Example sentences of "[noun] set against the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His real problem , though , is with the film 's director , Alan Parker , who once made a thriller set against the American black civil rights struggle — with two white heroes . |
| 2 | With its sights set against the established social and political order , it was further estranged from those newspapers which were able to participate in the reporting and gossip of metropolitan politics . |
| 3 | In the West its enormous popularity was as a love story set against the epic background of the Revolution and its aftermath . |
| 4 | A whirlwind affair set against the romantic backdrop of the Seville Expo in southern Spain that by the law of averages had n't really stood a chance from the off . |
| 5 | The TGAT Report ( DES 1987 ) on testing within the National Curriculum has suggested that parents be helped by having schools ' published test results set against the socio-economic circumstances of the pupils . |
| 6 | The door opened , and her presentiments were realised as someone moved stealthily across the carpeted floor , the narrow beam of a torch flitting over the low couch and the bureau set against the far wall . |
| 7 | First , what are the world 's protected areas and how many square miles set against the 54,807,420 square miles of the earth 's land surface ? |