Example sentences of "be set [adv prt] against [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He described how the ladder was to be set up against the wire , how people were to clamber over and how they were to swing themselves clear through the gap at the end . |
| 2 | Moreover , a similar or larger proportion claim either to enjoy the frequent change of tasks and environment , the flexibility of " temping " and of being able to take spells off between assignments , or to have commitments which make continuous working impossible ; even if , as one recent survey ( Manpower , 1986 ) showed , this was Sometimes to be set off against a feeling of employment insecurity . |
| 3 | The balance on a client account may not be set off against a sum owed to LCH on any other kind of account . |
| 4 | There , it is provided that there shall be set off against the tax charged on any amount treated by virtue of the section as income of the settlor for any year an amount equal to : 1 . |
| 5 | In the September 1992 issue of ACCOUNTANCY ( see p 111 ) , we reported a case before the Court of Appeal in which the Court was asked to make a declaration as to whether MS Fashions Ltd and MS Fashions ( Wholesale ) Ltd could be required to pay to Touche Ross , the liquidator of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International , the whole of a combined overdraft of £600,000 , or whether a deposit with BCCI by Mr Sarwar of £300,000 , which had been used as a security for the overdrafts , could be set off against the sum of £600,000 under Rule 4.90 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 . |
| 6 | Where there have been mutual credits , debts or other mutual dealings between a company before it goes into liquidation and any other creditors , Rule 4.90 provides that account should be taken of what is due from each party , and the sums due from one shall be set off against the sums due from the other . |
| 7 | Without any application to the court , the mortgagee , if his mortgage is a conveyance of the legal estate or ownership , may take possession ; but this course is hazardous , since he may be called upon in a redemption action to account strictly not only for profits actually received by him , but also for those which he might but for his default have received , and all such profits , so far as they exceed the interest due for the time being , must be set off against the principal . |