Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] against the " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The harnesses that supported the two Chelonians swung from side to side , knocking them against the sides of the tank . |
| 4 | Common Law found a difficulty in protecting him against the stranger . |
| 5 | She cried out and , seeing how white she was , he pushed her on to the settee , following her down and crowding her against the arm . |
| 6 | She stared up at the granite-harsh features , trembling as much from the insidious effect of his hands on her back , pressing her against the male strength of his body , as from her growing anger at his arrogant , hurtful lack of confidence in her … |
| 7 | ‘ Damn you , Meredith ! ’ he growled savagely , pressing her against the wall . |
| 8 | ‘ Those who can not hear must feel the rod of correction , ’ she declaimed , raising the stick as she advanced , Martha let out a shriek , leaped to her feet and , barely aware of her action , hit the old woman as hard as she could on the side of the head , knocking her against the wall . |
| 9 | It seemed to be standing in the snow , a little metal cap protecting it against the biting breeze , but as we approached closer , my stomach turned . |
| 10 | Suddenly the man bent and grabbed the leather thong , swinging the hound off its feet and hurling it against the tree . |
| 11 | Farrell pushed the agent 's head back sharply , banging it against the wall with a sickening thud . |
| 12 | Up to now , ScottishPower has adopted another treatment — deferring the difference on repurchase and amortising it against the finance cost of the term of the original borrowing . |
| 13 | The guard scanned the colour photograph on the pass more carefully , checking it against the listed physical description and the man himself . |
| 14 | Two of the ruffians seized me , pushing me against the fence , and I could only gabble in horror as their leader drew a long , thin stiletto and pulled back my shirt to expose my throat . |
| 15 | Possessed of a strength born of fear and rage , she rained blows onto him , pushing him against the lavatory door , which flew open . |
| 16 | Meredith felt her legs give way , and lost her balance , but Lucenzo snaked out a hand and caught her expertly , firmly pushing her against the hatch and holding her there while she regained her equilibrium . |
| 17 | Like the latter , Genet inverts and subverts the surface/depth binary , confirming and exploiting the connections between the paradoxical and the perverse , and turning them against the regimes , heterosexual and otherwise , which outlaw the deviant . |
| 18 | Okay , just about it now Okay , gon na ask each group what marks they 've given and why , now it 's not for the other team to justify it because it 's all a subjective thing but the thing is we 're hopefully marking them against the same criteria as everybody else because we 've all been in the same place and listened to the same things and read the same things , however , now we know obviously it does n't necessarily mean that everybody 's taken in the same things . |
| 19 | He followed her down , trapping her against the upholstered arm and his hard muscular body . |
| 20 | His hands came down at either side of her , trapping her against the wall . |
| 21 | Ignoring her protests , Marc pulled her hips hard against him , moulding her beneath the palms of his hands and forcing her against the silk-covered wall of the corridor . |
| 22 | Every erm pitchfork must come out one You ca n't start fighting and and pulling it against the grain otherwise you you would be in trouble . |
| 23 | It 's pulling it against the direction we 're measuring S |
| 24 | The rule against prior restraint is secure in libel cases " because of the value the court has placed on freedom of speech and freedom of the press when balancing it against the reputation of a single individual who , if wronged , can be compensated in damages " . |
| 25 | She was not so lucky with Benton , who sprang up and crashed into her , his arms locking around her waist , their combined momentum slamming them against the door . |
| 26 | Maggie gave a low moan , her knees sagging , and he caught her close , turning her head to his shoulder , deepening the kiss and holding her against the length of his body . |
| 27 | It moulded itself about her waist and it felt warm and rather safe , as if it might be armouring her against the evils in here . |
| 28 | Once information is judged material , we weigh its relevance against the constraints , and balance the costs of reporting it against the benefits . |
| 29 | Or it may abrade ; picking up silt , sand , or even rocks and grinding them against the rock beneath . |
| 30 | You may well be able to foretell how the card may operate by examining it against the picture of the results on page 28 of the manual . |