Sentence examples for to be held against from inspiring English sources

Those elections are likely to be held against a much less rosy economic backdrop than has prevailed for the past few years.

He said such activities would become less prominent in the future if regulators required more capital to be held against them.

For example, holdings of United States government securities are considered low-risk and require no capital to be held against them.

If employers are no longer on the hook for those health care costs, that is one less negative to be held against older job candidates.

Officials from Hubei province apparently negotiated the release of several "hostages", but many more continued to be held against their will.

The rules created an incentive for banks to hold AAA-rated securities, which require less capital to be held against them.

This maximizes their protectiveness by completely encasing the male genitals and allowing the genitals to be held tightly against the body.

Refusing to meet can never be held against them in court, even if they're not a Canadian citizen.

Even some groups that are normally allied with Democrats warned that failure to remove Mr. Monserrate would be held against the party as a whole.

And Florida's failure to support previous franchises won't be held against it.

But lawyers for the men are expected to argue that coerced confessions cannot be held against defendants.