Example sentences of "set against a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would mean 54 or 55 MPs out of 650 , to set against a proportionate entitlement of 76 or 77 . |
| 2 | The draw ceremony was conducted seductively by Sophia Loren , operatically by Pavarotti , efficiently by Joseph Blatter , the Fifa general-secretary , and set against a background of studied chaos which would have done credit to a film by Fellini . |
| 3 | This creature is set against a background recalling the Somme 1916 ( shell craters , explosions , etc ) . |
| 4 | Gabriela Sabatini had to battle through a tough second set against a determined Conchita Martinez on Sunday to win her second consecutive Family Circle Magazine Cup at Hilton Head , South Carolina . |
| 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 | This hotel is set against a pleasant backdrop of tree-covered slopes . |
| 7 | A tiny grubby finger will be pointing at a poor pen-and-ink line drawing of a ‘ polecat with young ’ , set against a blue number seven . |
| 8 | The subject had been explored in The Trumpet-Major and stories such as ‘ The melancholy hussar of the German legion ’ but it now began to take shape as a verse drama of epic proportions in which the historical story of Napoleon 's rise and fall was set against a reflective commentary on man 's ‘ place in the universe ’ . |
| 9 | All this romantic angst is set against a backdrop of rural Irish life and IRA exploits . |
| 10 | The revaluation resulted in a £102.7m write-down , set against a revaluation reserve of £84m . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | On a modest few hours climbing we had sampled two new crags and climbed fine routes — a melange of anxiety , adventure and delight set against a backdrop of a wild , lonely coastline . |
| 13 | When covered in a mantle of snow , set against a clear , February sky at the pyramidal Pen-y-ghent looks every part a real mountain . |
| 14 | The early days of apartheid get rewritten as one ( white ) boy 's mythical slugfest for justice , all set against a backdrop of Big Scenery , psycho-Nazi Afrikaners , good-natured English liberals and nobly suffering blacks . |
| 15 | Those wingborne came only in historic aircraft and the flying display was a vivid expression of the joys of classic aircraft set against a near-perfect sky and on a landing ground new to the late 20th Century . |
| 16 | A strategical handicap of increased dependence on imported food and the incalculable cultural loss involved in commitment to an overwhelmingly industrial society were other results to be set against a higher standard of living for the majority . |
| 17 | By the late neolithic , Knossian house plans had become quite elaborate , with square fireplaces set against a wall or in the centre of the room , and with neighbouring dwellings juxtaposed to make a cellular layout familiar in Early Minoan villages such as Fournou Korifi ( Myrtos ) and the temples that were to be built in the Middle Minoan . |
| 18 | Situated on the lakeside , this extremely popular hotel is prettily set against a backdrop of the spectacular green mountainside , and overlooks Riva 's main square , harbour and steamer landing stage . |
| 19 | So often , his solo melodies , set against a stark and sombre accompaniment , sound like a voice crying in the wilderness . |
| 20 | However , the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars , while significant struggles and in the case of the latter conflict involving savage warfare in Manchuria anticipating the kind of warfare to be seen in Europe between 1914 and 1918 , did not constitute a confrontation between two superpowers set against a background of vitriolic suspicion and rivalry , as happened in 1950 . |
| 21 | This was set against a background of rocks , sand , barbed wire and empty ammunition boxes , with large amounts of fake snow sprayed over everything . |
| 22 | Baldwin 's reluctance had therefore to be set against a formidable opposition which had been allowed to solidify and organize itself in his absence . |
| 23 | It is generally argued , however , that the meaning " world " of is a post-Biblical development , and a mere possibility in the relationship of parallelistic lines ( " greater precision " ) can not be set against a linguistic certainty . |
| 24 | Its design is based around a huge central medallion , encircled by 16 smaller lob-medallions , set against a field of the most intricately articulated palmettes , floral sprays and islimi spirals ( pl. 32 ) . |
| 25 | The island 's strange beauty , however , was set against a background of racial and political conflict . |
| 26 | The argument is easier to appreciate when set against a non-monetarized society . |
| 27 | When the amplification programme is altered to LS-PCR conditions , the same male specific band of amplification is apparent but is now set against a background of RAPD products ( Lanes C to F ) . |
| 28 | Bold stripes in any one of six colours are set against a crisp white background . |
| 29 | So in that first year , at ten percent , you 'd be given a capital allowance of five hundred pounds , to be set against a profit of four hundred pounds . |
| 30 | Below This pleasant pool is set against a a background of water-worn limestone rockwork . |