Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] against [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room had the look of a tattered nest — piles of newspapers were stacked against the walls , empty stone bottles stood about with dust on their shoulders like soldiers after a battle . |
| 2 | Empty frames and canvases were stacked against the walls … |
| 3 | Shields were propped against the boles of the pines ; broken spears rested by them and helmets , the dull iron helms of the lost legion , had been nailed to the bark . |
| 4 | Others were propped against the walls . |
| 5 | Slim tree trunks with the branches cut down to within a foot of the bole were placed against the battlements , and men began to climb up them . |
| 6 | Despite the cold , the atmosphere in the carriage was very stuffy , and it was more interesting to stand out here , even if people were pressing against the windows and sitting about on boxes and suitcases . |
| 7 | They drew attention to Israel 's refusal to implement UN demands to withdraw from the occupied territories and asked why no sanctions were applied against the Israelis . |
| 8 | In due course , these new laws were applied against the protesters who appeared to be on strong ground when challenging their convictions , since , in their haste to bring these laws into operation , the drafters had apparently acted ultra vires . |
| 9 | ‘ I wo n't let my wife and daughter look out of the window , ’ wrote an irate resident — because the ‘ travellers ’ were peeing against the trees ( 1985 — or 1885 ? ) . |
| 10 | Žižka went on successfully to defend Bohemia from the crusades which were preached against the Hussites who , by this time , had acquired a thoroughly democratic and Protestant cast . |
| 11 | Open war was declared against Scotland in 1542 and against France in 1543 ; campaigns were mounted against the Scots in 1542 , 1544 , and 1545 ; a small expedition was sent to Flanders in 1543 and a large one to France in 1544 . |
| 12 | In the upshot , £418 million were allocated against the authorities ' claim of £480 million , a reduction of 15 per cent . |
| 13 | In those parts of the buildings that were protected against the rains a yellow film , like nicotine staining , had built up on the marble . |
| 14 | Bunks were set against the walls , kerosene heaters gave instant heat , while electric kettles enabled tea or coffee to be made . |
| 15 | Before he could be consulted , writs were issued against the banks by the companies and the shareholders in accordance with resolutions purporting to have been passed by each board of directors consisting of members of the Crawley family , but the receivers of each of the companies did not give their consent . |
| 16 | A liquidator was appointed for one of the companies , and actions were commenced against the guarantors . |
| 17 | He hastened to repeat Cato 's jokes even when they were directed against the Greeks — and indeed against Polybius himself ( 31.25.5 ; 35.6 ; 36.14 ; 39.1 ) . |
| 18 | They were battling against the odds because they did n't appear to have the right equipment . |
| 19 | Some of these were strictly castle towns , that is , they were planted against the gates of a newly built castle of the late eleventh century , such as Ludlow . |
| 20 | Accusations of ritual murder and of anti-Greek oaths were levelled against the Jews . |
| 21 | But in the same period upwards of 10,000 executions were ordered against the bodies of defendants . |
| 22 | It was checked against the prints of George Taylor , who had been early on the scene , but they did not match . |
| 23 | These include allegations against various solicitors of negligence in connection with the execution by C.M.C. and the plaintiffs of a legal charge in favour of B.M.T. to secure a loan of £420,000 ; the giving of personal guarantees by the plaintiffs in respect of this indebtedness ; and subsequent proceedings brought by B.M.T. in which a possession order was made in respect of the bakery and a money judgment was given against the plaintiffs as guarantors for a sum of nearly £375,000 . |
| 24 | This was toast which was held on a toasting fork and was pressed against the bars so that the bread was scorched , it was then quickly turned ninety degrees so that it finished up with a grid pattern rather like a leaded window . |
| 25 | A virulent ideological onslaught was waged against the miners by an unsympathetic media and a large cross-section of politicians . |
| 26 | Roughly four-fifths of Sun , Express , Mail , and Telegraph readers said their paper was biased towards the Conservatives , while a similar number of Mirror readers said their paper was biased against the Conservatives . |
| 27 | THE BBC was bracing itself yesterday for a Government onslaught over its election coverage , which many ministers believe was biased against the Conservatives . |
| 28 | Orders proclaimed for them to be protected against local prejudice for such there was , and assault , and even murder was committed against the strangers ! |
| 29 | The second set of stimuli were used in a rhyming task in which the target word was matched against the sounds of words in the sentence . |
| 30 | In that case a claim to purchase tax in respect of one of their products was made against the plaintiffs . |