Example sentences of "for a [noun sg] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Huntingdonshire Forest Eyre of 1255 the foresters and verderers presented a clerk and his page for a trespass against the venison . |
| 2 | Vying for a position against the likes of Cadre Technologies Inc , ObjecTime says its tool — unlike TeamWork from Cadre Technologies — was initially developed as a real-time object CASE tool and is not a traditional CASE kit with object extensions . |
| 3 | The satire " Novus regnat Salomon " attacks Innocent as the mercenary shepherd who abandons his flock to the wolf and sees " Salomon " as venal , loving not persons but their goods , and the poet Walter von der Vogelweide portrays Innocent as filling his chests with German silver and deplores his efforts to collect money for a crusade against the Albigensians . |
| 4 | After the murder of Gaveston the baronial opposition disintegrated and Edward was able to prepare for a campaign against the Scots , but when this ended in the humiliating defeat of his forces at Bannockburn in June 1314 the earl of Lancaster again united the hopes of the disillusioned baronage . |
| 5 | Union members picketed the Torbay Hotel , cutting off fuel oil supplies , and later , when the manager of the plaintiff hotel was reported as having called for a stand against the union , picketed that hotel with the same result . |
| 6 | Someone set off a rocket over the green , and red and blue sparks hung for a moment against the thunderclouds then vanished into thin air . |
| 7 | As the prophetic people flocked around Jesus , and as they saw the transformation in the lives of his disciples and heard the words of life and hope , they longed for a rebellion against the Roman occupation of Judea or a reformation of the Pharisaical law . |
| 8 | It was insignificant prattle about birds , sailing and school gossip , but the last paragraph mentioned plans for a demonstration against the Education Secretary 's newly-announced plans to end the distribution of free milk to schoolchildren . |
| 9 | Ekoku failed to stake his claim for a place against the Dutch . |
| 10 | Connolly was sentenced to one day 's imprisonment , after which he applied for a summons against the labour master for alleged assault . |
| 11 | This is the date England had originally set aside for a friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin but which both Robson and Jack Charlton agreed to abandon when they found themselves paired in the same World Cup group . |
| 12 | The votes for Messrs Sheridan , Nellist and Fields , expelled from Labour and standing as socialists for a fightback against the Tories , shows that there is a large audience for a new socialist force outside the Labour Party . |
| 13 | This collection of demands gave the widest scope for an agitation against the government on several issues thought to appeal to radical Liberals and Left Labour alike . |
| 14 | On the island Mazzini had already prepared the ground for an uprising against the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies which controlled the island and the mainland province of Reggio-Calabria . |
| 15 | The fact that a parent is at risk of criminal prosecution for an offence against the child will not justify exclusion . |
| 16 | The company applied for an injunction against the Milk Marketing Board on the basis that its conduct infringed Article 86 of the Treaty of Rome . |
| 17 | On May 14 , Komla A. Gbedemah , a minister under former President Kwame Nkrumah and a presidential candidate in the 1970 elections , and 28 other prominent opposition figures , applied to the Accra High Court for an injunction against the Interim National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) to halt the implementation of the Political Parties Law 1992 . |