Example sentences of "came up against the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time Gould came up against the devastating effects of unlimited commercial exploitation . |
| 2 | Perhaps he came up against the Edwardian equivalent of a conservation lobby . |
| 3 | She came up against the unsolved riddle with a horrible jerk . |
| 4 | Unfortunately for Glanvil , many ghost stories are faked ; and investigators of the psychic phenomena of two centuries later came up against the same problem . |
| 5 | The dropping man came up against the wrought iron , and glass powder sifted like fairy dust down into the courtyard . |
| 6 | 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 . |