Example sentences of "[modal v] be set against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What follows is a description of a typical general practice , but this description should be set against the increasing stratification of legal practice in England and Wales . |
| 2 | In return the USA reportedly dropped its demand for a further $700 million from Japan , representing sums paid to the United Kingdom , France , and the Arab states which Japan had insisted should be set against the original pledge of $9,000 million . |
| 3 | Such shortcomings must be set against the big truth — that today 's CAP is a supremely insidious way of extracting $85 billion from consumers within the EC , and queering the pitch for farmers everywhere else . |
| 4 | A strong balance sheet and attractive business mix must be set against the absence of any recovery in its major markets . |
| 5 | But Mr Bull said the good news must be set against the closure of seven groups and the fact that the number of new members fell slightly short of the 1991 targeted figure due to the onset of the recession . |
| 6 | Similarly tomorrow 's hopes for the child must be set against the understanding shown today . |
| 7 | These benefits must be set against the costs , measured in both financial and medical terms , so that a judgment can be made on whether the benefits justify the cost . |
| 8 | Although the disc 's sun is but an orbiting moonlet , its prominences hardly bigger than croquet hoops , this slight drawback must be set against the tremendous sight of Great A'Tuin the Turtle , upon Whose-ancient and meteor-riddled shell the disc ultimately rests . |
| 9 | The relief can be set against the investor 's other income in that tax year or carried back three years or carried forward . |
| 10 | Rutherford said , ‘ Tell me , then , who in this age of miracles can be set against the master designer of Stonehenge ? ’ |
| 11 | You will find that each sheet then has a small black mark in the centre of the long side , and this can be set against the centralising mark that your punch must have ( if it does n't , do n't buy it ) . |