Example sentences of "on against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their love affair was carried on against a background of nightly bombings , wartime tension , the advance of the German army on Paris . |
| 2 | Conversation was carried on against a background of ear-splitting barking . |
| 3 | I was whipped on against every natural instinct . |
| 4 | I am conscious of many in history who have opposed advances in medicine , and of the pioneers who have struggled on against difficult odds . |
| 5 | You saw that when he came on against Scotland . |
| 6 | But 11-year-old Amelia battled on against her illness , and her courage was rewarded with a dream come true . |
| 7 | Eubank 's promoter Barry Hearn may have different ideas , and is thinking of trying to put Barkley on against Eubank in Britain . |
| 8 | The drives we put on against New Zealand were things that we had worked on and it was very satisfying to see them coming off , not just for the forwards but for the backs as well . |
| 9 | As in the lowlands , the traditional landscape has to some extent been preserved by the economic irrationality of farmers — although in the uplands it consists of their ability to hold on against all the odds rather than disavow the pursuit of maximum profits . |
| 10 | We we saw him come on against Birmingham about a month or so ago and save that penalty and it 's ironic that that 's how Nigel Spinks started at at Villa was n't it when he came on for Jimmy Rimmer and if Bosnich does the same job as what Nigel 's done over the past ten years then no one 's going to argue . |
| 11 | He and the others say they 'll fight on against what they call a crime against humanity : |
| 12 | The most imperative need of all when it comes to Lord 's where leg spinners often make their presence felt , is for England to have at least two left handers and to see how Warne gets on against them . |
| 13 | But Conservative Euro-rebels remain pledged to fight on against the treaty . |
| 14 | ‘ The team was playing well on against Brighton up until Barry went off really . |
| 15 | ‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month . |
| 16 | ‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month . |
| 17 | But the two strikers looked unable to make an impact early on against the big Harefield back four , and it was Harefield who appeared most dangerous in the opening period , putting Town keeper , Mickey Cummings under a lot of pressure . |