In this case the lawyers had the misfortune to be up against Skadden Arps.
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Mr Roberts and Dr Chandran will be up against former Labour MP Paddy Tipping for the job.
They will be up against other National Lottery-funded projects from across the UK when voting opens on Tuesday.
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Swansea-based Simmonds will be competing in the S6 100m freestyle where she will be up against fellow Briton Natalie Jones.
He will be up against South Africa's big, powerful centres Marius Joubert and De Wet Barry at Twickenham on Saturday.
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Mike Quigley, who used to head Bassetlaw District Council, will be up against former Labour MP Paddy Tipping for the job.
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The 23-year-old will be up against world bronze medallist Wallace Spearmon, Britain's Marlon Devonish and Ireland's Paul Hession in the 200m.
Two big shots from the Spaniard in the first round suggested he would be up against it but Munroe regrouped superbly.
Rea will be up against Toomebridge's Michael Laverty who is aiming to win the Trophy for a fifth year in a row.
He will be up against last year's winner, Flagship Uberalles, who was snapped up by leading owner JP McManus in a surprise move.
"Mardy could be up against the most fierce politician who was anti-wilderness, and really touch their hearts with her love of Alaska, " she tells Berkes.
We will be up against it weather-wise but we are arriving early and the players will have two weeks to get used to the English winter.
And he will be up against Australian Mitcham, the Olympic champion, who is an amazing diver: fit, on form and at the top of his game.
"When the decisions don't go for you in the game, and Dundee United score from the penalty, then you're going to be up against it, " said Adams.
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"I hope so, for the sake of the Ryder Cup, " he told BBC Scotland, when asked if he would like like to be up against Woods in Wales.
She will be up against two-times New York champion Jelena Prokopcuka, Berlin marathon champion Gete Wami, 2007 world champion Catherine Ndereba and 2007 Boston marathon champion Lidiya Grigoryeva.
Jones will be up against Chris Paterson and Jim Thompson for the number 15 shirt at Edinburgh and is relishing the prospect of joining a team on the up.
"When I went to the national level, I knew I'd be up against kids who believed that this was their only shot towards excellence, fame and fortune, " he said.
The flanker will be up against utility back Foden, the Harlequins duo of Danny Care and Jordan Turner-Hall, and Leicester flanker Tom Croft, another surprising omission from head coach Ian McGeechan's Lions squad.
Hart will be up against Jo Brand, Victoria Wood and Sarah Millican for the best female TV comic title, and also Outnumbered's Claire Skinner, Dawn French for Pyschoville and Greig for TV comedy actress.
Even with the change in venue and a Saturday evening Game Three, FOX and Major League Baseball will still be up against stiff competition as Notre Dame plays Oklahoma in a primetime college football matchup on ABC.
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Next week the BBC is moving Vanity Fair back half an hour to 21.30 to ensure that it does not clash with ITV's popular drama Heartbeat - although instead it will be up against Cold Feet, a new award winning comedy drama.
The Chinese youngsters will be up against the likes of Europe's Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley and Scotland's Ryder Cup player Paul Lawrie at the Binhai Lake course, but if Ye finds that youth is not quite a match for experience he has a secret weapon to hand.
One can't help but wonder whether the answer lies in the very real possibility that members of such a delegation, after seeing for themselves what they and their constituents would be up against, might actually decide they prefer not to have some of the world's most dangerous terrorists in their backyard after all.
The Irishman appears to be riding better than ever and few would back against him notching up number seven next year, but one jockey he won't be coming up against is Pat Eddery, who retired after a glittering 36-year career in the saddle.
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McGinley said he was honored to be squaring up against the eight-time major winner.
"I couldn't be called up against Macedonia and Holland as the paperwork hasn't gone through, " said Fox.
Worse, the rival ethnic groups within the Shona are rumoured to be lining up against each other.
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Moreover, the benefits of full-blown mergers (instead of more modest arrangements, such as alliances) ought properly to be stacked up against their costs.
Rumor has it that it will be going up against new entry in the Call of Duty franchise, possibly even Modern Warfare 3, which will mean it will have a steep climb ahead of it.
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