Example sentences of "up against [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both have pushed up against a lower limit which is , I believe , economic in character . |
| 2 | When Northern crops crash up against a new pest or a new processing requirement , breeders hightail it back to the gene pool in search of the genetic variability that may help them . |
| 3 | The items I joined first were the stretcher rails using a 16mm spade bit in a power drill ( a brace and bit works equally well ) with the help of a friend across the bench giving me a line up against a sliding bevel . |
| 4 | CHAMPIONS Leeds will be up against a familiar figure tonight — a Gordon Strachan clone ! |
| 5 | The local army base , a corrugated fortress with a spindly camera tower , is pressed right up against a primary school . |
| 6 | Hoskins has landed the job of bringing the video hero to life on the big screen up against a strange breed of dinosaur-like terrors and partnered by John Leguizamo ( Hangin' With the Homeboys etc ) . |
| 7 | Hoskins has landed the job of bringing the video hero to life on the big screen up against a strange breed of dinosaur-like terrors and partnered by John Leguizamo ( Hangin' With the Homeboys etc ) . |
| 8 | However , he was unfortunate to come up against a finely-tuned Remittance Man last March and , although Katabatic ran a cracker , mounting a ferocious challenge up the final climb , he was held by a length at the line . |
| 9 | In The Quick and the Dead , I had had Richie Quick come up against a similar operator . |
| 10 | ‘ We are up against a substantial amount of red tape , ’ O'Donovan said . |
| 11 | Secondly , its position , hard up against a modern building , and beside and across from many more , demands attention . |
| 12 | Scooting down the side-aisle , she ducked past him and out of the shop , where she continued to run blindly until she was caught up against a solid chest . |
| 13 | You all know what Strats sound like and what 5-position selectors do , but to get an overall picture of this guitar I lined it up against a regular office hack ( a Tokai hybrid with an old ‘ 58 Fender neck and Alnico Pro II 's in the middle and bridge positions ) and can report that the SRV came out well . |
| 14 | After the van had been loaded it drove to another loading bay and backed up against a second wagon . |
| 15 | But they will come up against a different side this time . ’ |
| 16 | On all sides : the abolitionists , the retentionists , and the abstainers , the vote was recognized as a momentous one in which the consciences of Members of Parliament came up against a profound issue transcending party politics . |
| 17 | But ( if permission is not a pre-1968 Act one ) the trench digger may be brought up against a further provision : he may be served with a ‘ completion notice ’ . |
| 18 | However , connections were unfortunate to come up against a fine-tuned Remittance Man last March and , although Katabatic ran a cracker , mounting a ferocious challenge up the final climb , he was held by a length at the line . |
| 19 | From a black perspective you 're up against a white power structure and it does n't really matter whether you 're being beaten up or abused by the police or by a group of kids on the street , it all comes down to the same thing — racism . |
| 20 | But we do respect her bravery in standing up against a dreadful regime . |
| 21 | Donald was in full cry but he came up against a rejuvenated Kapil Dev . |
| 22 | This database , however large or small , can then be used to select very quickly certain employees who match up against a particular job profile . |
| 23 | ‘ It was funny to see those agents ’ faces when they discovered they were up against the famous Marc Vila ! |
| 24 | The fact that he turned his collar up against the seeping cold indicated that his numbness had been penetrated , yet he was unaware of it . |
| 25 | It would pin him up against the nearest wall and try to eat his clothes , or chase him until his cries of fright attracted everyone 's amused attention . |
| 26 | If that had happened in my day , those players would have had him up against the nearest wall and sorted it out . |
| 27 | Yet this would bump up against the western world 's self-serving policy of subsidised farming , which explains a lot of its enthusiasm for shipping grain to Africa . |
| 28 | Delightfully witty studies are given by Leon Sinden as the brother and by Neville Barber as the most waspish of the Oxford dons who gang up against the female intruder . |
| 29 | They were up against the absolute certainty of guilt expressed by all the parties weighed against them . |
| 30 | Dorcas sat in his workshop and stared at the snow piling up against the grubby window , giving the shed a dull grey light . |