Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | They and the opposition are up against a tradition of oppression that goes back to Tamerlane . |
| 2 | The pound is down against the dollar at ( $1.75 ) one dollar , seventy five , but up against the mark at ( 2.88 ) two marks eighty eight . |
| 3 | The pound is down against the dollar and the Deutsch Mark at one dollar , seventy-three and at two marks , eighty-eight . |
| 4 | The Liverpool group were up against Elvis Presley , Frank Ifield and evergreen Cliff Richard . |
| 5 | His body was up against hers , close and strong and totally in control . |
| 6 | We have also explored the left-inclined critique of responsible party government and pluralism , so highlighting the extent to which theory is up against theory as much as any theory is assessed up against facts . |
| 7 | It really is very difficult to convey , sir , the immense difficulties this woman was up against , trying to give her daughter the benefits of a modern education but bound herself by a family subscribing to a quite different system of ‘ mores ’ . |
| 8 | Whereabouts in relation to , w the bed was up against the wall was n't it ? |
| 9 | No it the the head of the bed was up against the far wall the as you look in the room on the right . |
| 10 | That 's a chilling indicator of what the rest of the Irish League are up against when the championship gets underway next Saturday . |
| 11 | The teenagers from Cherwell School are up against some stiff competition from 11 other schools in the regional final of a national choral event being held at the Wytham Theatre in Swindon , and although confident they 'll do well , choir mistress , Anna Haxworth is n't assuming her score will win a place in the London final next month . |
| 12 | Rose was up against it . |
| 13 | Even though their Ford Escort van was up against pukka racing cars like the MG Metro 6R4 and Ford 's turbo-charged Sierra Cosworth , the pair were far from disgraced . |