Example sentences of "against it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 29 Iraq informed the UN that it had destroyed more than 181,000 bombs , missiles and other explosives used by the allies against it during the Gulf war . |
| 2 | Price Waterhouse 's Australian arm has pledged to ‘ vigorously defend ’ what could amount to a multi-million dollar claim issued against it over the 1989 audit of failed textile company Linter Group Ltd . |
| 3 | I warned against it at the time , telling investors not to touch it with a bargepole . |
| 4 | ‘ It had a lot stacked against it at the beginning , ’ agony aunt Claire Rayner said last night . |
| 5 | What if I decide against it at the last minute ? |
| 6 | Once a decision is made it must be communicated in writing to the claimant , who then has three months in which to appeal against it to the SSAT . |
| 7 | She smashed down hard against it with the hammer , and the window shook , tiny cracks appeared like earthquake faults . |
| 8 | Shearson Lehman analyst David Readerman , who raised his Microsoft rating to a ‘ strong buy ’ following the court ruling , said the company could easily adapt its Windows programme if the judge ruled against it on the remaining issues . |
| 9 | The fact that the kadilik was thus closely tied to the secular government was unquestionably a source of some prejudice against it on the part of the more pious elements in the state . |
| 10 | We voted against it on the ground that it seemed absurd to respond to a crisis in the beef sector simply by throwing yet more money into a system which has not been reformed . |
| 11 | The bill was approved by the House of Representatives — where the LDP had an overall majority — on Dec. 3 , even though the DSP voted against it on the grounds that it provided insufficient legislative control over the dispatch of troops . |
| 12 | Sandys ' personal commitment involved disagreement with his senior civil servants who advised against it on the grounds that it would arouse opposition from the urban local authorities and private developers who would be forced to seek sites beyond the green belt . |
| 13 | An early restart had been planned , but the Inspectorate ruled against it on the grounds that there was still a risk that welds in the pressure vessels could fail as they cool , becoming brittle and eventually breaking , with the risk of a serious accident due to loss of coolant . |
| 14 | Given that ( i ) no other sources support this view ; ( ii ) the view is none the less generally reasonable ; ( iii ) evidence from Pomponius ( and perhaps also Julian ) seems to speak against it for the second century ; and ( iv ) a Justinianic interpolation seems unlikely , it seems most probable that the text represents the genuine view of Papinian . |
| 15 | Appalled by the racism she observed there , she worked energetically against it for the rest of her life , giving extensive financial support to the Black trade union movement . |
| 16 | This means that claims by UK citizens under the Convention must always be pursued to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to obtain judgment , with the result that the UK has had the highest number of judgments made against it by the European Court of Human Rights for one or more violations of the Convention 's terms . |
| 17 | In February a US district court rejected a petition by Westinghouse Electric Corp. , a US firm alleged to have used bribery in 1976 to win the contract to construct the Bataan power station , to dismiss the case filed against it by the Philippine government . |
| 18 | Yesterday , The Scotsman revealed that the proposal has prompted an extraordinary court action against it by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh , Norman Irons , and the Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders , Gordon Nicholson . |
| 19 | It is understood he initially thought of going there at the weekend but was advised against it by the police . |
| 20 | The party rejoined the coalition in 1921 in order to work against it from the inside . |
| 21 | ‘ I was against it from the first . |
| 22 | The partial reaction against it in the Tory 1950s — ‘ setting the people free ’ — did not lead to the contraction of the government service . |
| 23 | During the time I knew him , he never took acid as he was very much afraid of it , and counselled other people against it in the sense that he felt it might disturb them psychologically , and felt that 's what might happen to him |
| 24 | Microsoft Corp and Insignia Solutions Inc are reportedly planning a pre-emptive strike against SunSelect 's Windows-on-Unix WABI solution this week , pitting a Microsoft-backed Insignia SoftPC against it in the market . |
| 25 | Meantime Microsoft Corp and SoftPC house Insignia Solutions Ltd , the Queen 's Award winner from High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire and Mountain View , California , are said to be planning a pre-emptive strike against SunSelect 's Windows-on-Unix WABI system this week , pitting a Microsoft-backed Insignia SoftPC against it in the market . |
| 26 | If the Labour party is abdicating the right to retain foreign and defence policy in this country , it is not speaking for the country , and the Government will exploit that against it in the next general election . |
| 27 | By convention , the government of the day resigns or requests a dissolution if a motion of no confidence is carried against it in the House of Commons . |
| 28 | She decided against it in the end , not because she was afraid of any brutish remarks he might — not might , would , she corrected — make when he saw her , but because , from where she viewed it , this was going to be a tough enough weekend without her inviting hassle before it began . |