Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to this view , against the great strengths of Keynes 's principle of effective demand should be set the evident weaknesses of his supply-side analysis . |
| 2 | Against this claim must be set the fact that many of the early ecologists were not , in any significant sense , evolutionists ; for all practical purposes they were still dealing with an essentially static world view . |
| 3 | At its next meeting , SSC would be setting the wage increase . |
| 4 | Against such examples of blatant petty mindedness must be set the tone of sympathetic understanding adopted by Lord Gorell and those closest to him in the RCM. the letter he sent out to regional chairmen and secretaries in December 1942 , is a fair indication of his philosophy : |
| 5 | Against these points must be set the fatalism with which Law watched his country drift into civil war ; the patriotic party became begetters of rebellion , the party of order suborned crime and mutiny , and the leader of the opposition in parliament approved and supported the destruction of both the practice and the authority of parliament . |
| 6 | Against the sometimes successful upward negotiation of wages by some groups of urban artisans must be set the long persistence of " customary " rates in other trades . |
| 7 | ‘ Guides should be setting the example and I think we should think about the way we put adventure first . ’ |
| 8 | Their purpose would be to set a timetable for the conversion of British cars to low-octane fuel . |
| 9 | A practice with more patients needing expensive medicines will be set a larger amount . |
| 10 | Do n't you think that Britain 's bosses should be setting an example , and paying themselves similar increases to that that they pay their workforce ? |
| 11 | Against these objections must be set the advantages of the rating system : payment is difficult to avoid , income is predictable , and collection is cheap and easy . |