Example sentences of "[verb] against [noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No appeal lies against decisions of the Supervisory Authority and its decisions may only be scrutinized in the ordinary course of justice if they relate to the suspension of quotation of securities at the stock exchange . |
| 2 | Charges of selfishness and even unjust charges of collaboration were sometimes made against members of the permanent staff . |
| 3 | The annual report of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution has predicted a sharp rise in the number of prosecutions made against polluters over the next year . |
| 4 | A frisson of concern ran through the staff when it was discovered that items have only been routinely fumigated against pathogens since the 1950s . |
| 5 | In 1779 it was the more radical of the parliamentary reformers and in 1790 it probably told against supporters of the third effort to do away with religious tests that they tried such unconventional methods . |
| 6 | In 1975 , this legislation was further strengthened by the Sex Discrimination Act , which made it unlawful to discriminate against women in a wide range of fields , including employment . |
| 7 | A 13-YEAR-OLD girl suffered two fractures to her pelvis , had a leg broken in two places and a broken ankle after being crushed against railings by a stolen bus . |
| 8 | The Nationalist offensive against Madrid deployed the same tactics that its africanista commanders were accustomed to using against tribesmen in the Moroccan Rif : a series of columns attacking simultaneously at different points along an extensive front . |
| 9 | Many works that were situated against walls in the National Gallery are now shown in the round . |
| 10 | But given the discrimination shown against climbers in the present price structure , how long might it be before you climb at High Rocks by season ticket , or prior arrangement and private fee only ? |
| 11 | The same day , attacks began against towns on the Croatian Adriatic coast and on Oct. 3 the Yugoslav navy began a blockade of seven Croatian ports — Dubrovnik , Pula , Rujeka , Sebenik , Split , Zadar and Ploce . |
| 12 | MBEST images have an inherent contrast that discriminates against tissues with a short spin spin relaxation time . |
| 13 | Studies will deal with various mountain regions and Romanian experience will set against trends in the Carpathian regions of other Eastern European countries . |
| 14 | Their light-hearted attitude balances the greater seriousness of events in The Three Commanders , for they still scamper into adventure as their respective ships operate against slave-traders off the African coast and when they carry troops and fight battles off the Turkish coast during the Crimean War . |
| 15 | Though the Cabinet is supposed to be a decisive body , much of its time [ in 1955 ] was taken up with postponing decisions : whether to legislate against immigrants from the Caribbean or of Indian ancestry ; whether to help the Egyptians build the Aswan High Dam ; what to do about Cyprus or Malta , about admitting Japan to GATT [ the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ] , about the textile market , about the death penalty . |
| 16 | After the war , Philip Snowden , arguing against flirtations with the Communist International , appealed to the pacifist conscience of the ILP : |
| 17 | This , in turn , improved my singles game considerably and I won the Baghdad Open one year playing against Indians in the main , who were horrified that I insisted we played in the heat of a Baghdad afternoon when it was normally well over 110° in the shade , and there was no shade — mad dogs and Scotsmen ! |
| 18 | But the Palace indicated yesterday that the high profile visit to a country which enjoys close trading links with the UK and in which 57,000 British troops fought against communists in the early 1950s had achieved its aim of strengthening relations . |
| 19 | The demonstrators were members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sanha ( KRRS ) , a local farmers association , which is campaigning against proposals in the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade ( GATT ) to allow patenting of plants , seeds and genes . |
| 20 | The early church viewed deviations from accepted belief with distaste and , perhaps mindful of the persecutions directed against Christians by the Roman Emperors before they embraced Christianity , were more tolerant . |
| 21 | The report says that court investigations established that the security forces were directly responsible for the massacre , which was believed to be directed against supporters of the left-wing party , the Patriotic Union . |
| 22 | The anatomy is also more strongly stressed in this than in the earlier statue , perhaps to tell against reflections in the shiny metal ; and this is something that becomes even more marked in succeeding generations . |
| 23 | In early December approximately 500,000 public-sector workers effectively closed Tel Aviv airport , radio and TV stations , schools and government offices during an indefinite strike called by Histadrut to protest against elements of the proposed budget and the " Moda'i plan " . |