Example sentences of "[verb] against [det] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once an enveloping box is established or an old one changed ( by the addition or movement of entities ) the geometric domain model is checked against that of the functional domain . |
| 2 | That is a great improvement , and I hope very much that the Commission will soon understand that headage limits do not reduce overproduction but merely discriminate against some of the poorest parts of the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | The marks of one day were shown against those of the next , and so on . |
| 4 | The chance to fish against some of the biggest names in match angling and beat them can be too hard to resist , and the rewards are high . |
| 5 | Bids were invited against each of the above themes in March and in October 1990 . |
| 6 | In order to compete against some of the global competitors , they need to make sure that the various businesses build upon each other , contribute to the development of core competences and use these core competences to build their competitive advantage . |
| 7 | ‘ For such a young player this is a tremendous achievement , ’ says Mavis , ‘ Claire has outstanding talent and she will now have a chance to compete against some of the best players in the world . ’ |
| 8 | Cleary , a left-wing populist who had formerly been an ALP supporter , campaigned against both of the major parties on the grounds that both were too committed to free-market policies . |
| 9 | David Lyles says they ’ ll be able to train in good pools and compete against some of the best swimmers in the world … they 'll be racing the top youngsters from America and Canada |
| 10 | In March 1952 Soviet statesmen suggested a unification of Germany in exchange for its non-participation in coalitions or alliances directed against any of the former wartime allies and in 1954 Molotov more clearly presented the idea of neutralising Germany . |
| 11 | The shape matrices are then tested against those of the appropriate sub-dictionaries to find the best match , either between the unknown word and a dictionary entry , or a composite for suffixed forms . |
| 12 | And more generally : Finally , in commenting on the nature of the social work procedures and practice adopted following the medical diagnosis of sexual abuse , the report explicitly comments that : ‘ it requires cautious measured intervention which will allow the risks of a false positive finding to be balanced against those of a false negative ’ ( p.85 , my emphasis ) . |