Example sentences of "that [modal v] be [vb pp] against [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the most important requirement is a window that opens , with blinds or curtains that may be drawn against summer sun or winter blasts . |
| 2 | Housing expenditure on council tenants was cut but owner occupiers gained substantially , despite the limit imposed on the value of mortgage interest that could be claimed against tax ( see Chapter 13 ) . |
| 3 | The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’ |
| 4 | Nor is there , in my opinion , any difference between the type of orders that can be made against the contravener and the type of orders that can be made against persons ‘ knowingly concerned in the contravention . ’ |
| 5 | And another advantage of these mechanisms of defence is they apply to other inputs to the ego , not just those from the er from the unconscious or from the organism itself but from the outside , for example the denial is a defence mechanism that can be used against reality and is used by psychotics to great and often disastrous effect . |
| 6 | However , such discrimination could be reduced , perhaps by raising the value of allowances ( e.g. on exploration costs , etc. ) that can be set against tax . |
| 7 | I support the Bill , because anything that can add to the action that can be taken against car thieves is welcome . |