Sentence examples for against the item from inspiring English sources

Last year, the retailer stopped selling a multicolored Native American-inspired headdress, after an Ojibwa-Mohawk woman spoke out against the item.

Frutos had voted against the item each time it came up, beginning on Sept. 15, when he objected to the estimated cost of $154,000 a year for the position as "too much money".

We also instructed respondents that if they were unfamiliar with the content, they could respond 'unsure' to the 'activity performed' question, and indicate their learning need against the item.

You are announcing to the world that you were already prejudiced against the item before you bought it and therefore more prone to give a negative review.

Each consultation transcript was checked against the items in the revised checklist.

At the end of the second round, the information items volunteered by the Delphi participants were cross checked against the items reported in the systematic review [ 21] to ensure that all information items in the systematic review were included for review and rating in the Delphi survey [ 21].

We also tested the association between delay in publication (difference between the publication date and the date the study was completed), the journal impact factor, or the citation index factor against the items described above by Wilcoxon and Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric tests (SAS/STAT 9.1, SAS, Cary, NC).

Make sure that the measuring object is flat against the side of the item being measured each time you shift its position.

For instance, if you are using the width of a pencil to estimate centimeters, place the pencil perpendicular against the side of the item being measured, so that its eraser or unsharpened point lies flat against the edge being measured.

The relationship between RTF and item characteristics was further explored by plotting the RTF values against the estimated item discrimination and difficulty parameters obtained from the IRT modelse; Pearson correlation was also computed.

The replies of each sex to each item was tested against the other items in the scale by the Wilcoxon Ranks Sum Test.