Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [v-ing] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not help that the Singapore dollar has been appreciating against not only the greenback but also the currencies of Singapore 's three main trading rivals : Hong Kong , Taiwan and Korea . |
| 2 | The owners of smaller industrial enterprises usually retained many of the antiaristocratic views of the early nineteenth century , when the bourgeoisie had been struggling against the Old Regime . |
| 3 | The tall man had been leaning against the stable 's open gates , but straightened up as Lucille appeared from the house . |
| 4 | That is why my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has been arguing against the social text . |
| 5 | Did he take the opportunity on that occasion to co-ordinate the campaign of lies and vilification that the Rothermere press has been conducting against the Labour party ? |
| 6 | Meanwhile Oxford University have been struggling against Nottinghamshire at the Parks.The visitors declared at two hundred and twenty four ( 224 ) for four . |