Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [adv] against [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALTHOUGH only the Communist Party came out strongly against a possible reunification of Germany yesterday , the prospect will cause an upheaval in French international thinking particularly over France 's role as the motor of the European Community . |
| 2 | Silver 's light-grey fur showed up plainly against a low spray of gorse , but Hazel could not see Bigwig until he sat up and ran towards them . |
| 3 | The light was thickening but the twisted silvery grey trunks with their crusted bark showed up clearly against the long grass where some of last autumn 's apples still lay , puckered and brown . |
| 4 | His filthy hands showed up starkly against the white mug he was holding . |
| 5 | At a joint emergency session of the Federal Assembly in Prague which began on Sept. 11 , Czech leftist and Slovak Christian Democrat deputies spoke out strongly against the proposed liquidation of the Federation . |
| 6 | More positively , both the BFASS and most of its critics in England and Scotland , though not some of the more circumspect Scots abolitionists , sounded off powerfully against the Free Church 's financial reliance on southern slaveholders after its break from the Church of Scotland in 1843 . |
| 7 | The steam seemed to have cleared a little and Lucien could see that Walterkin sat up straight against the far wall , his knees raised , his hands dangling between them . |
| 8 | It stood out whitely against the tanned skin , exactly as Tamar had described it , when telling of her attacker several years ago . |
| 9 | Their white umbrellas stood out vividly against the harsh terrain of the mountain . |
| 10 | The shards of horn stood out starkly against the snow-cloud sky . |
| 11 | The black-out curtains which were rolled neatly above the windows stood out starkly against the light green walls and wooden skirting boards . |
| 12 | The evening shadows were lengthening , one or two lights were coming on in buildings across the city and the dark mass of the cathedral stood out sharply against the soft viridian sky . |