Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | These factors have stacked up against the amateur game : a preponderance of Tours to house players ; a huge glamour industry attached to the pro game that seduces the players ; parents wanting to push their sons into a life of perceived prestige and an automatic aspiration to be a pro among most players of ability . |
| 2 | In both Nicaragua and Mozambique , the governments have come up against the question of choosing which language or languages to teach in . |
| 3 | EFFORTS to improve atomic clocks have come up against an unexpected hurdle . |
| 4 | I wonder if they have come up against a rapacity of the of the rates . |
| 5 | Erm er this o this one is not one single job as it happens but it is the kind of thing that we have come up against before and I 've put them the things together in one so that we do n't identify people really under the circumstances . |
| 6 | We have come up against some prejudice in the dressage , but the nice thing is that at the end of the test sheets you often see the same comment from the judge — ‘ What a super pony ! ’ . ’ |
| 7 | Noah Plunkett and his family have come out against it . |
| 8 | But Machynlleth councillors have come out against the Trust 's plans to close the district hospital and have vowed to campaign to save it . |
| 9 | RESIDENTS in the area where a new superstore is planned have come out against the proposals . |
| 10 | I am conscious of many in history who have opposed advances in medicine , and of the pioneers who have struggled on against difficult odds . |
| 11 | Both have pushed up against a lower limit which is , I believe , economic in character . |
| 12 | Time and time again they have run up against unsurmountable problems of distributing and getting the drugs accepted . |
| 13 | I feel as though I have run up against ‘ The System ’ in all its indifferent , anonymous power . |
| 14 | The most publicized cases of such non-co-operation have occurred where some authorities have stood out against the minister on a highly political issue . |
| 15 | The British people understand what is happening in the EC , and they understand that the Government have stood out against other Governments in blocking positive measures which would have benefited our citizens . |