Example sentences of "themselves against [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon after England began their reply there was a bad-light hold-up — probably unnecessary if they had all been wearing Bolle ‘ lifter ’ lenses — and upon resumption , Gooch and Stewart had to brace themselves against a torrid onslaught from Waqar , menace in every step of his run-up , and Akram , who bounded in and flung down something resembling Ivanisevic 's curving left-handed tennis serve , if only 30mph or so less swift . |
| 2 | They played against a team of east of Scotland women in Edinburgh last night , and will pit themselves against a Scottish team select in Glasgow tonight and a West of Scotland select in Glasgow tomorrow . |
| 3 | The Marcoses may have stashed away well over a billion dollars plus other Philippino assets , in the USA , Switzerland and elsewhere , but neither Nicolae nor Elena Ceauşescu felt under any compulsion to insure themselves against a rainy day . |
| 4 | Where competing firms are small they may wish not only to help regulate competition in the product market by joining together , but also to protect themselves against a marked inequality in bargaining power , since they are too small to be able to deal effectively with the trade unions unaided . |
| 5 | Cooperators can not expect to protect themselves against the threatened attack of the opposing forces without carefully preparing a united plan of campaign , in the same way that the Labour Party has mobilised its battalions … |
| 6 | One can easily understand the ferocity with which the more creative British filmmakers positioned themselves against the new development . |
| 7 | But protecting themselves against the deadly virus by practising safer sex is another matter . |
| 8 | Small powers seek also to come to terms with a particular great power either to guarantee themselves against the overwhelming strength of another great power or in order to prevent the great power in question from asserting its strength more directly and imperiously over them … |
| 9 | Britain may still be a country where " everything is permitted which is not specifically prohibited " , but the specific prohibitions have become more numerous , without having to justify themselves against the overriding principle of public interest suggested by the Royal Commission on the Press . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , a blow has been struck for the land-owning taxpayer , particularly those less well-off individuals who have not been able to defend themselves against the local district valuer 's increasingly aggressive commercial techniques . |
| 11 | Hip hop is the sound of threatened individuals asserting themselves against an uncaring world , taking on all comers and dispensing rough ( social ) justice or vengeance . |