Example sentences of "be against [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Browne says that he is standing as constituency candidate , free to speak and act for the area and with the strength to resist party orders that are against the interests of grass roots people . |
| 2 | Bachrach and Baratz ( 1970 ) argued that power is also exercised when some groups are prevented from raising issues that are against the interests of the powerful . |
| 3 | The Director General is responsible for reviewing commercial activities in the UK and identifying trading practices which are against the interests of consumers . |
| 4 | Some such services are illegal , and many are against the rules in the toughened regulation . |
| 5 | If most of your ticks are against the statements in section A , then you are predominantly left-brained ; whereas If you have placed more ticks against the section B statements , you are predominantly right-brained . |
| 6 | Nurses are now encouraged to exercise their professional judgement in safe-guarding the interests of individual patients and clients , and for some this means exposing poor management and refusing to carry out instructions which they believe to be against the interests of their patients/clients . |
| 7 | This must be against the interests of the UK economy , and of EC consumers . |
| 8 | That would be against the interests of our industry . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend is right to pinpoint the fact that it would be against the interests of British Airways and Rolls-Royce for politicians to second-guess the commercial decision making of private companies . |
| 10 | ‘ The district council , however , is of the view that taking this case to court could lead to more damage to the area through adverse publicity and this would be against the interests of local people . |
| 11 | However , an opinion poll carried out in 1987 found the majority of residents to be against the projects with opponents outnumbering supporters by more than two to one . |
| 12 | The position is now somewhat alleviated by the case of Rowlands ( Mark ) Ltd v Berni Inns Ltd [ 1985 ] QB 211 where it was held that the intention of the parties to the lease was that the landlord 's claim would be against the insurers under the insurance policy and that the landlord would not have a claim against the tenant for breach of covenant , to the effect that there was no claim to which the insurers could be subrogated . |
| 13 | It is against the laws of chemistry for a dissolved substance to move of its own accord from a solution of low concentration to one of high concentration . |
| 14 | If it is against the interests of the working class to cooperate with capitalists , there are nevertheless two possible ways of persuading them to do so . |
| 15 | The guardian ad litem takes the view that this decision is against the interests of the child and that in some way the inconvenience of the decision ought to be got round . |
| 16 | That campaign is racist in intent and is against the interests of people who are seeking asylum from situations of great danger . |
| 17 | Well what this springs up is the issue , one of the issues we started with which is democracy in the tyranny of the majority is what Mill recognizes is is that a maj well he claims to be concerned that the majority will make a decision which is against the interests of everyone , but he 's equally concerned about the issue that the majority might make a decision which is against the interests just of a picked-on minority , people with unpopular views , people who hold er members of a different religion and so on . |
| 18 | It says that plans to turn public services over to organisations motivated by profit is against the interests of the Scottish people . |
| 19 | Such an approach , he says , is against the instincts of English players . |
| 20 | It 's against the rules of the lease . |
| 21 | It was against the laws of nature , unnatural . |
| 22 | Especially he was against the Americans with what he called in speeches , ‘ their Mafia-style methods in business … ’ |
| 23 | At one institution a group of medical officers argued that it was against the interests of most long-term hospital residents with chronic illnesses to be resettled in community units . |