The phrase "against statements" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing opposition or disagreement with certain statements or claims.
Example: "The evidence presented in court was compelling and stood against statements made by the defendant."
Alternatives: "in opposition to statements" or "contrary to statements".
He spoke against statements made by Cleveland Public Safety Director Michael McGrath, who fired the officers.
Snowden, in his video interview with the Guardian released over the weekend, made the point that his revelations did not go up against silence so much as against statements that, in one way or another, were not true.
She warned against statements like, "Oops, you're not starting again?" or "Oh, dear, you're not chosen for all-county?" "And if you're having trouble identifying this tendency in yourself," she said, "ask your spouse, your sibling or anybody you trust".
Adopt a clear and daring position against statements by Jeffery Feltman and others that are calling for humanitarian corridors and a no fly zone in the north and confirm that Syria will prevent that by force.
I am stuffed full of MIA knowledge by the time we meet: my computer fizzing with arguments for and against, statements from governmental spokesmen, rants from barely literate commentators, Maya's own, capital-lettered tweeting and blogging.
"I think Boris is making statements today that if set against statements a year ago or two years ago or five years ago might make him look like he's saying different things... than when he was more enthusiastic about the European Union," he said.
It was not the first time he had offered an us-against-them statement of solidarity with the government.
The "prophecies" Bradford rails against are statements made with "great certainty" about the "unknowable or implausible".
We evaluate our database schema against query statements and provide examples of how third-party apps can interface with manufacturing machines using the VMM middleware.
For the Great Green Wall to succeed against terrorism, statements like this must echo across the Sahel.
The most simple and effective argument against their statements is this.
