Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun sg] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Popular puppet theatre is helping to take on the struggle against AIDS across southern Africa . |
| 2 | If my information is helpful to Eliot , who apparently has the energy to carry on the struggle against the new overlords , then he is welcome to it . |
| 3 | For those tha who are not to familiar with , the initials P P G , it stands for planning policy guidance , and there are a whole series of these guidance notes produced by the Department of the Environment for the er advice guidance of , well not only the local planning authorities but anyone else who is interested in the development business , and they are expressions of , I suppose government policy , er and their attitudes towards various aspects , whether it 's countryside , housing , trans or transport , and they do pro provide a useful backcloth , in fact an extremely valuable backcloth to the way in which er this matter should be considered , erm I know from the submission which North Yorkshire County Council have used they would say that the fact they have n't had regard to all this er , but I would like to carry on the discussion against that background , and could you direct your thinking at this stage about the need for a new settlement in the light of the principles spelt out in P P G three and particularly paragraph thirty three . |
| 4 | It found that Blecha had instructed officials including the police to slow down the inquiry against Proksch , had suppressed incriminating files and had brought disciplinary measures against officials working on the inquiry , as well as giving incomplete information to parliament on a number of occasions as regards the progress of the inquiry . |
| 5 | He was born in Leeds in 1789 and trained as an architect , but by 1830 had taken over the fight against child abuses from Robert Owen ( q.v. ) , and conducted a vigorous campaign for a ten-hour day , which only succeeded in 1847 with the passing of the Ten Hour Bill limiting the working hours of all those aged up to eighteen . |
| 6 | On March 2 Pedro Mendes Jurado became the new Attorney General ; he stated that he would step up the battle against terrorism and drug trafficking . |
| 7 | Holly Park , once the home of South Liverpool FC , has been empty since the club gave up the battle against vandals in 1990 . |
| 8 | The Holly Park site in Garston has been empty since the club gave up the battle against vandals in 1990 . |
| 9 | In a further twist , a book by Theodor B. Donson , entitled Prints and the Print Market , published in 1977 and brought to the attention of The Art Newspaper by a restorer from Chicago , is now being used as evidence to back up the defence against Goldreyer 's extraordinary libel suits against critics of his restoration , totalling no less than $125 million . |
| 10 | Mrs Bowden 's brother is Nigel Watts , who in 1984 took up the campaign against the insurance company , which had lain dormant since 1978 . |
| 11 | The Supreme Council voted on Nov. 18 to introduce visa controls on the Estonian borders from Jan. 10 , 1992 , to " step up the campaign against crime and stop illegal migration into the republic " . |
| 12 | The loyalists , who are also using grenades , blast incendiary bombs and a new type of under-car booby trap device to target victims , said they plan to step up the campaign against what they describe as ‘ the pan nationalist front ’ . |
| 13 | Was he taking up the gauntlet against the subtle yet inevitable erosion such wealth would bring to the culture of his people ? |
| 14 | Sadly , it was inevitable that we could not keep up the pace against Twitchit Albion , especially with so many of our squad approaching the twilight of their careers . |
| 15 | At least a portion of the jewish population was saving its skin by allying with the Party , for in April we discover 400 Jewish delegates in Minsk speeding up the fight against Zionism and proposing the closure of their religious schools in Belorussia , a notion which had become a reality by September according to the central press . |
| 16 | In Real Women Do n't Take It Lying Down ( December 14 ) , Tony Parsons accused women of giving up the fight against sexism . |
| 17 | Beowulf says that he would like to sail for Hrothgar 's land and take up the fight against the monster . |
| 18 | When Robert Bruce , Earl of Carrick , took up the fight against the English and had himself crowned King of Scotland , Walter the Steward ( Walter Stewart ) supported him and fought by his side in 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn . |
| 19 | Sooner or later he would be too exhausted to think straight and would give up the fight against himself . |
| 20 | The conclusion that Nizan wishes to highlight is lucidly straightforward : The forces of fascism are taking up the fight against the anti-fascist educator . |
| 21 | ‘ Then you 're afraid of yourself — afraid you wo n't be able to keep up the fight against the part of you that dares to be human . ’ |
| 22 | And he vowed to keep up the fight against the benefit cheats . |
| 23 | POLICE in County Durham are stepping up the fight against crime after a wide ranging shake-up in senior personnel . |
| 24 | The use of information technology to keep tabs on truants is receiving particular encouragement south of the Border , where the Department for Education is putting £8.6 million into stepping up the fight against truancy , while Scottish Office research has put emphasis on identifying the varied causes . |
| 25 | Summing up the case against 24 year old Shaun Gooch and 22 year old Anthony Gallagher the Prosecution at Gloucester Crown Court suggested to the jury that there was sufficient evidence to prove that on September 13th last year , they 'd been racing their cars along Akers Way in Swindon . |
| 26 | The judge has been summing up the case against Harper and the jury will consider the case against him tomorrow . |
| 27 | The Bank 's sales of Ecus for pounds were intended to shore up the pound against the mark , without resorting to outright sales of the German currency . |
| 28 | And the challenge for the 1990s is to step up the right against lawlessness and violence , so that our citizens can live free from fear . |
| 29 | Luci … the French vermin might make trouble for us , I thought — stir up the countryside against us ! ’ |
| 30 | With the long summer evenings and school holidays about to start … the Police are pledged to keep up the pressure against the joyriders |