Example sentences of "[adv prt] against the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then when you get to the er van proper you take things like a wardrobe and you put it edgewise on int th in against the side of the van , you 'd then put a wrapper over , and then you 'd put something soft like a mattress facing it , because obviously that 's a shiny side and if you can put something soft into it it 's not going to get scratched . |
| 2 | The Zekes come in against the line of P–40s , one runs amok as others erupt in flames . |
| 3 | It resists criticism and usually stands over against the culture of its day . |
| 4 | You what s normally happens is that the following year when you make profit you say ah but last year I made er you know I made a loss of ten thousand pound set that off against the profit of ten thousand pound I made this year so that tax pay losses can be carried forward there are other more complex ways of doing it too but that 's the standard sort of way , I think . |
| 5 | Other women in the narrative may not be friends , but are always constructed as rivals for male attention : ‘ She does not consider herself a beauty and this element is used to play off against the beauty of the other woman ( women ) … . ’ |
| 6 | In the September 1992 issue of ACCOUNTANCY ( see p 111 ) , we reported a case before the Court of Appeal in which the Court was asked to make a declaration as to whether MS Fashions Ltd and MS Fashions ( Wholesale ) Ltd could be required to pay to Touche Ross , the liquidator of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International , the whole of a combined overdraft of £600,000 , or whether a deposit with BCCI by Mr Sarwar of £300,000 , which had been used as a security for the overdrafts , could be set off against the sum of £600,000 under Rule 4.90 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 . |
| 7 | We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God ’ ( 2 Corinthians 10:4–5 ) . |
| 8 | It was of the two of us leaning up against the Arch of Titus in Rome — we had bullied some fellow tourist into taking it for us . |
| 9 | He hunched up against the back of the car . |
| 10 | His head was jammed up against the back of the sofa , his cheek on the carpet and Doyle 's hand clamped over his mouth . |
| 11 | Beneath the table , hard up against the back of the monument , is Henry Cavendish 's skeleton , executed with some precision in marble , whilst in front is a truly magnificent image of the First Earl in the latest fashion for the grave . |
| 12 | Education Viewpoint : Who will stand up against the idea of student fees ? |
| 13 | They may be crowded up against the window of the tour bus or milling together on the pavement , but one thing is for sure — they 're taking snapshots . |
| 14 | Johnson 's , I was soon to learn , was typical of other South Seas stores — more like a warehouse than a shop , with new lines that had just arrived by boat piled up against the shelves of the barn-like building . |
| 15 | He 's not only up against the ghost of Simon Ellis , he 's paying this other man 's bill . |
| 16 | When everyone is ready , lift together and put the person 's buttocks up against the base of the pillows . |
| 17 | I 've been trying to get routine security stepped up but you come right up against the lords of the wallet : who 's going to pay for it ? |
| 18 | He was tall and badly shaven , his raincoat collar turned up against the cold of the December night . |
| 19 | The speeder 's weapons platform was jammed up against the underside of the platform : somewhere in the middle of the sandwich was a crushed laser cannon . |
| 20 | The sound of the gun silenced the Chinese for a few seconds , then a lone woman 's voice began wailing again and the Shermans saw a thin ragged body forced up against the underside of the grille . |
| 21 | She backed away , one hand raised to ward him off , stopping abruptly as she came up against the edge of the table . |
| 22 | JEREMY McWilliams faces the big one tomorrow when , as the first Ulster rider in the newly constituted 500cc World motor cycling championship , he lines up against the cream of the international circus at Eastern Creek , Sydney , for the Australian Grand Prix , the first round in the series . |
| 23 | In both Nicaragua and Mozambique , the governments have come up against the question of choosing which language or languages to teach in . |
| 24 | And furthermore , with the council tax , you could come up against the question of business rating for that . |
| 25 | Yet any comparison of British and foreign economic performance over the period since 1945 is soon brought up against the effects of different institutional forms . |
| 26 | She was now seated on the ground , propped up against the wall of one of the grimy tenements they had been passing ; someone had brought water , and Dr Neil was gently wiping her face with his damp handkerchief . |
| 27 | Perhaps the most notorious was a forger ; Coiner Varley who escaped sliding down a rubbish tip which the market traders had pushed up against the wall of the gaol . |
| 28 | To the extent that these may appear antithetical to modernism , not only in practice but also in theory , then we may find ourselves running up against the limits of our modernist frameworks of understanding . |
| 29 | Fellow Councillors , this strange religion has smacked up against the limits of Earth 's resources . |
| 30 | Once they bump up against the limits of Yalta-redefined , it might be time to reconsider . |