Example sentences of "[vb past] up against [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February of 1982 , the Sunni fundamentalists of Hama rose up against the Alawite regime . |
| 2 | There came a day , said Freud , the sons in frustration , rose up against the primal father , murdered him , ate him , in a grisly act of cannibalism , raped the mothers and sisters , and then having gratified the positive side of , of the negative side of their ambivalence , about the primal father , their hate for him , their desire to supplant him , and so on , were left with the positive side unsatisfied . |
| 3 | It is a real moral aberration that leaves at liberty those who violated human dignity and those who rose up against the constitutional order . ’ |
| 4 | Donald was in full cry but he came up against a rejuvenated Kapil Dev . |
| 5 | On all sides : the abolitionists , the retentionists , and the abstainers , the vote was recognized as a momentous one in which the consciences of Members of Parliament came up against a profound issue transcending party politics . |
| 6 | For example , Matt Parsley ( Caldy ) came up against an inspired show by Edwards . |
| 7 | For example , Matt Parsley ( Caldy ) came up against an inspired show by Edwards . |
| 8 | But in the Japanese Empire she at last came up against an eastern power developing at a rate comparable to her own , and one capable of offering effective resistance . |
| 9 | For the first time Gould came up against the devastating effects of unlimited commercial exploitation . |
| 10 | Perhaps he came up against the Edwardian equivalent of a conservation lobby . |
| 11 | She came up against the unsolved riddle with a horrible jerk . |
| 12 | Unfortunately for Glanvil , many ghost stories are faked ; and investigators of the psychic phenomena of two centuries later came up against the same problem . |
| 13 | The dropping man came up against the wrought iron , and glass powder sifted like fairy dust down into the courtyard . |
| 14 | ONCE-RACED MILIYEL * , who came up against the 1,000 Guineas ante-post favourite Musicale when both made their debut at Lingfield last season , may open her account in the Geoffrey Barling Maiden Fillies ' Stakes ( 2.00 ) at Newmarket today . |
| 15 | There was a distinct nip in the air as , on the last day of November , the huddle of international yachting journalists , collars turned up against the northerly wind , made their way through the doors of the 30th Salon Nautique . |
| 16 | From the window of his room on the top floor of the tenement building , Joe could see down into old Mr Webb 's office at the rear of the shop , and the outline of scores of books were clearly visible poled up against the filthy windows . |
| 17 | But even as she vowed to protect she was filled with terror at the unhappiness the fleeting expressions rehearsed ; pulled up against the staggering independence of this creature to experience its own ranges of reaction , its life , quite separate from and un-understood by her . |
| 18 | The blind man nodded , spoke up against the weary roar of the airstream that broke like surf on this rocky spur deep in Antarctic Mars , and in his voice was a smile , the first emotional response he 'd given them . |
| 19 | After the van had been loaded it drove to another loading bay and backed up against a second wagon . |