Example sentences of "[vb pp] against they [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heads of departments and institutions are indemnified by the University in respect of any claims made against them under civil law in connection with safety duties . |
| 2 | So neither plant owners nor instrumentation makers are at all keen to report on RFI problems that could later be used against them in legal proceedings . |
| 3 | Officials of the National Liberal Party and National Peasant Party , who denied organising the Feb. 18 demonstration , called on the NSF to put an end to the systematic " terrorism " shown against them in recent weeks . |
| 4 | The defendants also contended that the lease provided for payment of a rent which pro tempore at least was illegal under the Counter Inflationary ( Business Rents ) Order , or , if the court found against them in that , then it was illegal under the Counter-Inflation Act , 1973 , s 17 . |
| 5 | Innkeepers who either discriminate against or refuse service to a customer on the grounds of his or her sex or race are liable to have a claim brought against them under either s.29 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 or s.20 of the Race Relations Act 1976 . |