Example sentences of "that it was against " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Equal Opportunities Commission brought an application for judicial review in December 1990 , claiming that it was against European law to require men to pay NI for longer and to make five more years ' contributions than women in order to receive full pensions entitlement . |
| 2 | That it was against the law would not worry milady in the least . |
| 3 | At one institution a group of medical officers argued that it was against the interests of most long-term hospital residents with chronic illnesses to be resettled in community units . |
| 4 | And I said ‘ yes ’ , and I reminded him that it was against the law for him to have possessed a wild animal in the first place , and he shrugged . |
| 5 | The report states : ‘ She knew it was not right in him to act as he did and … she knew it was not right in herself in permitting him … she knew it was wrong in both , and that it was against her will at all the tunes . ’ |
| 6 | One of his mentor-girls in Scotland had told him once , in all seriousness , that it was against the law to use a rubber johnny then throw it away without knotting in the dangerous efflusions . |
| 7 | Arthur Young in 1795 , pointing out in a year of extreme hunger that it was against the law to starve in England , included in his argument : " Parish officers are bound to provide … and if they do not do their duty , there is an appeal to the justice , who will force them to its performance . " |
| 8 | However , in Strange ( SW ) Ltd v Mann [ 1965 ] 1 All ER 1069 Stamp J said that it was against public policy to allow an employer to exercise control by way of contract over an employee 's skill and knowledge . |
| 9 | Firstly , that the batsmen were struggling against spin , and secondly , that it was against Salisbury . |
| 10 | He loves Eliza , despite the fact that it was against his ‘ will , reason and even against his character ’ to do so . |