Example sentences of "[vb base] up against the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Most of them finish up against the bridge these days , apparently . ’ |
| 2 | But most of them finish up against the scaffolding . |
| 3 | Tommy is pressed face up against the wall , arms handcuffed behind his back . |
| 4 | But here we run up against the difficulty that this formulation appears to derive a prescriptive conclusion from two factual premisses . |
| 5 | So the ideal as far as federal government is concerned is they , they devise policy guidelines and they provide financial inducements to states to implement various programmes but when it comes down to it they run up against the rock of the constitution and the constitution says that the states derive their authority from this sacred document and they are not to be tampered with and the consequence is that America has , not only a federal government , but fifty state governments er and those state governments are large enterprises which enjoy wide initiative and they contributors , contribute to the divi diversity of the United States as a political system . |
| 6 | But if one takes only one kilometre , again there is insufficient room for a settlement which would not be close up against the greenbelt boundary proposed by the County Council , and close up against the A sixty four . |
| 7 | Once they bump up against the limits of Yalta-redefined , it might be time to reconsider . |
| 8 | Each aircraft carries approximately 12 seats , which fold up against the wall when not in use . |
| 9 | He demanded that the Army rise up against the government . |
| 10 | In some countries rebels make up their own military force and rise up against the government . |
| 11 | An' 'e said , ‘ All workers 'ave got ter rise up against the bosses an' seize the means o' production , an' that day 's not far orf . ’ |
| 12 | If you are on half pitch , the prongs come up against the ribber sinker posts , so ca n't move in so far . |
| 13 | As a travelling artist , I frequently come up against the problem of transporting my work . |
| 14 | As a travelling artist , I frequently come up against the problem of transporting my work . |
| 15 | Here you come up against the problem of the modern Pyrenees . |
| 16 | I wonder if they have , come up against the rapacity of the , of the rates . |