Example sentences of "which could be [vb pp] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drop-leaf tables which could be placed against the wall when not in use developed during the pre-Commonwealth period , but the method of framed ‘ joined ’ construction necessitated the use of a securing pivot at the top and the bottom of the swing-out supporting leg . |
| 2 | The President accepted the law , but under protest , delighted that the Assembly had thereby provided him with a weapon which could be turned against them when the need arose . |
| 3 | They favoured ZOPFAN as the kind of indigenous initiative they had hoped to stimulate under the umbrella notion of collective security , but in the absence of clear agreement in ASEAN over neutralisation they were loath to become committed to a proposal which could be turned against themselves . |
| 4 | In other words , the worst criticism which could be levelled against the failure to recruit blacks was that of falling to move with the times . |
| 5 | The preacher had taken a girl out to kill her , but had made of her a weapon which could be used against him . |
| 6 | The Republican Party saw this as an issue which could be used against the Democrats in the approaching presidential election of 1920 . |
| 7 | Gorbachev , both at Geneva and in his subsequent address to the Supreme Soviet , argued that SDI was in effect a new type of armament , a ‘ space-strike weapon ’ which could be used against missiles , satellites or land-based targets . |
| 8 | His point is not that the other two legs are invulnerable , but that far too much of America 's political energy has gone into discussing ICBMs and far too little into submarines , cruise missiles , stealth bombers ( which could be used against targets other than the Soviet Union ) and especially command and control centres . |
| 9 | So ninety one ninety two a married woman was entitled to a basic personal allowance of three four four five which could be set against any income erm or investment . |
| 10 | [ 75/25 ] of the amount of Advance Corporation Tax ( ‘ ACT ’ ) which could be utilised against Group taxable profits for accounting periods ending before or on [ date ] as reduced in respect of the profits for the period from completion to [ date ] and to the extent that the dividend reduces the audited consolidated net assets at completion below [ x ] the consideration will be reduced £1 for £1 by the deficiency . |