Example sentences of "[verb] against [noun pl] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Many works that were situated against walls in the National Gallery are now shown in the round . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | Studies will deal with various mountain regions and Romanian experience will set against trends in the Carpathian regions of other Eastern European countries . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |