Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [v-ing] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of ‘ The Food of the Gods ’ the giants are fighting against the little people , for freedom . |
| 2 | However , it would be difficult to argue that single parents are rebelling against the conventional family form in principle . |
| 3 | Thus for restrictive practices the burden of proof lies on the companies to show that they are acting in the public interest : in contrast , the legislation on monopolies is more open-minded , requiring the MMC to make the case that companies are acting against the public interest . |
| 4 | The guest house owners say the insurance companies are discriminating against the homeless . |
| 5 | In not believing such relations to be wrong , conservatives are going against the whole ethos of the modern world , in which it has increasingly come to be held that humans should be treated as equals . |
| 6 | Workers are risin' against the poverty and 'ardship . |
| 7 | In Guatemala , grass roots organisations are battling against the highest rates of infant mortality , malnutrition and illiteracy in Central America . |
| 8 | According to an office worker , ‘ some of these people in the mosques are preaching against the Christians , and some people are listening . |
| 9 | ‘ My hands are banging against the side of the cot … |
| 10 | A number of factors are conspiring against the South Africans and they profess to be having real problems with the heat and humidity , exacerbated by the fact that Trinidad is experiencing its highest temperatures for a year with bushfires bright in the hills around the Port of Spain area . |