Example sentences of "[be] set against [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Very broadly , what happens is that the budgeted amounts of expenditure are credited to appropriation accounts and then as expenditure is incurred debits are set against these credits . |
| 2 | The fact that future losses from punishment have to be set against current gains to defection implies that the rate at which a firm discounts the future will be important . |
| 3 | The target date should be set against these events and progress monitored at each stage . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | EFTA was to be just a free trade area ; as such , there was no agreement on barriers being set against third parties . |