Example sentences of "used against the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New tactics were to be used against the Russians in which the destructive power of artillery fire would be the principal weapon . |
| 2 | ‘ All the money that has been used against the Copts has been supplied by you . |
| 3 | ‘ You brought the money , Andrus , and gave it to Mordecai to be used against the Copts . |
| 4 | Chemical Mace was used against the demonstrators at the US-Australian communications installation at Nurrungar , and the police were backed up by 50 unarmed soldiers . |
| 5 | Within hours , the International Secretariat 's researcher responsible for work on Columbia was in contact with WARN coordinators in USA , Canada and UK , who immediately sent appeals to the Governor of Cauca urging that the indigenous leaders be released and that no further force be used against the demonstrators . |
| 6 | Tear-gas was used against the demonstrators , a few were arrested , and tourists were ordered to stay in their hotels . |
| 7 | Hitherto , only police had been used against the demonstrators who were demanding free elections , the resignation of the provincial leadership of the League of Communists ( LC ) , the release of political prisoners and the lifting of " special measures " which had been imposed amid the earlier riots of February 1989 [ see pp. 36470 ; 36514-15 ] . |
| 8 | The Government refused to accord the privately owned press the right to claim absolute freedom of expression , since this right could be used against the majority who were voiceless . |
| 9 | What in any other circumstances would be counted as normal wear and tear become weapons used against the tenants . |
| 10 | It was an important moment to capture — one that , if need be , could be used against the T'ang of Africa . |
| 11 | What he did not realize was that the same combination of forces could be used against the monarchy . |
| 12 | Thus the existence of different birth rates between classes could be used against the idea of universal family allowances when prevailing opinion feared over-population . |
| 13 | Orford Ness , where a staff of 2,000 once worked , has been involved in national defence research and development since the First World War when aircraft fitted with armaments were first tested.Research into bomb ballistics was carried out from 1929 and among the researchers was Barnes Wallis who became famous for inventing the bouncing bombs used against the Mohne and Eder dams during the Second World War . |
| 14 | What we should notice is how , once again , an argument used against the right has now reappeared in distorted form to haunt the left . |
| 15 | He 's worried that the guns may be used against the police . |
| 16 | ‘ Dirty tricks ’ gave good results when used against the IRAs . |
| 17 | The Republican Party saw this as an issue which could be used against the Democrats in the approaching presidential election of 1920 . |
| 18 | Evaluate what 's on offer and contrast the amount of energy used against the calories consumed per hour in that activity . |
| 19 | Another argument used against the need to record assets values is that many public sector assets are not realizable . |
| 20 | The uniform group of objects that the programmer has when using an object-oriented model , also reduces the sting of the ‘ elegance and simplicity ’ argument used against the proponents of semantic data modelling . |
| 21 | It means that there has to be some violence used against the woman to overbear her will or that there has to be a threat of violence as a result of which her will is overborne . ’ |
| 22 | Dowman insists the club spirit is still there , the probables just shading the possibles in a fierce midweek practice match , and now the fireworks have to be used against the opposition . |
| 23 | Films such as British Sounds were conceived in order to ‘ portray the struggle between images and sounds ’ , and were especially concerned with ‘ how sounds can be used against the image ’ . |
| 24 | One participant felt the lack of real jobs was a political weapon used against the people of West Belfast . |
| 25 | In fact , Black South African writers are committed in trying to rewrite our history , our true history , because it has been so much misrepresented and twisted , and used against the people themselves . |