Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now this spineless crowd of chancers demands that we back them against Lamont 's minions [ and their threatened imposition of VAT on books ] because of their contributions to knowledge . ’ |
| 2 | My own preference when using these elite units is to mass them in a body to provide the heaviest punch possible and then unleash them against one section of the enemy line with the hope that the breakthrough will start a general rout of the enemy force . |
| 3 | Keep them in this position and place them against the hands of your partner so that you are in physical contact ( See Fig. 1 ) . |
| 4 | Brush one edge of the strips with a dampened brush and carefully place them against the cake so that they are supported by the cocktail sticks . |
| 5 | Then , turning to his companion , he said : ‘ Pose him against these drapes , Tom . ’ |
| 6 | Take the coin and wet it with water , and then press it against the victim 's head for a short time ‘ to get it to stick ’ . |
| 7 | The idea here is that you take a rather blunt er fire-polished glass pipette , and press it against a membrane . |
| 8 | She longed to turn her cheek and press it against his palm . |
| 9 | If you look at the oxygen results and plot them against the year of coral growth we see cooler water temperatures and hence stronger trade winds during the little ice age prior to nineteen hundred . |
| 10 | Look at the numbers on your card and match them against those following for Game 228 Day 1 . |
| 11 | to me hold them against their will ? '' ’ |
| 12 | Because neither life insurance nor private health plans normally cover you against the financial consequences of a seriously disabling accident . |
| 13 | Because neither life insurance nor private health plans normally cover you against the financial consequences of a permanently disabling accident . |
| 14 | Her hands lifted to cradle his head , and hold him against her , her fingers raking through the crisp dark hair . |
| 15 | He wanted to press his mouth to her softly parted lips and taste the sweetness within , he wanted to push aside the loosely tied neck of her shift and let his hand savour the warmth of her flesh , he wanted to lay her back on the bed and hold her against him as he had at the river-crossing ; he wanted her . |
| 16 | Are you sure that Sergeant did n't take the shot gun from you and put it against er Mr head ? |
| 17 | Indeed , as Amiss saw with fascination , his first act on sitting down to breakfast was to open the tabloid at page three , fold it and prop it against the sugar bowl in such a way that the topless pin-up of the day was there to be looked at every time he got bored with the Telegraph . |
| 18 | and charge it against the Caernarvon job . |
| 19 | Now pick up the symbol , and lovingly hold it against you — allowing it to dissolve into your heart . |
| 20 | To save draining the cistern , make a bung from polyethylene sheeting and cloth and hold it against the outlet . |
| 21 | erm , and to use a word that would be used in other areas , retraining goes on , amongst the judiciary or do they just get to this pinnacle , and then hold it against all comers , until they choose to retire , I mean , in any other , er , job where you have a peculiar expertise , like that , you would be expected to update yourself , to keep up with the trends , you would be sent away to conferences , and retraining courses . |
| 22 | I 'd like you to take a sample of the polish from Dr Darnell 's fingernails , and have the lab match it against the flake you found . ’ |
| 23 | When we watch a TV police thriller , we match it against a schema which contains certain characters , playing particular roles in certain sequences of events , m a plot with certain episodes and a particular outcome . |
| 24 | So long as the goods remain the Seller 's property in accordance with clause 8.1. the Buyer will : 8.3.1. insure them against loss or damage under a policy which protects the Seller 's interest in the goods ; 8.3.2. store them separately from other , similar goods owned by any other person , so that they remain identifiable as the Seller 's property ; 8.3.3. allow the authorised representatives of the Seller to have access at any reasonable time to the premises where the goods are stored , in order to inspect the goods . |
| 25 | 8(3) So long as the goods remain the Seller 's property in accordance with clause 8(1) the Buyer will : ( a ) insure them against loss or damage under a policy which protects the Seller 's interest in the goods ; ( b ) store them separately from other , similar goods owned by any person , so that they remain identifiable as the Seller 's property ; ( c ) allow the authorised representatives of the Seller to have access at any reasonable time to the premises where the goods are stored , in order to inspect the goods . |
| 26 | The hardwoods ; Oak , Walnut and Cherry , are fully seasoned and we guarantee them against warping and splitting for 5 years . |
| 27 | Axelrod translated all 15 strategies into one common programming language , and set them against one another in one big computer . |
| 28 | Only passing accounts of his life and work have appeared in the literature , and while brief references have been made to Nicholson 's excellence as a chemist , these have not done justice to his achievements , or set them against the London localities where they occurred . |
| 29 | The realisation that we teach children more effectively if we understand them fully and set them against the social and cultural conditions in which they live and grow , places an expectation upon the teacher which can not be prescribed by contract . |
| 30 | ‘ We 've got ter see 'ow we 're doin' , 'ow much we 're spendin' , an' set it against the takin 's . ’ |