Example sentences of "set against this " in BNC.
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| 1 | To set against this the prosaic virtues of humility and obedience , and to make them seem not merely right but also interesting , is — when the writer is a fallen creature writing for other fallen creatures — an impossible task . |
| 2 | It is then important to set against this the qualitative assessments and for management to discuss the relative importance of each type of information before the final decisions are made . |
| 3 | To set against this trend , however , there was much evidence to support the view that the public continued to look to government for assistance . |
| 4 | Set against this , however , is that over the same period the number of compounds screened for every new product generated has increased from 2 × 10 3 to 2 × 10 4 , which inevitably increases development costs . |
| 5 | Set against this picture and parallel to the theory that accompanies and supports it is the idea of the possibility of order as a creation of social instruments ordained for that very task , namely teachers , police , social workers , and perhaps , in the last resort , parents . |
| 6 | But set against this conditioned , non-autonomous female self are various images of a female self that would be authentic , that would transcend or shatter this conditioning . |
| 7 | Set against this rather simplistic view of the neutrality and responsiveness of the state to the wishes of electors are pluralist writers who argue that there is certainly a necked for greater preparedness. hut that the military and the giant corporations in America have far more influence on the political system than they should and that they are a threat to liberal democracy . |
| 8 | Set against this is the felt reality ; the constraining influences of the number of individuals a person has to interact with at any one moment and the problem of time . |
| 9 | Inevitably , however , pain will sometimes need to be inflicted , and in the absence of anaesthetic , which must be set against this point . |
| 10 | The benches by the Cages were suddenly stark and mysterious as they slowly became set against this drifting whiteness . |
| 11 | This chapter will , therefore , examine the ways in which the early Christians were conscious of the Spirit 's presence in their community ; the next four chapters will glance at some of our contemporary problems concerning the Spirit in the Church , when set against this back ground . |