Example sentences of "apply against " in BNC.
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| 1 | They drew attention to Israel 's refusal to implement UN demands to withdraw from the occupied territories and asked why no sanctions were applied against the Israelis . |
| 2 | The problem with encouraging the creation of pressure groups is that the pressure might be applied against you ! |
| 3 | In due course , these new laws were applied against the protesters who appeared to be on strong ground when challenging their convictions , since , in their haste to bring these laws into operation , the drafters had apparently acted ultra vires . |
| 4 | Yet the onus of preventing censorship already rests on the individual professional when policy statements and a code of professional conduct alone are the only weapons being applied against censorship . |
| 5 | It was applied against the discriminatory laws of the Transvaal Government , one of which required Indians to procure a certificate of registration from the Registrar of Asiatics or else face the threat of deportation . |
| 6 | Satyāgraha was applied against the British indigo planters at Champaran in Bihar , where peasant cultivators , or ryots , were being unfairly treated . |
| 7 | Goldstar Information & Communications Ltd , Hyundai Electronics Industries Co Ltd , Maxon Electronics Co Ltd and Samsung Electronics Co have each signed agreements with Qualcomm Inc , San Diego for joint development of cellular telephone subscriber and infrastructure equipment based on Code Division Multiple Access technology for Korea ; the four will pay Qualcomm non-refundable preliminary fees totalling about $5m to be applied against part of their future licence fees . |
| 8 | If a peace treaty were signed within the near future the danger was that Soviet pressure could be applied against a demilitarised Japan . |
| 9 | These , more than other commercial contracts , are written and applied against a live background of business being done . |
| 10 | But it 's an exception to the hearsay rule that only applies against the maker . |