Example sentences of "run against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any such sale was , if the condition was realized , to be void ab initio , and time would not run against the legatee or trust beneficiary for the purposes of positive prescription . |
| 2 | Another thoughtful refinement is always to arrange the knot in the abseil ropes on the top of the anchor slings so that it does n't run against the rock when pulled . |
| 3 | I 'd rather run against the world champion and finish sixth in a good race in Aberdeen than win by 50 metres and not be pushed at Middlesbrough . ’ |
| 4 | Asked by Congressman Jenkins whether he could persuade his superiors , simply because of his eloquence , to run against the wishes of the Cabinet , North replied ‘ I have no doubt about that . ’ |
| 5 | It started all wrong with an aggravating incident indoors when I was to run against the American Mel Lattany and Earl Tulloch . |
| 6 | Accordingly , many of the programs in use prior to the introduction of the database were amended to run against the new datafiles . |
| 7 | Needless to say , he is running against the Irish Labour Party candidate , Mary Robinson . |
| 8 | MR JOHN BROWNE , former Conservative MP for Winchester , who was ousted by his party and is now running against the Conservative candidate , is circulating election literature describing himself as the ‘ Conservative ’ and telling unsuspecting Tories not to ‘ split the vote ’ , writes Robert Shrimsley . |
| 9 | From the moment he decided to take up running nine years ago at the age of 38 , Zarei had never been interested in running against the clock , or in beating others . |
| 10 | They seemed to be running against the tide of professionalism . |
| 11 | But with the tide of war now running against the Allies , many of the natives decided to join the winning side , just as they had in Dutch Timor the previous winter . |
| 12 | The Informix founder 's ProActive Software Inc start-up is running against the likes of Clarify Inc , Scopus Technology Inc and Aurum Software Inc in that sector . |
| 13 | James Stewart was running against the incumbent , Brian Donlevy . |
| 14 | In November 1990 , rather than seek re-election , she had unsuccessfully challenged for a Senate seat , running against the incumbent Democrat Paul Simon . |
| 15 | english linesmen/refs for some reason tend to blow offside on players not interfering with play — you see this most often when there is the long ball from defence/keeper towards the other penalty area with attackers running against the midfield clearly with no possibility of reaching the ball or trying to do so . |
| 16 | erm supporting agencies and stuff so it 's not necessarily running against the the idea of a moral economy , just that moral economy developing its revolutionary potential |
| 17 | Nevertheless , when it came to seeking allies in Congress , Carter 's position was much weakened , first , by the fact that so few members had any reason to be grateful to the president for their election and , second , because he had so conspicuously run against the existing political order which included , of course , Congress . |
| 18 | The second method used subject terms to construct profiles , which were then run against the databases to be tested . |
| 19 | The second method used subject terms to construct profiles , which were then run against the databases to be tested . |
| 20 | For those raised in the prudery of puritanism or the celibacy-conscious preoccupations of Catholicism this ran against the grain . |
| 21 | On overseas government expenditure Attlee fought a campaign with what has been called an ‘ impressive ’ ’ Little Englander' pragmatism' which , however , ran against the rocks of Bevin and the Chiefs of Staff . |
| 22 | He was also showing a distaste for outdoor pursuits that ran against the grain of their family life . |
| 23 | Dicey argued , not only that belief in the inherent excellence of federalism was a ‘ delusion ’ , but that it also ran against the grain of English history : |
| 24 | The Reagan crowd ran against the government and against Sacramento and they came in on their white horses and railed against the Legislature . |
| 25 | The government then developed a momentum of its own as a focus of loyalty that ran against the party system . |
| 26 | Nature conservation runs against the grain of current political doctrine . |
| 27 | That claim has not been repeated , despite reports of many bombing runs against the Guard by America 's gigantic B-52s . |
| 28 | And then , the Daily Telegraph discovered ‘ the truth ’ : ‘ privatisation of Britain 's water industry … runs against the grain of Mr Delors ’ social strategy . ’ |
| 29 | A second objection to the strong anthropic principle is that it runs against the tide of the whole history of science . |