Example sentences of "[be] said against " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on to deny that they had amy political ends other than an end to discrimination : ‘ It has been said against this movement that its purpose is to unite Ireland and to unite the working class … |
| 2 | Open opposition is strongly implied by his offer in 1014 to forgive all the things that had been said against him . |
| 3 | We should remember that he does not claim definitely to be refuting the Aristotelians , but merely to be pointing out what may be said against them . |
| 4 | His finding was that the capacity to experience it was much more highly developed in wives who had indulged in intercourse before marriage than in those who had remained chaste — in short there was much to be said against chastity . |
| 5 | There is a lot to be said against the politics of Left-and-Right . |
| 6 | Victor Mature , who has given so much pleasure in his day that nothing must be said against him , is , however , not wholly convincing sitting in a cell wearing a leather mini-skirt , reading Pythagoras . |
| 7 | There is more to be said against the probabilistic analysis of our conception of causation that can or needs to be said here . |
| 8 | It was no fault of Harry 's that he had been mistakenly put in the care of such people , although there was nothing to be said against the Pritchetts — a decent , hard-working family — other than their class . |
| 9 | Even so , there is a great deal to be said against timetable motions . |
| 10 | ‘ I know it is hard but it 's better to try to ignore what is said against you . |
| 11 | The second requirement is that he should know what is said against him . |
| 12 | At least he could then see what was said against him and , if necessary , make representations about that . |