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Are you for or against his idea?
Jane was waiting with her back against the tree.
Don't go against your father.
Are you for or against this?
It's four against you. You'll be beaten up.
The boy pressed his face against the shop window.
What he did was against humanity.
He made it clear that he was against the plan.
He protested against the new plan.
He pressed his ear against the wall.
He made me go against my will.
He stood leaning against the fence.
No charges have been filed against the suspect.
They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.
Every time I join a new game of Warcraft, I am pitted against a new team of adversaries.
I won't put a pistol against anybody's chest in order to stay in Barcelona.
I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.
Are you for or against abortions?
You will be up against many difficulties.
Are you for the war or against it?
Are you for or against my plan?
Are you for or against the bill?
Are you in favor of or against that policy?
You may be right, but I am against your opinion.
You seem to be prejudiced against ideas that come from foreign countries.
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As I thought, they won't use the RG's against Elevens.
Hundreds of states and city-states competing against each other.
It is the only way to protect against the scorpions.
Because that is definitely against God's will!
No, doing that to a lady is definitely against Christ's will!
Just like the way the Hobbits all stood up against Brigham Young's killers!
Because they will not work against his. voodoo power!
But he grabbed me here, pushed me up against the bunk, and then he backed off.
You want to have one round of fight against me?
Please forgive my many outrages against you up til now!
Make an appointment and start to get help and I won't press charges against either of you.
Oh, yeah, but just against Irish people.
For days and years to come, people will tell the story of three brave young men who courageously fought back against the tyranny of rambunctious teens. dressed in paintball gear, in our mid-20s. about to storm a house.
He spoke highly of Declan too, but we won't hold that against him.
Aw. As I thought, they won't use the RG's against Elevens.
Abd el-Kader has started a holy war against us.
He's waged a vast, cruel and ruthless war against us.
They went against Allah.
You rose up in arms against me, you deserve to die!
Here is your title of ownership, a plow and a horse to go with it, and a rifle to defend yourself against those bastards.
Against thorns and rocks.
He promised never to take up arms against France.
We're trying to build trust with tribes loyal to our country but the encampment policy, which was adopted against the army's advice and gave you land that belonged to the Arabs, is turning the tribes against us and undermining our work.
They're against polygamy, but they all have mistresses.
I'm certain Napoleon III is against confinement.
Everyone is against you.
Then the kids would turn against Frankie, and I could take over the peanut racket.
You're asking me to go against my family?
Bud, I'm trying to make it so you guys can fight it out on the soccer field in a game against Frankie's crew.
Most kids didn't think about that, which is why I got most kids to bet against them.
There are two against the wall.
I don't know, the universe conspiring against us or something.
He risked his life for us, against Peter.
In the next month, he will be the Team Leader for the joint officer team of the North and South, and compete against the officers from 16 countries attending the third WOC.
Who are we competing against in the first round?
Don't you know after seeing the Gulf War? The US Navy marines who competed against them, were all defeated by them.
To compete against them. Oh, how about Netherlands. That's right, although they are very tall their teamwork is also very good, but they can't even get into the top thirty with their military capabilities.
John Mayer, you have the right to remain silent. If you do say anything, what you say can be used against you in a court of law.
Call off the lawsuit against them, and the problems of national security must all be handled following their method.
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If you are a high-net-worth investor, a sovereign wealth fund, or a central bank, it makes perfect sense to hold a modest proportion of your portfolio in gold as a hedge against extreme events.
We need to convince each other that the fight against this common enemy has to be fought with a keen eye to balancing the needs of security with those of human and minority rights.
The next hurdle is to support Kalingrad's fight against disease and crime as well as strengthening its economic and social structures.
These are national funds that, in boom years, receive revenues from sales of natural resources to be set aside against a rainy day.
What is to be done when ex-KGB warriors turn their swords and bugs against one another?
Faced with a new EU initiative, our traditional response has often been to oppose it, vote against it, lose the vote, then sulkily to adopt it while blaming everyone else.
People are asking about crimes committed by the Milosevic regime against Serbs.
They must begin to come to terms with the crimes committed against others - in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.
But the US has argued that arms-control measures banning offensive capabilities could weaken defenses against attacks and would be impossible to verify or enforce.
They chose to defer to the civilian leadership and to parliament, which, in voting down the US plan, reflected overwhelming public sentiment against the war.
Many non-Chinese, including me, have signed a letter of protest against the jailing of Liu Xiaobo.
Indeed, it was this dynamic - against which John Maynard Keynes fought - that made the Great Depression of the 1930's so grim.
Some leaders, such as Nelson Mandela, rise to the historic occasion, against all odds.
But the Greek Cypriots voted against the plan because their leaders did not live up to the implicit deal with the EU to support it.
Farmers will be able to buy inputs, either out of their own cash, or by borrowing against their improved creditworthiness.
But their main effect may be an erosion of reasoned debate and civil conduct, without which democracy is powerless against the forces of polarization and extremism.
Once he knows of it, the decision is his to make, because only he can judge the importance of his journey, and balance that against the risk he is running.
In some countries, most notably the US, a private-sector credit boom created jobs in low-skilled industries like construction, and precipitated a consumption boom as people borrowed against overvalued houses.
On October 24, you can stand up against this injustice.
Moreover, measures have been implemented to push back, successfully, against terrorists.
There will always be those who will resort to force against innocent men, women, and children in pursuit of political goals.
But, at least until now, the world has paid almost no attention to war crimes and crimes against humanity comparable in their savagery to any of these: the killing fields of Sri Lanka in 2009.