Example sentences of "[v-ing] it against the " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Suddenly the man bent and grabbed the leather thong , swinging the hound off its feet and hurling it against the tree . |
3 | Farrell pushed the agent 's head back sharply , banging it against the wall with a sickening thud . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The guard scanned the colour photograph on the pass more carefully , checking it against the listed physical description and the man himself . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | It 's pulling it against the direction we 're measuring S |
8 | 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 " . |
9 | Once information is judged material , we weigh its relevance against the constraints , and balance the costs of reporting it against the benefits . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | I have said before , and if it be any satisfaction to him I repeat it now , that if you attempt to enforce this Bill , and the people of Ulster believe , and have a right to believe , that you are doing it against the will of the people of this country , then I shall assist them in resisting it . |
12 | She shook her head , resting it against the wood , as her hands stilled . |
13 | The winter sun came out over the signals aerials on the top of the regimental headquarters and I warmed my neck , rubbing it against the collar of my knitted undershirt . |
14 | It effectively charges it because if you 've got six thousand allowances and you withdraw that amount putting it against the total income it means that you 're actually paying tax on those by deduction . |
15 | However , it is too simplistic a reaction to suggest that French poststructuralism can therefore be invalidated by judging it against the claims of a comparable endeavour in Germany , a procedure which can only operate by turning the former into a failed version of the latter , which obviously leaves open the possibility of exactly the reverse argument being made . |
16 | He kept on , and it was worse because he 'd got hold of the helmet now and was smashing it against the toilet . |