Example sentences of "and [to-vb] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other writers have emphasized the narrow social strata from which judges are drawn and have questioned the degree to which they are able to relate to ordinary people and to stand up against the powerful and the rich . |
| 2 | Mr Large says in his report that the SIB , too , would be happy to be armed with enhanced civil powers , and to ride out against financial wrongdoers . |
| 3 | Do it when times are bad and that is an excuse for those whose jobs are threatened to pin the blame upon — and to hold out against — the proposed innovation . |
| 4 | In an entry for October 1925 he states his determination to find out their full extent , and to speak out against them ( Travels , 60 ) . |
| 5 | At one stage early on in the war , Tehran , amid the general abuse , urged the Iraqi population to withhold payment of taxes and electricity bills , and to rise up against the government . |