of residents to be against the projects with opponents outnumbering supporters by more than two to one . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The issue of shares to residents or non-residents ( overseas investors ) might be against the government 's policy on the ownership of national natural resources . |
| 20 | This would be against my nature . |
| 21 | Perhaps it is unwise to draw a final conclusion , but the balance seems to be against systematic enforcement of modus for public purposes , and for enforcement of trusts of that kind . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Tam Dalyell believes drug substitution to be against the national interest |
| 24 | But all the experimental evidence would be against you . |
| 25 | Whatever he did would be against him . |
| 26 | This would be against our own best interests and would be unjust to those looking after us . |
| 27 | The cafe idea was more down-to-earth , which is what the song 's all about — it 's supposed to be against arrogance and affluence and snobbery . ’ |
| 28 | Can we have a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment . |
| 29 | We asked you for a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment . |
| 30 | It may be interpreted to be against the letter also . |