Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , it is commonly argued that the courts can fail to place a proper actuarial value on potential pension benefits and that ( typically in pursuit of a ‘ clean break ’ ) a divorcing wife 's loss of potential benefits can be ‘ traded off ’ or glossed over against her need for a home . |
| 2 | You can use these troops to close any gaps that appear in your line or face off against any flank attacks . |
| 3 | 5.16.2 To take all [ reasonable ] steps to prevent any new window light opening doorway path passage pipe or other encroachment or easement being made or acquired in against out of or upon the Premises and to notify the Landlord immediately if any such encroachment or easement shall be made or acquired ( or attempted to be made or acquired ) and at the request of the Landlord to adopt such means as shall [ reasonably ] be required to prevent such encroachment or the acquisition of any such easement The landlord will wish to ensure that encroachments are prevented . |
| 4 | Erm the two lads on the flats , there 's two of them together , so that anything that they they meet or come up against , they can handle themselves . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Robert Walker , a soldier in uniform , was fighting his way through the crowd , a bunch of flowers and a marriage licence in his hand , wading against the human tide to the shining spot under the clock where Judy Garland stood , dressed in angelic white that stood out against the drab extras , waiting anxiously . |
| 7 | He saw how she relaxed — or tried to , for there was still a part of her that held out against him — and smiled inwardly . |
| 8 | I see you 've talked to Pickerage , ’ said Mr Crumwallis , his long , bony body now fully inside and draped up against the doorpost , his head poked forward , the whole effect being to make him look like a bereaved ostrich . |
| 9 | Other writers have emphasized the narrow social strata from which judges are drawn and have questioned the degree to which they are able to relate to ordinary people and to stand up against the powerful and the rich . |
| 10 | The pound , which has enjoyed a decent run so far this week , was again under pressure and sank back against the mark and the dollar . |
| 11 | Sighing , she ignored pride 's dictates and sank back against the pillows . |
| 12 | Not until he had regained his composure did he crawl over to the side of the car and slump down against it , wiping the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand . |
| 13 | The material is used in a ‘ montage-style , which … juxtaposes and cements ruins and fragments up against one another ’ ; as examples he cites Mahler and 1920s We ill . |
| 14 | The door burst inward and crashed back against the wall . |
| 15 | It flung open and slammed back against the wall . |
| 16 | The door crashed open and slammed back against the wall with such force it seemed it would come off the hinges . |
| 17 | Outside I could hear rain falling upon the fire-escape and bouncing back against the window . |
| 18 | But at last she was back in her room , and sinking back against the closed door in a grief that was too deep for tears . |
| 19 | He repeated his question , and came up against the same smiling ignorance . |
| 20 | [ The recommendations were not well received , and came up against a shortage of appropriately qualified teachers and the determination on the part of the grammar and public schools to defend the Crowther notion of sixth form study in depth . ] |
| 21 | Hold the tape measure loosely round the pulled back curtain and hold back against the hook . |
| 22 | The same was true of Eliot but he was luckier in one way : he could give a little here and hold out against them there . |
| 23 | Williams was found guilty on 11 September 1991 on three charges relating to deserting his regiment and speaking out against the Gulf War . |
| 24 | On 11 September 1991 a court martial found Vic Williams guilty on three charges relating to deserting his regiment and speaking out against the Gulf War . |
| 25 | Mr Large says in his report that the SIB , too , would be happy to be armed with enhanced civil powers , and to ride out against financial wrongdoers . |
| 26 | He cried out in agony and stumbled back against the wall . |
| 27 | He cried out in pain and stumbled back against the wall . |
| 28 | So , a baby that can crawl , and lives in a house full of cats , may imitate the cats and smoodge up against its mother 's legs — a form of communication not usual with people ! |
| 29 | She got into bed and settled back against the pillows . |
| 30 | He could see the upturned hulls of a few boats drawn up onto the shore , mostly of fibreglass but some of varnished timber , all of them de-rigged and tied down against the weather . |