Example sentences of "is set against the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | just as there is a tension between the evolutionary ups and downs of the hairy epileptic on the bed who ‘ Jacknifes upward ’ , and the shaving ‘ Sweeney Erect ’ , so there is set against the prostrate unreason indicated by ‘ The epileptic on the bed [ who ] / Curves backward , clutching at her sides , another woman who later walks upright : |
| 2 | The greatest computer show on earth , COMDEX/Fall ‘ 92 , is set against the glittering background of Las Vegas , Nevada USA . |
| 3 | Romance , in his novels , is set against the inconvenient intervention of reality taking the form of chance . |
| 4 | Richly atmospheric , ‘ Bondagers ’ is set against the sprawling landscape of the 1860's borders farms in Scotland . |
| 5 | Richly atmospheric , ‘ Bondagers ’ is set against the sprawling landscape of the 1860s borders farms . |
| 6 | ‘ Hopes And Fears ’ , an ocean of strings ( courtesy of The Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra ) , is set against the more pizzicato rhythms of ‘ Self ’ . |