Example sentences of "for the [noun sg] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless I am convinced that where , as here , a party can satisfy the court that there is a genuine risk of prosecution for some offence which is not within the scope of section 31 of the Theft Act 1968 ’ — e.g. conspiracy — ‘ or any similar statutory provision , it is not open to this court to substitute for the privilege against self-incrimination some other protection based on an order restricting the use of disclosed material . |
| 2 | When he told them that the Government could have used more oil at the power stations this summer and so built up coal stocks for the winter against a possible strike , but had n't , they merely retorted , ‘ More fool you ’ and thanked him for letting them know how strong their position was . |
| 3 | But Tony 's sparkling form at England B level is sure to give him the left wing spot and set him up for the Test against Canada on October 17 . |
| 4 | That is unless , like Wade Dooley whom Rodber joined in the England pack against Scotland and Ireland last season , he is picked for the Test against the South Africans four days later . |
| 5 | For example , it is possible to snip through the genes of the vaccinia viruses ( one of which is the basis for the vaccine against smallpox ) and stitch in some threads of DNA from the rabies virus . |
| 6 | The Christians called ‘ pagans ’ those who had not in baptism enlisted in Christ 's militia for the battle against satanic idolatry and superstition . |
| 7 | The peso traded at $1.00=P22.44 at the end of 1989 , having averaged $1.00=P21.737 for the year against the 1988 average of $1.00=P21.094 . |
| 8 | Its influence must have been very considerable for the boy to have been so successfully supported for the kingship against an adult rival . |
| 9 | On 12 September 1922 it issued a decree abolishing Pomgol and replacing it with Posledgol ( the Committee for the Struggle Against the Consequences of the Famine ) . |
| 10 | His love of Britain and wholehearted support for the fight against Fascism gave his films an urgency and richness which were lacking in the few he made after the war . |
| 11 | The appointment on Feb. 26 of Col. Faustino Rico Toro as the new head of the Special Force for the Fight against Drug Trafficking ( FELCN ) sparked off a controversy within the country , which resulted in the eventual resignation of the Chief of Police and the Interior Minister . |
| 12 | The threat led to the resignation on March 4 of the head of the Special Force for the Fight against Drug Traffickers ( FELCN ) , Col. Faustino Rico Toro ( who had been appointed as recently as Feb. 26 ) , and was followed by that of the Interior Minister , Capobianco Ribera , after accusations in the US press of his association with drug trafficking [ see p. 38094-95 ] . |
| 13 | The bill also dissolved , from December 1992 , the High Commission for the Fight against the Mafia ( which since the early 1980s had had little success ) in order to make way for the new Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate ( DIA ) . |
| 14 | — The 1992 Pubs , Clubs and Hotels Exhibition will be held at Gateshead International Stadium on March 3 , 4 and 5. — A show organised by clubland entertainer Terry Milligan in memory of his mother-in-law and former stewardess at Newcastle East Conservative Club , the late Katie Brown , raised £1,000 for the Fight Against Cancer Trust , based at Newcastle Freeman Hosptial. — Presentations to the winners of the West Durham Snooker League will be held at Horndale Social Club , Newton Aycliffe on Friday , April 3. — Popular organiser John Beattie is now resident at Old Shildon Social Club every Saturday and Monday night playing for dancing . |
| 15 | He is proposing a pilot scheme to take uniformed officers away from front desk duties as one of the latest for putting civilians into jobs which in the past have been filled by officers in order to free more for the fight against crime . |
| 16 | He is proposing a pilot scheme to take uniformed officers away from front desk duties as one idea for putting civilians into jobs which in the past have been filled by officers in order to free more police for the fight against crime . |
| 17 | Goalkeeper Andrew Collett will play for the North against the South in an England youth trial at Stafford next Tuesday . |
| 18 | An enhanced generation of either omega-3 or omega-6 derived prostaglandins possessing cytoprotective properties could account for the protection against acid-induced duodenal lesions in rats fed the polyunsaturated fatty acid diets , though this can not be confirmed with the present data . |
| 19 | Strangely , his only international appearance was for the English against the Scottish League in 1914 . |
| 20 | James was foiled mainly by the determination of the European powers , including the Warrior Pope Julius II , to fight one another instead , and certainly not by any substantial doubt on the part of his subjects that a king from Scotland was overreaching himself ; indeed , his popularity was to bring him an enormous Scottish army for the campaign against the English in 1513 which ended in the disaster of Flodden . |
| 21 | Simultaneously , Red Army units crossed the border en route for the campaign against Kaledin . |
| 22 | It comes as no surprise to us that the LDOS has managed in recent years to attract packed houses for public meetings to oppose Sunday working at the construction site at Arnish Point near Stornoway and for the campaign against Sunday sailings to the Western Isles by Cal-Mac . |
| 23 | Edmund Paston , it is true , was retained by the duke in 1475 , but this was specifically for the campaign against France , and his letters give no hint of a more extended relationship with the duke . |
| 24 | Stand by for the campaign against cruelty to teddies ! |
| 25 | Wilson denied strongly that the reason for the campaign against the " Yellow Peril " was that seamen had little else to complain about . |
| 26 | What does that do for the campaign against drug imports ? |
| 27 | The crackdown provoked an international outcry , although this was greatly tempered by Western recognition of the need to maintain Soviet support for the campaign against Iraq in the Gulf war [ see pp. 37934-43 ] . |
| 28 | Despite continuing reservations concerning " character " issues — throughout the campaign Clinton had been assailed over various aspects of his private life and judgment — there was evidence throughout April that many senior Democrats had accepted the inevitability of his nomination and had begun closing ranks around him in preparation for the campaign against Bush . |
| 29 | Edmund Paston , it is true , was retained by the duke in 1475 , but this was specifically for the campaign against France , and his letters give no hint of a more extended relationship with the duke . |
| 30 | There was a genuine enthusiasm for the campaign against Dissent from many sections of the English population , an enthusiasm which grew greater after the revelations of the Rye House Plot in 1683 . |