Example sentences of "[noun] set against [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The business plan 's solution is to transfer existing reserves set against pre-1986 liabilities into a central pot . |
| 2 | Foliage will be as important as flower , and we 'll need to think about texture — rough leaves versus smooth ; tall spiky plants to set against rounded shapes and so on . |
| 3 | Described as ‘ a very English sort of whimsy ’ , his music is rich with 12-string washes of colour set against gentle keyboards and shuns the more industrial stadium rock extravaganza that is Genesis now . |
| 4 | An example of this can be seen in the list in Parsons and Steadman ( 1984 , pp. 43–50 ) of a school 's possible objectives set against possible means of achieving these . |
| 5 | The rugged Cuillins offer classic ridge walks — summer or winter — rock climbs on superb rock and spectacular views across to the islands set against fiery sunsets . |
| 6 | Socially , sodomy was repeatedly equated with heresy and political treason ; metaphysically , it was conceived as ‘ sexual contusion in whatever form ’ , a ‘ force of anarchic disorder set against divine Creation ’ , not a part of the created order but an aspect of its dissolution . |