Example sentences of "[verb] against [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oppressed by the low ore prices given by the Associated Smelters , the Cornish copper mines , led by John Vivian , with the assistance of Matthew Boulton and John Wilkinson [ qq.v. ] ( concerned for the steam-engine market at the mines ) , revolted against the smelters ' power and founded the Cornish Metal Company , a cartel to purchase , arrange for smelting , and sell all the smelted ores of Cornwall . |
| 2 | The winter was mild , which also told against the miners ' cause . |
| 3 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 4 | The reader in this situation has a choice : the work in an exhibition can be measured against the artists ' manifesto ; or the critic 's interpretation and assessment can be used . |
| 5 | On March 1 thousands of Niamey residents demonstrated against the soldiers ' actions . |
| 6 | You 'll also have to measure the charges the plan managers will levy against the plans ' performance . |
| 7 | In the upshot , £418 million were allocated against the authorities ' claim of £480 million , a reduction of 15 per cent . |
| 8 | [ The Faroese has earlier appealed to Greenpeace — which had strongly campaigned against the islanders ' traditional whale-hunt — for help in countering pollution which they claimed were making the whales inedible — see ED 49/50 . ] |
| 9 | Reports persisted throughout May that the security forces were turning a blind eye to the activities of Zulu mobs in the townships , allegedly waiting to respond until local citizens retaliated against the Zulus ' attacks . |
| 10 | Cresswell believed that the ‘ dole business ’ in the south was responsible ; Cooper claimed that on election day ‘ when children went to get free dinners they were told to tell their parents that if Cooper was returned no more free dinners would be given ’ ; Coath said that electors had been told that if they voted for him ‘ they would get no more doles ’ ; and Clare had been accused of voting against the guardians ' grant of coal to the unemployed ( SE 11 November 22 ) . |
| 11 | It is in fact directed against the protesters ' own parents — especially the father — and is intended to take the place of the infantile and adolescent reproaches and criticisms of the parental authority which have now come to be directed at each and any cultural equivalent of the father . |
| 12 | The arguments deployed against the reformers ' case are varied . |
| 13 | Of course , for family companies , such tax planning may have to be balanced against the shareholders ' natural desire to have their money as soon as possible ! |
| 14 | If they should chance to be black , brown or yellow , of any cultural tradition save that of the West and dominated by any other ideological system except that of the student 's own parents they will seldom if ever protest , no matter how flagrant the injustice , how onerous the oppression , how unprincipled the exploitation and how ever much they offend against the protesters ' vociferously expressed and allegedly ‘ sincere ’ ideals . |
| 15 | Fewer workers bothered to listen to him when he called meetings to protest against the Peters ' Plan . |