Example sentences of "[be] set against the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A strong balance sheet and attractive business mix must be set against the absence of any recovery in its major markets . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The role of day care needs to be set against the background of other services . |
| 5 | But Mr Bull said the good news must be set against the closure of seven groups and the fact that the number of new members fell slightly short of the 1991 targeted figure due to the onset of the recession . |
| 6 | Illicit drug use also has to be set against the context of prescribed drug-taking . |
| 7 | Thus at this stage the customer 's needs are being set against the cost of materials and labour , the manufacturing capacity of the production department , and issues such as quality levels . |
| 8 | Scheffau is set against the backdrop of the stunning Ellmauer Halt , the highest peak in the Wilder Kaiser mountain range . |
| 9 | When Bourdieu 's approach is set against the range of other approaches discussed in this chapter , certain highly divergent tendencies become evident . |
| 10 | Their Artistic Director , Emelie Fitzgibbon , directs this specially-commissioned play which is set against the background of the Medieval Crusades . |
| 11 | This book is set against the breakdown of the pattern in recent times , the next will concentrate on peasants who have moved to the city . |
| 12 | Sheriff John Young told Middleton , 36 , of Monkchester Road , Walker , that the sentence was set against the background of a well-planned bank raid . |