Sentence examples similar to housed against from inspiring English sources

None of the above implies that there are no poor families or individuals in London being re-housed against their wishes in unfamiliar, outlying areas of London with all the uncertainty and disruption, not least to children, that can entail.

Why would they be employed in house to house fighting against insurgents?

The same logic applies to protecting the house against water.

Only a few young men stayed on, guarding their family houses against theft.

YOU have to pay to insure your car, or your house, against theft or damage.

The table shows the six possible combinations; Republicans with Presidency, Senate and House; Democrats with all three; Republican Presidents with both houses against them; Democrats ditto; Republicans with one house against, and one for; Democrats ditto.

Rather than make a quick decision, the heirs played one house against the other.

Anchorage International Airport is starting a $15 million project to insulate nearby houses against noise.

To start Fifteen he mortgaged his house against the restaurant without telling his wife, Jools.

The seller went straight to Sotheby's instead of playing the auction houses against one another.

It shows a stark rural house against dark woods and a leaden sky.