Example sentences of "[to-vb] them [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would you like to see them in against the outside candidates if we look at this |
| 2 | ‘ While there is no crock of gold for GM schools , at least one is starting to see more clearly the financial implications and able to weigh them up against money coming into the school . ’ |
| 3 | It is mildly blasphemous , too , to be sent into this breathing world with trillions and trillions of brain-cells , all anxious to fire and to titillate , and to shutter them off against the more vigorous half of human thought . |
| 4 | Mr Tate advises prospective purchasers to produce a written list of requirements , and to check them off against the package one by one . |
| 5 | Whichever way the conversation turned , Theodora reflected , it seemed Miss Dersingham was determined to bring them up against topics which could not be elaborated on . |