Example sentences of "off against " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , this is a passage of interpretive description of a Van Gogh self-portrait : ‘ … his emaciated , luminous head with its burning eyes set off against a whirlpool of darkness . |
| 2 | Here is a passage about a picture by Judy Rifka : ‘ In Square Dress , a dancer , seen from above , is set off against an exuberant field of abstract color patches and architecturally evocative lines and circles . |
| 3 | The outstanding ties are the visit of Barnet , who almost made the Fourth Division twice in recent seasons , to Cambridge City 's four-year-old stadium ; a derby between Dover and Folkestone , who had four players sent off against Redhill in the previous round ; and , by a nice coincidence , the meeting of Bishop Auckland , defectors to the HFS Loans League , and South Bank , loyal to their roots , almost exactly a century on from their historic match . |
| 4 | As the game became more popular in the 1880s lack of regulation enabled the best footballers to play clubs off against one another and bid up their own wages . |
| 5 | You need to present a united front and avoid taking sides or playing one child off against the other . |
| 6 | He is said by reliable sources to be negotiating with both the US and Iran for compensation to give up the business , playing one nation off against the other . |
| 7 | They include asking whether various capital losses could be written off against property companies owned by BAe ; whether the Government was aware of BAe 's attempts to use leasing companies to defray indirectly further tax bills ; and what was the total trading tax loss written off . |
| 8 | Without any application to the court , the mortgagee , if his mortgage is a conveyance of the legal estate or ownership , may take possession ; but this course is hazardous , since he may be called upon in a redemption action to account strictly not only for profits actually received by him , but also for those which he might but for his default have received , and all such profits , so far as they exceed the interest due for the time being , must be set off against the principal . |
| 9 | What is it that so movingly draws so many people — his innocent , childlike way , the stony visual he projects , set off against his highly visible symptoms ? |
| 10 | He accepts that it has to be traded off against the 25 per cent improvement in fuel consumption and longer engine life . |
| 11 | All employers who meet childcare costs can set these off against their liability for corporation tax . |
| 12 | This is the clearest indication , apart from Beatrice 's column in The New Age , that Beatrice was playing Max off against Modigliani . |
| 13 | And of course I 've seen her blazing in that dress of hers when she kicked off against someone . |
| 14 | By directing the pointer at a particular star , its altitude could be read off against the scale on the rim to an accuracy of about one degree . |
| 15 | Instead , the earnings in your new job will usually be set off against what you have lost . |
| 16 | Social security benefits will be set off against your loss ; the relevant rules are contained in detailed regulations . |
| 17 | If it was clearly intended that the ex gratia sum should include an element to cover the basic award , it will be set off against that award , but not otherwise . |
| 18 | The attendance allowance , being payable as of right , must be declared as income for tax purposes , but any expenses wholly and necessarily incurred in the performance of the duty ( and not otherwise reimbursed ) may be set off against it . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've never been more depressed than the time I was sent off against Hibs . |
| 20 | It is mildly blasphemous , too , to be sent into this breathing world with trillions and trillions of brain-cells , all anxious to fire and to titillate , and to shutter them off against the more vigorous half of human thought . |
| 21 | As more JARs become part of harmonisation regulation we hope that this work and associated costs will diminish in the next year or so , and the cost of work on JARs must be set off against work not needed on BCARs . |
| 22 | One Kenya Masai official , believing that there was ‘ a case for the preservation of this people in a fairly pure state as a set off against more politically minded peoples ’ , asked for a doctor to be stationed at Kajiado for this purpose . |
| 23 | I said that someone in Montefiore 's position should check his facts before sounding off , and advised him to campaign for more resources all round instead of trying to trade one disadvantaged group off against another . |
| 24 | Troy Coker heads for home after being sent off against Bath at the Stoop . |
| 25 | Daley , he believes , would have helped England beat France and then Taylor would n't have had to pull Gary Lineker off against Sweden . |
| 26 | Thirteen-goal Trevor Morley is suspended after being sent off against Reggiana and Bonds must decide whether to play Clive Allen alone upfront or give rookie striker Steve Jones his first team debut . |
| 27 | Abstract 3's intention was for companies to include , in their calculation of a gain or loss on disposal of a business , any goodwill previously written off against reserves . |
| 28 | Enterprise Computer Holdings , for instance , in its p&l account to 31 March 1992 , includes ‘ purchased goodwill previously written off against reserves ’ , cancelled out a few lines later by an equal and opposite amount under ‘ reinstatement of goodwill written off above ’ . |
| 29 | They were written off against unit sales over the royalty periods . |
| 30 | In the September 1992 issue of ACCOUNTANCY ( see p 111 ) , we reported a case before the Court of Appeal in which the Court was asked to make a declaration as to whether MS Fashions Ltd and MS Fashions ( Wholesale ) Ltd could be required to pay to Touche Ross , the liquidator of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International , the whole of a combined overdraft of £600,000 , or whether a deposit with BCCI by Mr Sarwar of £300,000 , which had been used as a security for the overdrafts , could be set off against the sum of £600,000 under Rule 4.90 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 . |