Example sentences of "they [was/were] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were against the soulless competitiveness of Whiggery and derived their inspiration from the chivalry of the Middle Ages , as exemplified by the aristocratic Eglinton Tournament of 1839 . |
| 2 | Delegates who opened by saying they were against the motion , ‘ to continue to build an open and outward looking Community ’ , were cheered . |
| 3 | Almost to a man they were against the new phenomenon of the movies and they made no effort to include them in their ‘ night-time ’ world . |
| 4 | Even though they were against the wind , Colleges made the better start and after Thomson had missed two penalties and John Mackenzie had had a ‘ try ’ disallowed for a foot in touch ( signalled by the Colleges touch judge Bert Barclay ) the home side went 10-0 up . |
| 5 | erm in general we must remember that Iran was erm stating very clearly that it was exporting it 's revolution and there were statements which came out from the Iraqui from the Irani revolutionary committee that they were against the Arab states at the time and that they were very committed towards liberating Israel through Baghdad and such statements was coming , so obviously erm the Arabs had to stick together according to charter of the league of Arab states , which everybody was a member of , and Iraq being subjected to war it was natural for the Arabs to give Iraq support . |