as against
US /əz əˈgɛnst/
・UK /əz əˈgenst/
B2
prep. phr.Compared with; in contrast to.
Sales increased this year as against last year’s figures.
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The Business of English - Episode 6: What are the options?
- is going to compare these two things. Another phrase she could use is 'as against'. Practise
is going to compare these two things. Another phrase she could use is 'as against'. Practise
- Let's look at increased staff as against automation. When comparing two things, we use comparative
Let's look at increased staff as against automation. When comparing two things, we use comparative
Ukrainian anti-drone ‘Bullet’ that could help defend Gulf | BBC News
- They're cheap and deadly and the pilots know they could be just as effective as against similar Iranian shahed drones causing havoc across the Middle East.
They're cheap and deadly and the pilots know they could be just as effective as against similar Iranian shahed drones causing havoc across the Middle East.
Michael Sandel：Justice What's The Right Thing To Do Episode 12 DEBATING SAME SEX MARRIAGE
- I would like to defend the narrative conception of the person as against the voluntrous conception.
I would like to defend the narrative conception of the person as against the voluntrous conception.
- as against the voluntarist conception.
as against the voluntarist conception.
Book 07 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-8)
- Hence it follows that both of us remain very virtuous." "So," resumed Claude, whose brow cleared more and more, "you believe, Master Pierre, that this creature has not been approached by any man?" "What would you have a man do, Dom Claude, as against a superstition?
Hence it follows that both of us remain very virtuous." "So," resumed Claude, whose brow cleared more and more, "you believe, Master Pierre, that this creature has not been approached by any man?" "What would you have a man do, Dom Claude, as against a superstition?
- "What would you have a man do, Dom Claude, as against a superstition?
"What would you have a man do, Dom Claude, as against a superstition?
How the Iran war and peace talks are straining the U.S.-Israel alliance
- And I think, uh, the way for Israel to navigate today for prime minister Netanyahu is, um, to accelerate negotiations with Lebanon and create a roadmap which will include Israeli redeployment in southern Lebanon as against the deployment of Lebanese armed forces in certain areas.
And I think, uh, the way for Israel to navigate today for prime minister Netanyahu is, um, to accelerate negotiations with Lebanon and create a roadmap which will include Israeli redeployment in southern Lebanon as against the deployment of Lebanese armed forces in certain areas.
Venezuela earthquakes: BBC Learning English from the News
- You might also hear similar phrases using odds, such as "against all odds," "facing the odds," or "the odds are stacked against me." We've had "against the odds," highly unlikely to happen.
You might also hear similar phrases using odds, such as "against all odds," "facing the odds," or "the odds are stacked against me." We've had "against the odds," highly unlikely to happen.
Book 10 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-7)
- He imagined that there existed a popular hatred against her, as against himself, and
He imagined that there existed a popular hatred against her, as against himself, and
Trump & Election Results: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- And by the way, not so much for Biden as against the other one, meaning that this 96-year-old's approach to the election was pretty much the same as that of 20-year-old progressives.
And by the way, not so much for Biden as against the other one, meaning that this 96-year-old's approach to the election was pretty much the same as that of 20-year-old progressives.