Example sentences of "came [adv prt] [adv] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Treasury finally came down firmly against the idea of trying to " wriggle through " without the loan . |
| 2 | But perhaps the most crucial sign that headway was being made into new territory came when the West Somerset District Council , which included Hinkley Point , came out firmly against Hinkley C. Its influential policy committee chairman was married to a nuclear worker and its previous attitude had been at best neutral . |
| 3 | The Kingman Report was not well received by right-wing Conservatives because they wanted a return to the traditional teaching of Latinate grammar , and the Report came out firmly against this . |
| 4 | The Scottish League management committee yesterday came out officially against the idea of a winter shut-down , but promised to canvass all 38 member clubs for their views . |
| 5 | ALTHOUGH only the Communist Party came out strongly against a possible reunification of Germany yesterday , the prospect will cause an upheaval in French international thinking particularly over France 's role as the motor of the European Community . |
| 6 | Sole practitioners themselves came out overwhelmingly against the imposition of further restrictions ( 86% ) . |