He now gave Mrs Deborah positive orders to take the child to her own bed, and to call up a maid-servant to provide it pap, and other things, against it waked.

It is hard work to swim against the current.

Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.

The kennel was put against the back wall.

The giant was silhouetted against the door.

This report sets out the risks against the benefits.

The Tigers will play against the Bears this weekend.

The breakthrough came through Torres who, pilloried for his miss against Manchester United a week earlier, scored his second goal of the season.

It is against the law to smoke on these premises.

There was no car in sight so we crossed against the red light.

He waged a ten-year campaign against the company that was polluting the river.

(with implied object) Ten voted for, and three voted against.

Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation,[…]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.

That horse is fifty-to-one against, so it has virtually no chance of winning.

The vouchers are redeemable against West End shows and theatre breaks.

Monoclonal antibodies were raised against these proteins: IN-1 and IN-2 bound both to the 35 kd and 250 kd inhibitors and to the surface of differentiated cultured oligodendrocytes.

The stores are kept well stocked against a time of need.

Rod, who always distrusted such methods, was forced to accept the new way but had begun to stash away large amounts of cash against the day that the system might be sabotaged or failed entirely.

The studio weren't sure the movie would ever get made, so they only paid $50,000 against $200,000. That way they wouldn't be out very much if filming never began.

“Hollywood noises” yielded an early $35,000 option against $100,000 if the movie was made.

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