Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] against the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The request serial number should also be checked off against the records in the control book , and logged as completed . |
| 2 | The potential benefits must be weighed up against the costs involved and the risk of failure . |
| 3 | Where there have been mutual credits , debts or other mutual dealings between a company before it goes into liquidation and any other creditors , Rule 4.90 provides that account should be taken of what is due from each party , and the sums due from one shall be set off against the sums due from the other . |
| 4 | That 's my ambition to be roaring in against the Aussies next year . |
| 5 | The rail will be butted up against the sides of the wardrobe , and where this is n't the case , end stops prevent disaster . |