Example sentences of "against they [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw the long sheds , and the wooden posts , shining and smooth where the cows had rubbed against them over the years . |
| 2 | The final question Chairman , there 's a lot of er , facts here with no remarks against them under the premises and involvement like here on page three , number fifty nine , Mental Health Act , the National Assistance Act , Health and Safety at Work Act , it does n't tell us the type of premises or what in so I say , well what involvement do we have with the Mental Heath Act for example ? |
| 3 | Liverpool get a penalty — ‘ suprise suprise ’ ( especially as they had a pen against them during the week , one of very few no doubt ) . |
| 4 | Had Canada won against the Swedes , Australia would then have had a home tie against them with the chance to recoup some of their financial losses in Cyprus , coupled with the incentive of knowing that further success would probably earn them a home match with the United States in the semi-finals . |
| 5 | And it seemed to them that there came against them on the part of the Christians full seventy thousand knights , all as white as snow : . |
| 6 | Again they heard the allegations against them on the basis of which their children had been taken away . |
| 7 | The plaintiffs , a borough council , brought proceedings under section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 and applied for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the defendants from using shop premises of theirs for trade on Sundays in breach of section 47 of the Shops Act 1950 The defendants resisted the claim against them on the ground , inter alia , that section 47 was in conflict with article 30 of the E.E.C . |
| 8 | By a summons dated 15 March 1991 the third , fourth and fifth defendants ( ‘ the solicitors ’ ) sought an order pursuant to R.S.C. , Ord. 18 , r. 19 that the amended statement of claim , alternatively that paragraphs 11 and 13 of the prayer to the amended statement of claim , be struck out as against them on the ground that they disclosed no reasonable cause of action ; alternatively , an order pursuant to R.S.C. , Ord. 14A that the court had no power under section 6(2) of the Financial Services Act 1986 to make the order sought in paragraph 11 of the prayer to the amended statement of claim and that the court had no power under section 61(1) of the Act of 1986 to make the order sought in paragraph 13 of the prayer to the amended statement of claim . |
| 9 | By summons , issued on 15 March 1991 , the third , fourth and fifth defendants asked , first , for an order that the action be struck out against them on the ground that it disclosed no reasonable cause of action or , alternatively , that paragraphs 11 and 13 of the prayer be struck out . |
| 10 | against them on the grounds that they 're they 're crawly |
| 11 | That they 're th No , th I 'm not I 'm discriminating o against them on the grounds that they have legs that do that . |
| 12 | He 's come round to both our Joe and our Tamar and , heaven knows , he was bitter enough against them at the start . ’ |
| 13 | The Woodvilles had given no grounds for complaint when he moved against them at the end of April , and the protectorate was still viable in mid June when he chose to end it . |
| 14 | The Woodvilles had given no grounds for complaint when he moved against them at the end of April , and the protectorate was still viable in mid June when he chose to end it . |
| 15 | He was a Protestant lawyer who had enormous prestige among Derry Catholics for his work in combating injustices against them in the courts . |
| 16 | A brilliant officer with more than twenty commendations , he had grown to believe he was omnipotent ; and when Mathews refused to tell him the names of his accomplices , saying it was more than his life was worth , Drury , obsessed with clearing up another case , offered him a deal : make a statement that three men whose names I will give you were your accomplices , testify against them in the witness-box , and in return no charges will be brought against you , and we 'll come to an arrangement about the reward money offered by the Post Office . |
| 17 | Durrant ran the show against them in the first leg of the ‘ Battle of Britain ’ , forging through from midfield , skipping tackles and spraying passes non-stop . |
| 18 | The other result is a lot of prejudice against them in the city . |
| 19 | They certainly wo n't complain if Harlequins field a weakened side against them in the held-over match on Easter Monday . |
| 20 | Certainly there appears to be an eternal youth about his batting , a fact to which the Herefordshire bowlers will bear witness following his innings of 137 against them in the Western Division of the Minor Counties Championship . |
| 21 | is not , on the true construction of section 6(2) and section 61(1) , entitled to the relief claimed against them in the statement of claim . |
| 22 | Bankruptcy proceedings appear to have been taken against the plaintiffs by B.M.T. Receiving orders were made against them in the county court but , on appeal , these orders were , it is said , rescinded on terms which are not stated but which are said to have been fulfilled . |
| 23 | We must organize against them in the wards and in the constituencies to drive this menace out ! |
| 24 | The Press Box must have been like a morgue when David McCallan scored that goal against them in the Irish Cup quarter final . |
| 25 | in the third division its saturday as usual for hereford … united were given a pat on the back by Wimbledon this week for playing so well against them in the cup … it beats a kick on the leg … tomorrow its all change for Crewe |
| 26 | ‘ I played for Scotland Under-21 against them in the European Championship quarter-final tie last season , when we were two goals behind on aggregate and then scored three times in the final 20 minutes to win . |
| 27 | Although an opinion poll last week suggested they could just secure the required number of seats , the tide is expected to turn against them in the course of a three-week campaign . |
| 28 | The respondents defended the proceedings denying all the allegations made against them by the petitioner . |
| 29 | On numerous occasions direct threats have been issued against them by the IRA in local newspapers . |