Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he races on Saturday New Level will line up against the much fancied Ringa Hustle and the dog which beat him in the last round , Apres Soleil , which is on offer at 80–1 . |
| 2 | But when it suits them they choose not to be seen and seen you know sort of divide and rule tactics of seen as different entities really and I mean to be how dare and one one comment was how dare these men gang up against us . |
| 3 | The therapist can not win out against death , but he or she can win out for life , for a sense of the real , for the kind of growth that truly matters ; dealing as it does with the evaluation of ways to love and hate , with the meanings of human conduct , an appreciation of human nature , and the succession of the generations . |
| 4 | Coyle has also invited Irish League opposition and Derry will line out against Ballymena United on Saturday , July 31 and Crusaders on Saturday August 7 . |
| 5 | From time to time Sherif 's woolly old head , loosely wrapped in a dirty headdress , would fall back against the fly-speckled surface of the remaining quarter of a red sign . |
| 6 | Davide would say , when he was first starting as a lawyer in Riba , on his return from America , and could speak up against the potlatch inclinations of his clients . |
| 7 | At the same time it must be borne in mind that in literature , prominence and deviance frequently take a more extreme form ( for example in the Gormenghast passage on p 29 ) which would show up against practically any norm we should choose ; this more general deviance can be demonstrated by taking one 's relative norms from as broad a range as possible . |
| 8 | The merchants realised how well pink coral would show up against dark pigmentation . |
| 9 | The principle here is that if particular changes in activity bear a constant relationship to the reference event they will show up against fluctuations of the ongoing EEG which , being " random " , should cancel out to zero when averaged over successive trials by the computer . |
| 10 | Oh I see well you 've got 'em you 've that 's why you put em diagonal you see so that they really do show up against the |
| 11 | For some moments Harry gazes at them in silence , slowly plucking the lefthand strap of his braces away from the shoulder , and letting it snap back against the shirt . |
| 12 | PAULINE Connor , LL.B. will speak out against the abortifacient drug , RU486 , in York , on 9th November . |
| 13 | He urged the constitutional politicians to renew the search for a settlement and said people should speak out against prejudice and bigotry and on behalf of reconciliation and peace . |
| 14 | But how does he shape up against his counterparts in other countries ? |
| 15 | There are several costs involved in remortgaging which you should weigh up against the savings you will be making . |
| 16 | Never before had Ramsey run up against so formidable a Christian opponent , and never before been so forced to defend his biblical ideas . |
| 17 | In this way , new requests for credit may run up against a powerful and undeniably sensible combination of background knowledge and personal experience which rules them out , even when the applicant whose personal circumstances ring these alarm bells would have been a satisfactory payer . |
| 18 | Or not been let run up against them ) , and then the " ungrammaticality " of *John was seen leave is explained by the absence of to . |
| 19 | A CONTROVERSIAL plan to charge foreign three-day-event riders a £500-a-season licence fee to compete in Britain has been dropped because it could run up against European regulations . |
| 20 | No , the luck would run out against in-form Ards at Ballymena Showgrounds and Ian Bustard 's tremendous opening goal for Paul Malone 's side certainly added fuel to that theory . |
| 21 | Yet this would bump up against the western world 's self-serving policy of subsidised farming , which explains a lot of its enthusiasm for shipping grain to Africa . |
| 22 | There are then three possibilities : first , their edges may slide along against each other ; second , they may move away from each other — then fresh lava emerges from the crack which is formed between them ; third , they may move towards each other , one plate sliding under the other . |
| 23 | How does the performance measure up against the best in the world ? |
| 24 | When Jaq 's helmet lifted clear , the hydra did not flow up against his face to suffocate him . |
| 25 | At St Inglevert — do you remember , Lancaster ? he was the match of any he met in arms , if not the master , and so were you , and together you two held any two that France could set up against you , and Jean de Boucicaut himself acknowledged it . |
| 26 | And even as he gave up , as he let himself lean back against the wall , he was holding on , knowing he had backed down and it was over , but doing it gradually so we would n't see the change come over him . |
| 27 | Education Viewpoint : Who will stand up against the idea of student fees ? |
| 28 | No one , not even Fenna , could actually stand up against Rachel when she had once got the bit between her teeth : she was better at the game of controlling , containing , winning , than anyone else that Maggie knew . |
| 29 | Because of his disability , he had to feel that he could stand up against anyone , which indeed he could . |
| 30 | Stegosaurus , for example , could stand up against the trees to reach upper branches . |