Example sentences of "not against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , and very importantly , make the features of the gradient work for , not against you . |
| 2 | And Moses said , This shall be , when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat , and in the morning bread to the full ; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings , which ye murmur against him : and what are we ? your murmurings are not against us , but against the Lord . ’ |
| 3 | It is not against modernisation but believes that pubs should cater for all tastes . |
| 4 | ‘ We are not against pay rises , but people have got to sensible , ’ he said , defending the three per cent ceiling on pay rises which has just come into force here . |
| 5 | We know that the best way to achieve our objective is for countries to work with their national traditions — not against them . |
| 6 | The media certainly were biased — but towards the Conservative government , not against it ; and bias was very much more evident in the press than on television . |
| 7 | I am not against unions but our union is no different from management . |
| 8 | But , in entering the arena , these early Christians found that , ‘ Our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers , the authorities , against the power of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms . ' |
| 9 | By contrast , the films made to exploit the vitality , comic talent and phenomenal singing voice of Grace Fields are at their best when set not against a showbusiness background , but in the midst of depressed working-class communities where Fields stands as a beacon of cheerfulness and hope . |
| 10 | Allowing the BBC 's appeal , the Vice-Chancellor , Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson , sitting with Lords Justices Staughton and Beldam , said the 1988 Copyright Act created rights and remedies for broadcasters not against those who received the programmes , but against those who enabled viewers to receive the transmissions and thereby avoid the viewing fee . |
| 11 | For Kuwait , not against Saddam |
| 12 | A high-ranking Saudi , carrying a gun for the first time in his life , said it was for use not against Iraqis but against ‘ certain other nationalities ’ . |
| 13 | More important , he made it his priority to ensure that the departments worked together , not against each other . |
| 14 | Now that the truth of Iraq 's defeat is sinking in , and their former hero is seen to have feet of clay , some Maghrebis are turning their frustration not against him but against the West . |
| 15 | But no liability for tort can be enforced against a Trade Union for acts done in contemplation or furtherance of a specific trade dispute ( within strict limits ) , and possibly not against other unincorporated societies . |
| 16 | Local opinion was outraged ; Price was brought to trial and would have been convicted by the jury if the judge had not insisted that his offence had been against morals and not against the law . |
| 17 | In every case the farmer reporting evidence said he was not against badgers in principle , but wanted either adequate compensation for the damage they did or someone to control them , because they had no natural predators . |
| 18 | However , with a horse that is naturally high in self-esteem , we will want to make sure that we lead the horse 's ego in the right direction , so that it works for us and not against us . |
| 19 | These hints had their final expression in an astonishing personal letter written by Knox to Mary on 26 October 1559 , claiming that ‘ if it be the office of a very friend to give true and faithful counsel to them whom he sees run to destruction for lack of the same , I could not be proven enemy to your Grace but rather a friend unfeigned ’ — even if moderation was never Knox 's strong suit and so , unable to keep up the quiet tone of the letter , he felt impelled to throw in a postscript : ‘ God move your heart yet in time to consider that ye fight not against man , but against the eternal God , and against his Son Jesus Christ , the only Prince of the kings of the earth . ’ |
| 20 | The reaction was not against passionate expression of beliefs or against an audience 's supporting a speaker : it was against excessive displays and rhetoric more appropriate to a political rally than to a religious meeting . |
| 21 | In 1962 , however , he began to shift his policies away from outright repression and towards a gradual reformism , summed up in the slogan , Those who are not against us are with us . |
| 22 | This neutrality is the essence of the sect ; he who is not against them is essentially for them … |
| 23 | PHILLIPA DAVIES is not against Neil Kin nock — ‘ after all I am Welsh , too ’ — but she does wish he would drop some of the more irritating Welsh features of his speech . |
| 24 | They monopolise access to public positions , they hold competition in check , they allow their expenses to be more than comfortably met from tax revenue and whenever things Set tough they form an excessively large coalition , not against any parliamentary minority but instead against the majority of non-organised voters … |
| 25 | The Jews hated it but we were not against the Jews . ’ |
| 26 | Under the kneading fingers they could all see the fluttery movement of Ruari 's thin , bony ribs , and the doctor timing his pressure to work with the breathing , not against it . |
| 27 | I am not against physical punishment if it is needed , but only if it is called for . |
| 28 | ‘ The wave can not be mastered — you can only move with it , not against it . |
| 29 | When the universities reacted unfavourably to this aspect of the paper , accusing its authors of philistinism , the then Secretary of State , Sir Keith Joseph , was quick to reply that he was not against the arts subjects : far from it . |
| 30 | Your policy already provides cover against damage by Subsidence ( sinking of the ground beneath your home ) but not against Heave ( swelling up of the ground beneath your home ) . |