Sentence examples for move against a from inspiring English sources

Calling for Parliament to lift Wulff's immunity was an unprecedented move against a German president.

It makes a decisive move against a means-tested welfare state that both Thatcher and Gordon Brown erected.

Some analysts considered a merger as a defensive move against a possible takeover bid for Perdigão by large foreign interests.

The use of the chip return – a simple blocking of the ball with minimal racket work — is a smart move against a big first serve.

Set against the prosecution's extensive evidence, Schumer proposes that the jury and judge move against a conviction in the sketch because otherwise it will make them feel bad.

Last week, in Mr de Villepin's absence, the judges raided and searched his Paris flat an unprecedented move against a former prime minister.

"It was a cynical political move against an important feminist campaigning organisation," states Laura Harvey, lecturer in Sociology of Media at the University of Surrey.

Left-wing parties ousted Portugal's ruling centre-right on Tuesday, in the first such move against an elected government since the end of dictatorship in 1974, paving the way for a Socialist-led administration to end years of austerity.

The presence of Islamists alongside an array of more liberal forces had strengthened the argument that this was a popular move against an increasingly unpopular president.

British regulators had been ready to move against UBS a month after officials announced a settlement with Barclays, the person added.

Moving against a coach is even more unusual.