Example sentences of "[verb] against [pers pn] by the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 On Dec. 31 , 1989 , Aquino announced sweeping Cabinet changes in an attempt to deal with some of the charges made against her by the rebel soldiers , with nine new appointees taking over key government posts [ see p. 37121 ] .
2 This means that claims by UK citizens under the Convention must always be pursued to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to obtain judgment , with the result that the UK has had the highest number of judgments made against it by the European Court of Human Rights for one or more violations of the Convention 's terms .
3 Saddam 's means of war are products of modern science and technology , as are those even more lethal systems being unleashed against him by the Western allies .
4 Mr Engholm admitted that he had lied in 1987 to a committee investigating a dirty-tricks campaign mounted against him by the Christian Democrats .
5 In February a US district court rejected a petition by Westinghouse Electric Corp. , a US firm alleged to have used bribery in 1976 to win the contract to construct the Bataan power station , to dismiss the case filed against it by the Philippine government .
6 Among several other flaws in Anselm 's election and investiture , there was one which neither Anselm nor anyone else mentioned at the time , but was later to be held against him by the papal legate : on a strict view , his election -in addition to all its other legal defects — had been schismatic , since the king and all the others who took part , with the sole exception of Anselm himself , were schismatics , for they had not recognized Urban II as the legitimate pope although he had now been pope for five years .
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