1. Her background militates against her.

2. The dispersal of pupils militates against the neighbourhood school.

3. The marked liquorice aftertaste militates against its use as a sweetener.

4. It militates against everything that the United Nations Charter and its principles stand for

5. However, shortage of physiotherapy and other services, together with rapid hospital discharge, militates against such results being achieved.

6. This traditional organisation characterised by individualistic, vertical clienteles militates strongly against the horizontal group-formation typical of modern politics.

7. It is this aggregate of state and non-state actors that encourages extremism, indoctrinates youth into violent acts, and militates against attempts to create space for peace.