Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , Chairman , that actually they are down against the erm , Mill Stream , the three storeys site , some of them about three storeys high . |
| 2 | At private meetings over meals or in his office North would produce his spiral notebook or pieces of yellow legal paper , asking ‘ how in God 's name we can expect these young men and women to fight against Communism when this is what they 're up against ’ , and often breaking into tears . |
| 3 | As the battle bus pulled out of the crowd , Mr Major pointed out of the window and said : ‘ There , that 's what we 're up against . |
| 4 | ‘ We do n't know what we 're up against , ’ Delaney said , ‘ so let's proceed with maximum caution . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If we are dealing with the Pessarane Behesht then we 're up against some very dangerous and unpredictable people . |
| 6 | J.B. Well again you see you 're up against tradition all the time , are n't you ? |
| 7 | ‘ When you 've got nothing except just your bare life and you 're up against destiny or death . |
| 8 | When you 're up against your Fortune , whether it goes for or against you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ At least now we 've got an idea who we 're up against . |
| 10 | I mean we 're up against a wall . |
| 11 | ‘ So what , exactly , do you think you 're up against now ? ’ |
| 12 | From a black perspective you 're up against a white power structure and it does n't really matter whether you 're being beaten up or abused by the police or by a group of kids on the street , it all comes down to the same thing — racism . |
| 13 | ‘ They do n't know the power of what they 're up against . |
| 14 | You see what you 're what you 're up against . |
| 15 | It does n't matter what you 're up against , who 's being unfair or where the financial and emotional pressure is coming from this week . |
| 16 | ’ And that bug is your proof , ’ Mala added , ’ of what we 're up against . |
| 17 | But it 's different when you 're up against it , different when you 're spiritually sick . |
| 18 | But as we 're completely in the dark about what sort of intelligence service — if any — we 're up against it would do no harm to take precautions . |
| 19 | Now I do n't see that there 's likely to be any connection , but since we 're up against a brick wall in the Stavanger case , I 've come to pick your brains . " |
| 20 | " You say you 're up against a brick wall — well , that 's just where we got to in the Southwark Bridge case . |
| 21 | In the face of what they 're up against : |
| 22 | That 's what we 're up against . ’ |
| 23 | Do n't you see who we 're up against ? |
| 24 | Because when my government does see the pattern — you 're quite right they do n't want to see it right now and my D-G is n't helping them — but when these people do the next thing , and it 'll have to be something big — they 're up against a deadline on Berlin they 've already escalated it from forged documents to drugging people to shooting them God knows what comes next well when something new happens the lone psychopath theory will be dead , dead , dead . |
| 25 | you 're up against the power relationship that each patient is caught up in with their consultant . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , we 'll see what we 're up against and where they come from . |
| 27 | They 're up against Lincoln City . |
| 28 | Pippa Nolan says they 're up against it all the time … lots of riders have young horses and they 've all had good rounds … but it 's a sport of ups and downs and this year she 's had her fair share of downs |
| 29 | Gloucester do n't believe in doing things the easy way … funny thing is they play better when they 're up against it … so this game was ideal … they were losing and down to fourteen men when Pete Jones was sent off mid way through the first half for stamping … |
| 30 | Crusaders know only too well they 're up against a class outfit . |