Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] set against " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Having come across no obvious Selina lookalike among the ladies , I found myself completing an editorial stress quiz , delete where inapplicable , in which your nicotine and alcohol consumption was set against various stress-donating hardships you might or might not be falling foul of . |
| 3 | The subject had been explored in The Trumpet-Major and stories such as ‘ The melancholy hussar of the German legion ’ but it now began to take shape as a verse drama of epic proportions in which the historical story of Napoleon 's rise and fall was set against a reflective commentary on man 's ‘ place in the universe ’ . |
| 4 | There is little agreement as to what the concept of integration implies , and the whole process is set against a backdrop of rapidly shifting opinion as to the legitimate scope of environmental policy itself . |
| 5 | Colour for summer ‘ 93 is defined by the trend towards naturals — skin tones , neutrals and pale legwear are set against outerwear 's neutral classics . |
| 6 | Deception is set against pretence , and the hypocrite , once exposed , is punished , exiled , or forgiven . |
| 7 | All this romantic angst is set against a backdrop of rural Irish life and IRA exploits . |
| 8 | This creature is set against a background recalling the Somme 1916 ( shell craters , explosions , etc ) . |
| 9 | ‘ During wind and rain ’ , in which memories of the past are set against present reality through contrasting images and metres , is one of the greatest of them ; but ‘ The oxen ’ , inspired by his nostalgia for the traditions of Christianity , is perhaps the most popular . |
| 10 | If there is a lesson to be learnt it is that success has been related to demonstrated achievement in a core of subjects … a qualification requiring a minimum level of achievement and minimum level of performance being set against specified standards . |
| 11 | When Bourdieu 's approach is set against the range of other approaches discussed in this chapter , certain highly divergent tendencies become evident . |
| 12 | The government 's desire to play down the incident was set against a background of high political tension fuelled over recent months by widespread protests against austerity and official corruption and the persistent rumours that a repeat of the February military coup attempt was imminent [ see pp. 38759-60 ; 39048 ] . |
| 13 | This book is set against the breakdown of the pattern in recent times , the next will concentrate on peasants who have moved to the city . |
| 14 | Scheffau is set against the backdrop of the stunning Ellmauer Halt , the highest peak in the Wilder Kaiser mountain range . |
| 15 | Below This pleasant pool is set against a a background of water-worn limestone rockwork . |
| 16 | The battle with his own fragile personality is set against his struggles with corrupt attorney , played by Jeff Goldblum . |
| 17 | What happens in many of the significant films that emerge after the war is that the claims of the community and the individual are set against each other , bringing together Ealing realism and Gainsborough melodrama in a tremendously fruitful , if brief and explosive , relationship . |
| 18 | The body is undoubtedly ply , which has a sort of push-me-pull-you reputation in this department — the benefits of low cost being set against the disadvantages of poorer tone-producing capabilities . |
| 19 | This hotel is set against a pleasant backdrop of tree-covered slopes . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | Sheriff John Young told Middleton , 36 , of Monkchester Road , Walker , that the sentence was set against the background of a well-planned bank raid . |
| 22 | My face is set against nothing ! |
| 23 | More typically , the Unionist belief in the Empire was set against the Liberal plans to break up the United Kingdom , as in the leaflet Under which flag ? of July 1914 : this made the comparison between Unionists who had fought in South Africa and Liberals who had been pro-Boer and who would now shoot loyal Ulstermen . |