Example sentences of "could [be] [vb pp] against the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drop-leaf tables which could be placed against the wall when not in use developed during the pre-Commonwealth period , but the method of framed ‘ joined ’ construction necessitated the use of a securing pivot at the top and the bottom of the swing-out supporting leg . |
| 2 | This further expansion gave greater insight into the information requirements of the system ( eg for the activity Tender for services , information about tender procedures , potential contractors , standards required , etc could be relevant ) , and could be checked against the information actually available in practice , an approach that is examined further in Chapter 11 . |
| 3 | No estoppel could be raised against the timber firm . |
| 4 | Not realising how clearly she could be seen against the light , she looked down into the courtyard . |
| 5 | Admittedly , it would take twenty-four hours to see if the blood on the scissors matched the sample from Nicola Sharpe and if the partial fingerprints could be matched against the elimination prints from David Parkin . |
| 6 | Now the agitation in the country and the violent disorder it threatened could be directed against the Government . |
| 7 | If , on the other hand , the adult had signed a contract , not of guarantee , but of indemnity , that contract could be enforced against the adult even if the minor 's contract was void , Yeoman Credit Ltd. v. Latter ( 1961 ) . |
| 8 | At the House of Lords hearing , the QC appearing for the Attorney General made it clear the law lords ' ruling meant no case could be brought against the hospital or medical staff involved . |
| 9 | It was held that no claim could be brought against the defendant for failing to load because the contract had been frustrated by illegality before the time for loading . |
| 10 | In other words , the worst criticism which could be levelled against the failure to recruit blacks was that of falling to move with the times . |
| 11 | Thus the existence of different birth rates between classes could be used against the idea of universal family allowances when prevailing opinion feared over-population . |
| 12 | It was an important moment to capture — one that , if need be , could be used against the T'ang of Africa . |
| 13 | What he did not realize was that the same combination of forces could be used against the monarchy . |
| 14 | The Government refused to accord the privately owned press the right to claim absolute freedom of expression , since this right could be used against the majority who were voiceless . |
| 15 | The Republican Party saw this as an issue which could be used against the Democrats in the approaching presidential election of 1920 . |