Example sentences of "up against the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were up against the absolute certainty of guilt expressed by all the parties weighed against them . |
| 2 | The table provided in the Library note projects that we shall not come up against the upper ceiling of the present capacity in either this or the next financial year . |
| 3 | For the first time Gould came up against the devastating effects of unlimited commercial exploitation . |
| 4 | More often than not the gravel is piled up against the front glass of the tank as though the fish are trying to keep you from prying into their nest . |
| 5 | Perhaps he came up against the Edwardian equivalent of a conservation lobby . |
| 6 | ‘ Increasingly more training is having to be organised internally , which brings us up against the major constraint of time ’ … |
| 7 | ‘ Increasingly more training is having to be organised internally , which brings us up against the major constraints of staff time ’ … |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Nor was he helped by being up against the mighty deeds of the West Indies in his first two series , and perhaps if he had been able to cut his teeth on something less difficult the story might have had a happier turn to it . |
| 10 | The sun stirs up the winds ; the winds suck up the swells ; the swells pump out waves that trip up against the jutting kerbs of the land . |
| 11 | However one looks at the early movies one comes up against the decisive contribution of the showmen , but obviously their role was most noticeable in the way the movies were presented . |
| 12 | She standing up against the racial stereotype with purple hair . |
| 13 | She came up against the unsolved riddle with a horrible jerk . |
| 14 | Once again we come up against the indissoluble limit between the Spirit and Jesus . |
| 15 | These final examples of persistent facies brings us right up against the obvious explanation of a climatic control , and certainly strong arguments have been put forward on climatic grounds to explain some of the carbonate distributions . |
| 16 | With a little sigh , she slid her arms up and around his neck , her hands caressing his nape , allowing him to pull her hard up against the delightful seduction of his manhood . |
| 17 | She sought his mouth again , wrapping her arms around his neck , offering and receiving a kiss so fierce , impatient and demanding that she clung to him and she lost her balance , fell against him , felt him gather her up against the inflammatory hardness of his body and lift her on to the bed . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Therefore a man like Ramsey brought the argument about Christian unity up against the fundamental question of Catholicity versus Protestantism in a way which few others could . |
| 20 | Tomorrow we 'll test the strings we 've made , and see how they measure up against the old ones for reliability . |