Example sentences of "[prep] [be] set against the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Political analysts noted that Bush 's problems were compounded by the absence of non-economic issues to be set against the recession . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The benefits in earnings terms from devaluation have to be set against the increase in these liabilities . |
| 4 | Moreover all of them have to be set against the background of the changing pressures on industry deriving from wider changes in the national and international economy . |
| 5 | The role of day care needs to be set against the background of other services . |
| 6 | There is , however , no evidence that Ali Kuscu succeeded Molla Husrev , and Uzuncarsili 's statement that he had been transferred to the Ayasofya medrese ( which is not mentioned in the needs to be set against the report that Ali Kuscu accompanied Mehmed II on the campaign against Uzun Hasan ( began Shawwal 877/March 1473 ) and was appointed to the Ayasofya medrese only on their return ( mid-878/autumn 1473 ) . |
| 7 | You will need to warn management of the potentially adverse effects of refusing to appear or to comment and this will need to be set against the fact that having a valid argument does not always guarantee a sympathetic audience . |
| 8 | Illicit drug use also has to be set against the context of prescribed drug-taking . |