Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | See if my husband wants a hand with these bits of wood he 's plonking up against the wall ! |
| 2 | The story is an intricate one , as Herbert Schneidau acknowledges ; and Pound 's holding out against Ford for the Dantesque principle of a ‘ curial ’ diction ( see his introduction to the poems of Lionel Johnson ) represents to my mind an objection that can still be raised to Ford 's principles of diction , salutary as Ford 's polemics undoubtedly were for Pound at this time . |
| 3 | But it is clear the Treasury is holding out against providing substantial extra central funds , arguing it has no way of being sure that extra money will go into reducing the impact of the tax , rather than into increased spending . |
| 4 | She said : ‘ More and more evidence is piling up against Sellafield , but they keep trotting out the same old thing — that the radiation levels are within acceptable standards . |
| 5 | And it 's rubbing up against your tongue . |
| 6 | Well that 's leaning up against the wall . |
| 7 | To me , therefore , the most exciting thing about the Environment Movement at this point is the ethical , moral and spiritual challenge it is raising up against those old utilitarian and dualistic values . |