Example sentences of "[be] set against [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the heavy cost of offshore exploration activity has until now been set against PRT , ’ he explained . |
| 2 | Static welfare losses that arise from departures from competition in output markets are set against longer-run , dynamic gains which may arise from an increase in the supply of innovations that come about in less than perfectly competitive markets . |
| 3 | Colour for summer ‘ 93 is defined by the trend towards naturals — skin tones , neutrals and pale legwear are set against outerwear 's neutral classics . |
| 4 | Fathers are set against children and children against parents . |
| 5 | But it can also be a foreign world to us , and to those whose faces are set against God it is a closed world . |
| 6 | Her deep involvement in the Falklands war and determination to retain British sovereignty over the islands has to be set against Britain 's negotiated return of Hong Kong to China with effect from 1997 and refusal to support or condemn the US invasion of Grenada ( part of the Commonwealth ) . |
| 7 | The UK Department of Trade & Industry on Monday licensed a new transatlantic telephone operator on Monday , and the company has now begun operating : Swiftcall Ltd is using lines that it leases from Mercury Communications Ltd with calls to be delivered in the US by Sprint Corp , and will charge between 25 pence and 28 pence a minute plus tax , with a sign-on fee of £1,000 for companies , £50 for residential subscribers , the fee to be set against call charges until it runs out ; Swiftcall founder Tom McCabe told the paper that even at 30% capacity , he could reach annual turnover of £10m and make a substantial profit ; he plans a £2m investment in the first three years and will run the service with a staff of four from the World Trade Centre , near the Tower of London . |
| 8 | In the UK most R & D costs have to be set against profit immediately , thus reducing profitability in the short term . |
| 9 | This self-evaluation ( which would be undertaken by every member of the school staff ) would then be set against priorities within the school . |
| 10 | This is seen most clearly in the song of Eliot 's Blackshirts , whose bitter irony should be set against remarks concerning the undesirability of too many free-thinking Jews in After Strange Gods . |
| 11 | After the war , Unionist candidates with commissions , good war records and decorations made the most of their advantages , especially when they could be set against opponents who had opposed the war or stayed at home . |
| 12 | The aim is to provide sufficient directional light to make the decorations sparkle , but they should be set against areas of soft shadow which will throw them into relief . |
| 13 | Consideration is requested for allowing a capital gains tax loss on a qualifying loan to a trader to be set against income , thereby encouraging investment in new businesses . |
| 14 | Under s393A TA 1988 , Case I trading losses may be set against profits of whatever description ( including chargeable gains ) , in the accounting period in which the losses are sustained and against profits from accounting periods falling within the preceding three years . |
| 15 | In anticipation of the agreement we would like to offer you an advance of 500 on signing the contract and a further advance of 500 on receipt of the manuscripts judged by us to be acceptable , both sums to be set against royalties . |
| 16 | One unremarked consequence for both sexes , for example , is that since wives ' allowances can henceforth be set against investment income , there will be more non-taxpayers among bank and building society depositors — and the composite rate of tax on their yield will then be reduced for everybody . |
| 17 | The sum should be set against code 120 862 496 . |
| 18 | For example , changes in the rate of taxation of company profits , or in the capital allowances which can be set against tax , are believed by many to significantly affect levels of investment . |
| 19 | However , such discrimination could be reduced , perhaps by raising the value of allowances ( e.g. on exploration costs , etc. ) that can be set against tax . |
| 20 | In the second method the expense charge is set at a constant percentage of the written down value ( WDV ) of the asset — the original cost less the cumulative depreciation charge — resulting in a diminishing absolute amount to be set against revenue . |
| 21 | In the second method the expense charge is set at a constant percentage of the written down value ( WDV ) of the asset — the original cost less the cumulative depreciation charge — resulting in a diminishing absolute amount to be set against revenue . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , reliance is still placed on that golden oldie film Twelve Angry Men , which offers possible archetypes — Henry Fonda 's 9,9 hero being set against Lee J. Cobb 's 9.1 bully boy . |
| 23 | Many of the BMA leaders have said that hospital is being set against hospital and doctor against doctor in the competitive process , yet they have produced few concrete examples , and a growing number of GPs are applying to become fundholders . |
| 24 | Deception is set against pretence , and the hypocrite , once exposed , is punished , exiled , or forgiven . |
| 25 | NAS chief executive Laurie Caple said : ‘ This expenditure is set against money raised in the private sector from sponsorship and our various income generation activities . ’ |
| 26 | Thus , William Hoare 's ‘ Christopher Anstey with his daughter Mary ’ ( c1779 ) is set against John Henshall 's ‘ Faither an' Mither an' A ’ ( 1908 ) . |
| 27 | Mr Ridley was set against Labour 's Gordon Brown , making an authoritative debut as Labour 's industry spokesman . |