Example sentences of "[adv] set against [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against Ireland the English backs showed wit , poise , passing skills and pace enough to set against the best . |
| 2 | The early days of apartheid get rewritten as one ( white ) boy 's mythical slugfest for justice , all set against a backdrop of Big Scenery , psycho-Nazi Afrikaners , good-natured English liberals and nobly suffering blacks . |
| 3 | It would mean a reduced workload for you so I honestly ca n't see why you 're so set against the idea . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're so set against the idea . ’ |
| 5 | Why are you so set against the idea ? |
| 6 | Situated on the lakeside , this extremely popular hotel is prettily set against a backdrop of the spectacular green mountainside , and overlooks Riva 's main square , harbour and steamer landing stage . |
| 7 | Hours spent waiting for instructions , wet time , and working on unbonussed operations would be included in total hours worked , but not set against the target hours . |
| 8 | When the amplification programme is altered to LS-PCR conditions , the same male specific band of amplification is apparent but is now set against a background of RAPD products ( Lanes C to F ) . |
| 9 | Still floppy from giggling they were careful to avoid catching each other 's eye , but there was warmth and repose enough there to set against the hardness of the day 's demands . |
| 10 | The size of figure represented on the card which an individual child can discriminate is then set against the information in the conversion table which indicates the correct text size usable by the child , as well as indicating the visual aid needed when reading certain print sizes at specific distances . |
| 11 | Such may possibly have been the motive behind the creation of the muftilik of Cyprus , but the case for the argument seems stronger in isolation than it does when set against the fact that by 979/1571 the creation of such joint muderris/muftiliks appears to have become quite a common practice . |