Example sentences of "be [verb] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Different considerations press forward , however , when we move on to the various situations in which known risks ought to be guarded against : bad driving of a motor vehicle may carry an obvious risk of causing death or serious injury , as may bad navigation of a ship or an aircraft , bad driving of a train , setting fire to a residential building , and the handling of firearms . |
| 2 | Both these misinterpretations need to be guarded against . |
| 3 | In all these ways , then , sampling has its problems and bias must be guarded against at every step . |
| 4 | It means the dangers of market provision must be guarded against . |
| 5 | Such self-indulgence needs to be guarded against what is pleasurable for teachers is not necessarily beneficial to children . |
| 6 | There are , of course , dangers to be guarded against . |
| 7 | The too simple glacio-eustatic view of a descending series of old marine terraces being associated with interglacial high sea levels needs to be guarded against in areas such as East Anglia , where differential warping of the land may well have occurred . |
| 8 | The possibility of overspending due to inevitable inaccuracy in the estimate should be guarded against by the inclusion of contingency sums . |
| 9 | This possibility can be guarded against by distinguishing between independent and dependent events . |
| 10 | Other principles accepted by the declaration were : i ) that the polluter should pay for the cost of the clean-up ; ii ) that environmental damage should be guarded against even if there were no apparent scientific reasons for doing so — the " precautionary principle " ; iii ) that women have " a vital role in environmental management and development " ; and iv ) that , while nations have a right to exploit their own resources , they must not damage the environments of other states . |
| 11 | I I , what I would say cos we will be competing against Birmingham and Glasgow . |
| 12 | They find out that they 'll be competing against three local councillors from Kent , one from each of the main political parties — everyone crosses their fingers that they wo n't be able to agree on an answer . |
| 13 | She will join a 14 strong team from all over the UK which will be competing against 22 countries worldwide . |
| 14 | They will be competing against teams from Scotland , Wales , the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland over a four and three quarter mile course on the steep slopes of Knockdhu nar Carncastle . |
| 15 | But what , I think we do need to have is quite a a a a a we 've not a no solution body who would agree with me , er you know , some of the things that have gone on within the er er agricultural industry in terms of gang masters , which is if if surely if if if we had been more clearly defined if would enforce probably the whole industry into disrepute , and I feel that we do need a a a a a a a framework , with a with a supply into Europe , because in the end we will not just be competing against other European countries we will be competing against the third world and some producers that are producing very different situations , so , I I think er , and and I 'm concerned that it is the , it is that delegation , and it is the interpretation that our own government will put on it , because there 's been so much mythology surrounding Europe . |
| 16 | But what , I think we do need to have is quite a a a a a we 've not a no solution body who would agree with me , er you know , some of the things that have gone on within the er er agricultural industry in terms of gang masters , which is if if surely if if if we had been more clearly defined if would enforce probably the whole industry into disrepute , and I feel that we do need a a a a a a a framework , with a with a supply into Europe , because in the end we will not just be competing against other European countries we will be competing against the third world and some producers that are producing very different situations , so , I I think er , and and I 'm concerned that it is the , it is that delegation , and it is the interpretation that our own government will put on it , because there 's been so much mythology surrounding Europe . |
| 17 | York residents would be competing against West Yorkshire residents . |
| 18 | The suspicions of the disinterested onlooker are likely to be aroused against the whole notion of NAIRU as an operationally useful construct . |
| 19 | Whether intentionally or not , police procedures may be biased against those of lower social status . |
| 20 | THREE CHEERS for quarter-finalists The Collins Family from Northampton , whose wayward eldest son lost them millions of cred points by sporting a black NME T-shirt , thus causing Noel to be biased against them . |
| 21 | How much more may we be biased against direct competition ? |
| 22 | The Godhead , or at least Christology , then appears to be biased against women . |
| 23 | The work of Spear ( 1984 ) and Bradley ( 1984 ) are examples of work which suggest — though do not prove — that markers may be biased against girls when marking their work . |
| 24 | Every practising barrister knows before which judges he would prefer not to appear in a political case because he believes , and his colleagues at the bar believe , that certain judges are much more likely than others to be biased against certain groups , like demonstrators or students , or certain kinds of action , like occupations of property by trade unionists or the homeless . |
| 25 | No fast should be undertaken against an opponent ; it should be undertaken rather for the good of those near and dear to the person who fasts . |
| 26 | Each student must select one option from Section B and one from Section C. These studies must be undertaken against the background of general linguistic theory . |
| 27 | By a notice of appeal dated 20 May 1992 the health authority appealed on the grounds that ( 1 ) the court had no jurisdiction to grant a mandatory injunction requiring a health authority to cause specified medical treatment to be given , alternatively , no jurisdiction to order it to cause such treatment to be given against the professional judgment of its servants or agents ; ( 2 ) the judge had erred in holding that he was not bound by the decision in In re J. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Medical Treatment ) [ 1991 ] Fam. 33 to hold that there was no such jurisdiction ; ( 3 ) there had been no material before the court to justify the judge granting a mandatory interlocutory injunction since ( a ) there was no evidence that the health authority owed J. any enforceable duty to provide the ordered treatment , or that such treatment would be in his best interests ; ( b ) there was uncontradicted evidence before the court that the treatment ordered would be painful and ineffective to give J. a prospect of long term survival and ( c ) there was no material establishing that there was a reasonable or any prospect of a final order being granted in the terms of the interlocutory order ; ( 4 ) if the court had jurisdiction to make the order the judge erred in the exercise of his discretion in that ( a ) he had failed to give sufficient weight to the uncontradicted medical evidence or to the undesirability of seeking to force a doctor to act against his professional judgment and/or requiring the employer of the doctor to do so , ( b ) he had failed to consider that the order was capable of interfering with the health authority 's duty to care for other patients , and ( c ) by its terms the order was too imprecise to enable the health authority to be able to ascertain how it should be complied with . |
| 28 | It was held that relief would be given against the defendant even though he was a third party . |
| 29 | No default judgment can be entered against the Crown save by leave of the court on application on seven days ' notice ( Ord 42 , r 5(4) ) , nor can summary judgment be given against the Crown under Ord 9 , r 14 ( Ord 42 , r 5(5) ) . |
| 30 | Their three-year run of 17 Test wins equals the All Black record , and it takes no great clairvoyant skill to predict that this will be broken against Wales on 4 November and extended against Ireland a fortnight later . |