Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Wilkie , the actuary , concluded that the loss of the Tory majority , then 21 , was ‘ not impossible but the odds are rather against it . ’ |
| 2 | Animal Rights groups seldom admit humane care of animals is possible because they are fundamentally against all human/animal relationships . |
| 3 | I am blatantly against the use of monkey climbers because small movements can be undetected which in turn could lead to deep hooked pike . |
| 4 | Many southerners are apparently against provision of large-scale welfare support for these people , however ; they apparently believe it will both encourage them to have more children , especially children not in a male-headed , nuclear family , and thus increase the State 's welfare load , and also because they think it will reduce the incentive for them to work , and thereby solve their problems themselves . |
| 5 | Then she said , still with her back turned , ‘ Have you any idea , Robina , why your parents are so against you going on the stage ? ’ |
| 6 | Players often ask why teaching professionals are so against using the wedge . |
| 7 | It is , Chairman , that actually they are down against the erm , Mill Stream , the three storeys site , some of them about three storeys high . |
| 8 | I am not against unions but our union is no different from management . |
| 9 | I am not against physical punishment if it is needed , but only if it is called for . |
| 10 | Having said this , I am not against courses teaching how to tell the gospel to others . |
| 11 | When I say what is true — that I am not against homosexuals as people , but believe homosexual practices to be wrong , I am very conscious of the inadequacy of what probably sounds a very negative declaration . |
| 12 | I am not against linking rewards to achievement : rather the reverse . |
| 13 | I am not against MY FATHER , only against THE LABOR MINISTER |
| 14 | I am not against the use of antibiotics — as a Nurse I see many infections managed effectively by their use and have used antibiotics on other people 's fish many times . |
| 15 | This is all very well , and I am not against it . |
| 16 | I am not against the general tenor of that which is sought . |
| 17 | So my answer to the question A is , I am not against a new settlement , of the right scale in the right location , but it is not a panacea , it is not an answer to all the questions , now it 's being offered in terms of a balanced strategy , I say that balanced strategy as put forward does not work , certainly beyond two thousand and six , and may grind to a halt well before two thousand and six if rates of development proceed er as they have done in certain years in the past , so it 's very important to look at that , can we just revisit the public acceptance of the new settlement , of course the public have accepted it and welcomed it , it has certain attractions , I support those attractions , however it 's easy for the public to accept that when measured against certain sites specific proposals that were put to them when they did not know where the new settlement would be , and still do not know , when new settlement locations are put forward it will be quite a different scenario . |
| 18 | I am not against Stockton as a town , but the bureaucrats must realise that people identify with real communities not false creations . |
| 19 | And Moses said , This shall be , when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat , and in the morning bread to the full ; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings , which ye murmur against him : and what are we ? your murmurings are not against us , but against the Lord . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We are not against pay rises , but people have got to sensible , ’ he said , defending the three per cent ceiling on pay rises which has just come into force here . |
| 21 | In 1962 , however , he began to shift his policies away from outright repression and towards a gradual reformism , summed up in the slogan , Those who are not against us are with us . |
| 22 | We are not against progress or employment , but we are worried about our Holy Mountain and about pollution ’ . |
| 23 | We are not against men , as some feminists seem to be . |
| 24 | Most families are not against having vegetarian dishes several times a week ; indeed pizza , pasta and vegetable burgers have become widely acceptable alternatives . |
| 25 | We the women of South Africa are not against family planning . |
| 26 | Most organisations are not against the proposal , we could opt out if we wish . |
| 27 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 28 | It says wooden crosses as , a temporary mounment are not against Church regulations . |
| 29 | They say they are not against parking charges , but want the council to find a system acceptable to the public . |
| 30 | He stressed the value of low inflation as a necessary economic objective , adding : ‘ We are not against wealth . |