Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adv prt] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hauser thought the only way to keep his top men on their toes was to play one off against the other : to hint now and again someone else was after ; their job . |
| 2 | The division between compositors and machinemen offered employers an opportunity to play one off against the other , weakening the union 's bargaining power . |
| 3 | The Serbs were aware that the powers were not genuinely interested in Serbian independence , and tried to play one off against the other . |
| 4 | Instead you manipulate the plots of the others to your own ends , playing one off against the others , letting them waste their energies in fruitless rivalries while you look on from a safe distance , waiting patiently for the moment to make your move , the day when I drop dead and you can come home and claim your own . |
| 5 | A state enterprise may be able to manoeuvre among the diverse pressures on it , playing one off against the other ( Levy 1987 ) ; what Feigenbaum ( 1982 : 113 ) refers to as ‘ corporate manipulation of the state ’ . |