Example sentences of "[verb] against [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | West Belfast is discriminated against by a Tory government which discriminates against its own working class in its own country . |
| 2 | In 1986 Abdullah had vigorously suppressed unrest among black Mauritanians who claimed they were discriminated against by the Arab population [ see p. 35234 ] . |
| 3 | ‘ That was the best two sets of serving I have played against for a long while , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ That was the best two sets of serving I have played against for a long while , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Moreover , the use by the courts of these common law devices of obstruction , breach of the peace and nuisance is difficult to legislate against as the essential purpose ( which before the 1960s had been more or less achieved with police co-operation ) is to permit ‘ reasonable ’ picketing , including the right to accost for a short period within which arguments can be advanced , without putting persons in fear or to immoderate inconvenience . |
| 6 | Randle and Pottle were proceeded against under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 which contains no special provisions in relation to literary benefits . |
| 7 | However , if this is accepted , then we end up again with the concept of a particular as some kind of a temporally extended " peg " for qualities — a view which the theory was directed against in the first instance . |
| 8 | ( As so often happens in secondary schools , the same individual may be enthusiastic in the one capacity for activity which he or she adamantly inveighs against in the other capacity . |