Example sentences of "and [to-vb] against the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In its question ( 4 ) referred to the court for a preliminary ruling in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) , the national court seeks essentially to establish whether the principle of legitimate expectation precludes the introduction of new registration conditions such as those at issue from having the effect that fishing vessels duly registered in a member state have their registration withdrawn and hence their right to fish and to fish against the catch quotas allocated to that member state .
2 As effective leader of the Scottish Labour Party , he has to weld that frequently fissiparous organisation together , to set his stamp on its policies for Scotland , and to campaign against the Government , adopting a high profile for himself and the opposition .
3 Later , as a Member of Parliament , I have been to see archaeological sites — Clickimmin Broch is one of the most remarkable in Britain — to talk to multinational oil companies at Sullom Voe , and to campaign against the Scotland and Wales Bills of 1978–79 , successfully , as it turned out .
4 Instead , it became possible for the Poles to compete on the open market and to bid against the Commission with capital made available by the Polish banks .
5 However , some 300 members of the National Peasants ' Party staged a march on Jan. 7 through the centre of Bucharest in memory of those killed by the Securitate during the revolution and to protest against the NSF decision to stand in the elections .
6 In Belgrade ( the Serbian as well as the federal capital ) tens of thousands of Serbs and Montenegrins held a vigil on Jan. 30-31 outside the Federal Assembly building to demand that the Army be sent into Kosovo and to protest against the stance of the Slovene and Croatian leaderships .
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