Example sentences of "[be] set against " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the heavy cost of offshore exploration activity has until now been set against PRT , ’ he explained . |
| 2 | But for now there are only the empty frames on the walls of the cinema and the rich maroon emulsion they are set against . |
| 3 | What happens in many of the significant films that emerge after the war is that the claims of the community and the individual are set against each other , bringing together Ealing realism and Gainsborough melodrama in a tremendously fruitful , if brief and explosive , relationship . |
| 4 | But if the operators are set against discounting it will not prevent the agencies from doing some on their own account . |
| 5 | The apartments are set against a mountain backdrop and the views are superb ; it 's hard to believe that the discos , lively bars and general hustle of Benitses are only a five to ten minute walk away . |
| 6 | But it can also be a foreign world to us , and to those whose faces are set against God it is a closed world . |
| 7 | ‘ During wind and rain ’ , in which memories of the past are set against present reality through contrasting images and metres , is one of the greatest of them ; but ‘ The oxen ’ , inspired by his nostalgia for the traditions of Christianity , is perhaps the most popular . |
| 8 | His signature subjects a table carefully laid with talismanic objects , portraits of subjects in period dress , and figures ( now recognisably present day ) standing in enigmatic relationship to one another are set against flat chequerboard backgrounds of piercing primary and secondary colour . |
| 9 | If clarification requests are divided into just two categories , potential ( being those categories where the listener actively contributes to the negotiation by introducing new information ) , and simple ( the remaining categories ) , and these are set against the number of inadequate messages produced , a number of interesting findings emerges . |
| 10 | Static welfare losses that arise from departures from competition in output markets are set against longer-run , dynamic gains which may arise from an increase in the supply of innovations that come about in less than perfectly competitive markets . |
| 11 | Bold stripes in any one of six colours are set against a crisp white background . |
| 12 | Very broadly , what happens is that the budgeted amounts of expenditure are credited to appropriation accounts and then as expenditure is incurred debits are set against these credits . |
| 13 | Fathers are set against children and children against parents . |
| 14 | Colour for summer ‘ 93 is defined by the trend towards naturals — skin tones , neutrals and pale legwear are set against outerwear 's neutral classics . |
| 15 | Costs are set against an annual Library estimate , currently totalling £500 , of which some £285 has been spent so far this year . |
| 16 | One unremarked consequence for both sexes , for example , is that since wives ' allowances can henceforth be set against investment income , there will be more non-taxpayers among bank and building society depositors — and the composite rate of tax on their yield will then be reduced for everybody . |
| 17 | This is seen most clearly in the song of Eliot 's Blackshirts , whose bitter irony should be set against remarks concerning the undesirability of too many free-thinking Jews in After Strange Gods . |
| 18 | Her deep involvement in the Falklands war and determination to retain British sovereignty over the islands has to be set against Britain 's negotiated return of Hong Kong to China with effect from 1997 and refusal to support or condemn the US invasion of Grenada ( part of the Commonwealth ) . |
| 19 | ‘ If I score points and do well , then I 'll be set against Dusty . |
| 20 | Such shortcomings must be set against the big truth — that today 's CAP is a supremely insidious way of extracting $85 billion from consumers within the EC , and queering the pitch for farmers everywhere else . |
| 21 | A strong balance sheet and attractive business mix must be set against the absence of any recovery in its major markets . |
| 22 | The sum should be set against code 120 862 496 . |
| 23 | In anticipation of the agreement we would like to offer you an advance of 500 on signing the contract and a further advance of 500 on receipt of the manuscripts judged by us to be acceptable , both sums to be set against royalties . |
| 24 | And obviously some compromise must be struck as , for example , in the case of transport , where undoubtedly the need and desire for mobility and the distances involved in travel have to be set against the knowledge that roads pollute and fast cars kill . |
| 25 | The target date should be set against these events and progress monitored at each stage . |
| 26 | The aim is to provide sufficient directional light to make the decorations sparkle , but they should be set against areas of soft shadow which will throw them into relief . |
| 27 | Consideration is requested for allowing a capital gains tax loss on a qualifying loan to a trader to be set against income , thereby encouraging investment in new businesses . |
| 28 | Would it be set against a Schedule E liability in the year the guarantee was made , or against the Schedule E liability in the year the payment was made ? |
| 29 | The relief can be set against the investor 's other income in that tax year or carried back three years or carried forward . |
| 30 | The benefits in earnings terms from devaluation have to be set against the increase in these liabilities . |