1.   A high inflation figure would work against an interest rate cut, Rosenberg said.

2.   But I get the feeling we are beginning to work against each other instead of pulling together.

3.   But recent events work against his goal.

4.   Even where secrecy was not ordered from above, the squabbling Soviet bureaucracy worked against the efficient collection and distribution of data.

5.   Everything about the traditional high school works against the merger of vocational and academic studies.

6.   Its minimal size can work against it with the buttons requiring a deft touch.

7.   Sexism still works against women in many professions.

8.   The Movement recognised this, as it also recognised that administrative pressures were working against a concerted attempt to preserve religious unity.

9.   The new economics of major league baseball also work against inner-city talent, Towers says.

10.   The regulations tend to work against smaller companies.