Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] oppose [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I never knew of any among our crew , and would suggest that the reason may lie in the contrasting modes of rest ie , the luxurious , all-encompassing comfort of the hammock as opposed to the cold , hard and impersonal barrack-room bed . |
| 2 | It 's actually and it 's actually sewn in into the louvre as opposed to the er the larger weights . |
| 3 | I I recall that I in effect directed that an officer should carry a shotgun as opposed to the original officer that er was down for that weapon . |
| 4 | This refers to the front of the mouth as opposed to the centre or back of the mouth ; a term used when describing where sounds are made in the mouth . |
| 5 | And in the point-of-sale material just a headline as opposed to the two sentences you have now ? |
| 6 | Water temperature : This species prefers a slightly higher temperature range as opposed to the species from the Indian sub-continent . |
| 7 | First , the ‘ absolute supremacy … of regular law as opposed to the influence of arbitrary power ’ . |
| 8 | Where the defendant 's entry is by authority of law as opposed to the plaintiff 's authority and the defendant subsequently abuses that right , then he becomes a trespasser ab initio ( from the moment of entry ) ( Six Carpenters Case ( 1610 ) 8 Co Rep 146A ) . |
| 9 | Perhaps the first , and in the end the most lasting , impression that one carries away , is of the contrast between the golden-cream light and space and the exquisite feeling of harmony engendered by the ceiling as opposed to the deep blue darkness and turmoil of the ‘ Last Judgment ’ . |
| 10 | It 's all very complicated and there 's a lot of stuff about original ‘ round ’ core as opposed to the more modern ‘ hex ’ core , and something about wrap wire being able to move around a round core , and the wrap stretching on tuning and just the core moving through the nut , and the smaller space available for gunk to gather , and a heck of a lot more besides . |
| 11 | If the newcomers have fairly extreme opinions , some towards the Right and some towards the Left , it will be more difficult for the select committee atmosphere to mould them into a team upholding the legislature as opposed to the government of the day . |
| 12 | I think the stronger point , however , is that the arguments to the contrary revolve around questions of voluntary euthanasia as opposed to the situation I am discussing . |
| 13 | Bombing sorties required exceptional skill and technical accuracy on the part of the Lincoln aircrews , particularly the navigation plotters and bomb aimers as most bombing missions required ordnance to be dropped on an exact point as opposed to the more conventional method of ‘ carpet ’ bombing large areas . |
| 14 | The Court appears to have taken the view that although the victim was staying overnight in the offender 's house , and therefore he had a degree of responsibility for her welfare , his responsibility was not so strict as that of a parent or other person with a longer lasting relationship with the victim , and that the degree of responsibility in this case did not justify the adoption of eight years as a starting point as opposed to the normal five years . |
| 15 | Osman noted that although state income in 1989 had been higher than expected — 214,000 million meticais as opposed to the 190,000 million meticais originally projected — spending had also been higher than budgeted , at 238,000 million meticais . |
| 16 | Their main benefit is that they allow the applications software to be independent of the physical printing device as opposed to the normal case where specific routines have to be written for each device . |
| 17 | Project B remits larger cash inflows spread over a five-year period as opposed to the three years of cash inflows from Project A. Discounted cash flows would provide a rational basis for comparing these two projects on an equitable basis . |
| 18 | In addition to the learners , there is at least one resource person who knows both the target language and the native language , and who has some experience in a non-directive style of counselling as opposed to the more traditional role played by the teacher using the audio-lingual method . |
| 19 | The object was to concentrate on the use of the tool as opposed to the user 's task . |
| 20 | The penalty under the latter section may of course be up to 100% of the undeclared tax as opposed to the pay and file penalties of £100 , £200 plus 10% or 20% of underpaid tax . |
| 21 | First , we will need to consider the relative merits of selling the assets of the business as opposed to the shares . |
| 22 | The first was the introduction of the Apple Macintosh which was the first personal computer to be based entirely on a graphical interface as opposed to the more conventional character-at-a-time systems . |
| 23 | So maybe you 'll end up doing er two life assurance pe two life assurance presentations or to P H I or two pensions and the benefit of that this way is that you all can see at least one presentation and one probing around a different product as opposed to the one you 're working with . |
| 24 | This tension between change and continuity is the key to understanding the inner meaning as opposed to the outward form of working-class sport . |
| 25 | Grice himself might assimilate apine dance to the category of phenomena that have what he called natural meaning as opposed to the non-natural meaning of expressions of natural language . |
| 26 | The Red Trafalgar was the public house called the Trafalgar Arms with its exterior painted in bright red as opposed to the Green Trafalgar , a pub of the same name , over Deptford Bridge and painted a dark green . |
| 27 | This approach to leadership means there is more attention given to selection as opposed to the training of leaders . |
| 28 | She moved languidly , in the way she had of emphasising the full line of her bosom as opposed to the slim waist below . |
| 29 | Even if consideration had been confined to health education as opposed to the broader concept of health promotion , the interventions could readily have been predicted to be of limited value . |
| 30 | can you ever control the service charge component to make it level with inflation as opposed to the management charges ? |