Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the reasons I have given , I conclude that if ( but only if ) Lautro did not afford to a person or firm served with an intervention notice in accordance with rule 7.3(12) the opportunity to apply to the board to rescind the notice , and/or to appeal against it , then the lack of such remedies would be unfair and the procedure unlawful . |
| 2 | But it seems likely that more than four million disabled people and full-time carers are discouraged , disenfranchised and/or discriminated against when it comes to voting . |
| 3 | Objects of all kinds occupied every inch of space and the walls were so thickly hung with pictures that smaller drawings lay flat or propped against their neighbours . |
| 4 | Odd pieces of broken and split machinery were strewn about or propped against the walls . |
| 5 | Throughout British history , people have fought for , or fought against , powerful images of urban or rural life . |
| 6 | ‘ I might be blowing a bit or struggling against a younger player and Stuart will feel we need a fresh pair of legs . |
| 7 | 25 shelf units each 6m long × 3m deep ( these can be free-standing or placed against a wall ) |
| 8 | A flash of sunlight , burning logs , an old psalm tune , fallen leaves , are part of his remembered world ; as are ballads , songs and dance rhythms , the sound of water sliding down window panes , or slapping against holes in the river bank . |
| 9 | If you feel you have been harassed or discriminated against in any way , you can raise the matter locally or use the network of Harassment Advisers who can offer support and guidance . |
| 10 | Dissatisfied people will then be able to query or appeal against the valuation if necessary . |
| 11 | ( 3 ) The wife shall not so long as the husband shall punctually make the payments hereby agreed to be made commence or prosecute against the husband any matrimonial proceedings other than proceedings for dissolution of marriage but upon failure of the husband to make the said weekly payments as and when the same become due the wife shall be at full liberty on her election to pursue all and every remedy in this regard either by enforcement of the provisions hereof or as if this agreement had not been made.n So far as we know , the parties have remained apart ever since . |
| 12 | And it is also important not to make the noise by stamping or banging against a hard surface , because this can set up vibrations that even a totally deaf cat can detect through the sensitive pads of its feet . |
| 13 | All the colleagues I have mentioned so far either abstained or voted against the Second Reading of the Maastricht Bill . |
| 14 | The series of parliamentary debates and votes leading to the congress session revealed deep-seated divisions among the opposition ; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 's Union pour la démocratie française ( UDF ) eventually voted with the government , whereas Jacques Chirac 's Gaullist Rassemblement pour la République ( RPR ) either abstained or voted against . |
| 15 | ‘ Remember , the range on this thing is quite long enough for me to dispose of you at any moment should you try to desert me or plot against me . ’ |
| 16 | For the rest , they can choose either to give preferential treatment to foreign firms ( by means of incentives not available to local firms ) , or to discriminate against them by such means as Brazil 's market reserve policies . |
| 17 | ‘ There is , however , an analogous and broader principle embracing demands for money by the Crown or public authorities which come under the heading of duress because of the nature of the sanctions levied or threatened against the subject if he refuses to pay . |
| 18 | Whenever there was a march or protest against human rights violations , the Committees would be there . |
| 19 | Its use as a means of defining order or to set against those outside creates a subcultural style , which is reinforced continually . |
| 20 | There would be little need to employ security guards or insure against theft if crime did not occur . |
| 21 | His job was to make a card index of suspect radicals — anyone who wrote or talked against government . |
| 22 | Each ship carried seventy-five men , closely packed , with little room to swing sword or axe against roaring trolls high on the gunwales , who walked on men as on a highway and brought steel , thick and thin , hissing down , cleaving and searing . |
| 23 | It does n't er really sort of er er in a sense prevent er or mitigate against a lot of a lot of developments in the countryside . |
| 24 | By s12 of the Solicitors Act , the Law Society is given discretion to grant or refuse an application for a practising certificate in the following cases : ( 1 ) a first application ; ( 2 ) an application by a solicitor who has never held an unconditional certificate since admission ; ( 3 ) where 12 months or more will have elapsed since a practising certificate was last held ; ( 4 ) after the disciplinary tribunal has ordered a penalty or costs against the applicant or delivered a reprimand ; ( 5 ) after failure by the applicant to offer sufficient explanation for his or her professional conduct after being called upon so to do ; ( 6 ) after failure to deliver an accountant 's report in due time ( and an additional fee will be payable if the discretion is not invoked to refuse the application ) ; ( 7 ) after the expiry of a period of suspension ; ( 8 ) after the name of the applicant who has been struck off is restored to the roll ; ( 9 ) while the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt ; ( 10 ) after the applicant 's discharge from bankruptcy or after the applicant has entered into a composition or deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors ; ( 11 ) while the applicant is a patient as defined by s94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or a person as to whom powers have been exercised under s104 of the Mental Health Act 1959 or s98 of the 1983 Act ; ( 12 ) where the applicant has received a sentence of imprisonment ; ( 13 ) where the applicant has failed to satisfy a money judgment against him or her which is not a judgment limited to costs and which is not a judgment in respect of which indemnity or relief from some other person is available . |
| 25 | The large scales are very easily dislodged or damaged against the cover glass , and this may lead to infection or distress at the very least . |
| 26 | ‘ This is the best England team I have ever seen or played against . |
| 27 | His arithmetic was supported by a BBC poll which calculated 36 Tory MPs would either abstain or vote against the Prime Minister . |
| 28 | Further protection is given to other creditors ( as Mr Berlyn mentions in his letter ) in that once a winding-up petition has been presented , the court may order that any other pending action or proceeding against the company should be restrained . |
| 29 | Kids were humiliatingly forced to ‘ kiss the sidewalk ’ or spreadeagle against police cruisers while officers checked their names against computerized files of gang members . |
| 30 | Alford was equally staunch in championing the rights of the Commons against the Lords , whether protesting at the Upper House 's attempts to control the negotiations over the Scottish union or complaining against their insistence on members ' ‘ standing so long bare ’ at conferences . |