Sentence examples for persons against from inspiring English sources

"The system for the personal security of citizens in the Netherlands is in no way geared to protecting persons against a murderous attack by a person who has formed a definite intent to commit the act and has acquired the means to carry it out," it says.

US-UK operations encompass "numerous persons against whom there is no ground for suspicion of any wrongdoing," it adds.

The most common method of warning third persons against existing security interests has been by their registration.

It was their duty to protect persons against the acts of magistrates, but they could also initiate prosecutions of offenders against the state.

Instead of debating the "personhood" of embryos and fetuses, why aren't we asking whether the government has a right to force female citizens to be life-support systems for other "persons," against their will?

Justice Payne also said that it did not seem fair "to have persons, against whom the criminal accusation may ultimately prove unfounded, to suffer the stigma of jail detention as a result of having their identities disclosed to the general public".

Stalking, the crime of following another person against his or her wishes and harassing that person.

"Whenever there is a momentum break, it helps the person against whom the momentum was against.

Carl Yastrzemski has seen two games in person, against Louisiana State in Mike's sophomore season.

In person, against all the evidence, La Binoche seems more ribald than regal.

O'Grady had to defend the Tour in person against players and their representatives.