Example sentences of "to set against [art] [adj] " 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 | And do n't you think , he 'd like to score a happy marriage to set against the other one ? ’ |
| 3 | Yet these are small gains to set against the many reverses the right has suffered since Mr de Klerk started to undo apartheid . |
| 4 | Against Ireland the English backs showed wit , poise , passing skills and pace enough to set against the best . |
| 5 | Critics tried to rescue older notions of ‘ community ’ or ‘ citizenship ’ to set against the competitive values of the Thatcher government — only to discover that the latter was highly adept in taking over these themes itself in such areas as housing , education , and ‘ neighbourhood watch ’ crime-prevention schemes , partly as a weapon against left-wing local authorities . |
| 6 | The next section traces the traditional arguments for and against health care markets to set against the peculiar hybrid that was introduced into the NHS . |