Example sentences of "[verb] against [pron] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But serious allegations had already been made against him by this date . |
| 2 | The one area of liability which really concerns the buyer is the possibility of claims made against him by third parties which arise because of some act or omission of the seller . |
| 3 | For the rest , they can choose either to give preferential treatment to foreign firms ( by means of incentives not available to local firms ) , or to discriminate against them by such means as Brazil 's market reserve policies . |
| 4 | Richard Baxter was deeply shocked by this tragedy and also by the general prejudice aroused against him by this incident . |
| 5 | H's purpose , however , was to punish the tenant for having given evidence ( under subpoena ) in an action brought against him by another of his tenants and it followed that the landlord was guilty of a criminal contempt of court . |
| 6 | In November 1990 Treuhand stated that half of all land and property had claims entered against it by former owners . |
| 7 | The ambivalence of Mynne 's relations with the Crown is epitomized by the repeated accusations of delinquency ( that is , royalism ) brought against him by one of the parliamentarian committees in charge of penal taxation during the years 1643–7 . |
| 8 | He 'll have my recommendation , backed by the personnel file and the complaints of disruption filed against you by several staff members . ’ |