Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] against [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the mid-1950s , when the private sector finance houses were increasing their facilities for private retailers , the Government withheld some of the funds the Boards requested for developing their own hire purchase schemes , thus further hobbling them against the competition . |
| 2 | Instead , because his followers were anxious for a fight , he led them against the Auvergne , where there had recently been a conspiracy against him , which he wished to punish . |
| 3 | The arches will never be seen in their original form again ; To preserve them against the increased exposure to the elements which lowering the water level will bring , they 're to be sprayed with a fine layer of protective concrete , leaving no visible sign of their remarkable survival . |
| 4 | The palms of her hands were sweating , and she wiped them against the legs of her tunic . |
| 5 | Otherwise their existence might be a source of danger , for they had followings of their own which were likely to support them against the king in a political crisis . |
| 6 | This feeling that we must fight to preserve ourselves against a hostile world is paralleled by deep male fears of losing bodily integrity and idenity . |
| 7 | Keep them in this position and place them against the hands of your partner so that you are in physical contact ( See Fig. 1 ) . |
| 8 | Brush one edge of the strips with a dampened brush and carefully place them against the cake so that they are supported by the cocktail sticks . |
| 9 | These marine otters of California regularly open mollusc shells , whilst floating on their backs , by banging them against a rock balanced on their bellies . |
| 10 | M.Ps have no privilege protecting them against an arrest on criminal charges but they are protected against arrest in connection with a civil matter while parliament is in session and for 40 days before and after . |
| 11 | One way of doing this is to take a piece of paper and mark the position of the mounting holes and matching them against the motherboard . |
| 12 | They will have suggested topics which will bind the poor as a class together ; topics which will excite them against the rich ; topics the discussion of which in the only form in which that discussion reaches the ear will be to make them think that some new law can make them comfortable … — that Government has at its disposal an inexhaustible fund out of which it can give to those who now want without also creating elsewhere other and greater wants . |
| 13 | The harnesses that supported the two Chelonians swung from side to side , knocking them against the sides of the tank . |
| 14 | The devil-man opened his eyes and shielded them against the brightness of the sky . |
| 15 | Surely he must have realised that he was pitting himself against a concern of considerable strength . |
| 16 | Pressing himself against the last wagon he peered around the side for any sign of the guards . |
| 17 | He swallowed hard and ran to the back door , pressing himself against the wall beside it . |
| 18 | Pressing himself against the wall he looked down at the body . |
| 19 | Bent almost double , he darted towards the kitchen , pressing himself against the wall . |
| 20 | This acquisition of competence can be seen as one way the worker defends himself against the control exercised over him by management . |
| 21 | Throughout it all , he keenly defends himself against the propaganda with which the minders assigned to foreign journalists bombard him . |
| 22 | Soon scotched himself against a wall ; |
| 23 | It 's changed partly because Stalin 's er strategy in China has been shown to be a disaster and Stalin is trying to cover his tracks and most effective way of protecting himself against the criticism and the unpopularity which is likely to come from the failure is by insisting that the strategy was right all along and the revolution is about to triumph . |
| 24 | Somewhere down there he stubbed himself against an ill-defined but hard mass of fact , and brought it up to the surface to examine it . |
| 25 | We will also insure you against an accident involving any trailer that is attached to your car . |
| 26 | We will also insure you against an accident involving any trailer that is attached to your car . |
| 27 | We will also insure you against an accident involving any trailer that is attached to your car . |
| 28 | We will also insure you against an accident involving any trailer that is attached to your car . |
| 29 | The Roman Catholic Church pronounced itself against the coup while conceding that " effective action " was needed to eradicate terrorism , drug-trafficking and corruption . |
| 30 | She felt as fragile and foolish as a moth that beat itself against the hot glass of an electric bulb until it fell burned and spent , in its desperate doomed quest for the light . |