Example sentences of "[be] set against the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If clarification requests are divided into just two categories , potential ( being those categories where the listener actively contributes to the negotiation by introducing new information ) , and simple ( the remaining categories ) , and these are set against the number of inadequate messages produced , a number of interesting findings emerges . |
| 2 | And obviously some compromise must be struck as , for example , in the case of transport , where undoubtedly the need and desire for mobility and the distances involved in travel have to be set against the knowledge that roads pollute and fast cars kill . |
| 3 | Political analysts noted that Bush 's problems were compounded by the absence of non-economic issues to be set against the recession . |
| 4 | Rutherford said , ‘ Tell me , then , who in this age of miracles can be set against the master designer of Stonehenge ? ’ |
| 5 | The relief can be set against the investor 's other income in that tax year or carried back three years or carried forward . |
| 6 | The benefits in earnings terms from devaluation have to be set against the increase in these liabilities . |
| 7 | The tax is not in fact ACT , so can not be set against the company 's mainstream corporation tax liability . |
| 8 | Similarly tomorrow 's hopes for the child must be set against the understanding shown today . |
| 9 | A strong balance sheet and attractive business mix must be set against the absence of any recovery in its major markets . |
| 10 | There is , however , no evidence that Ali Kuscu succeeded Molla Husrev , and Uzuncarsili 's statement that he had been transferred to the Ayasofya medrese ( which is not mentioned in the needs to be set against the report that Ali Kuscu accompanied Mehmed II on the campaign against Uzun Hasan ( began Shawwal 877/March 1473 ) and was appointed to the Ayasofya medrese only on their return ( mid-878/autumn 1473 ) . |
| 11 | If ACT can not be set against the balance on deferred taxation account and recovery is not assured without reasonable doubt the balance must be written off . |
| 12 | Moreover all of them have to be set against the background of the changing pressures on industry deriving from wider changes in the national and international economy . |
| 13 | The role of day care needs to be set against the background of other services . |
| 14 | You will need to warn management of the potentially adverse effects of refusing to appear or to comment and this will need to be set against the fact that having a valid argument does not always guarantee a sympathetic audience . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Illicit drug use also has to be set against the context of prescribed drug-taking . |
| 17 | Thus at this stage the customer 's needs are being set against the cost of materials and labour , the manufacturing capacity of the production department , and issues such as quality levels . |
| 18 | Scheffau is set against the backdrop of the stunning Ellmauer Halt , the highest peak in the Wilder Kaiser mountain range . |
| 19 | Omit the baskets on one side for a buffet table if it is set against the wall |
| 20 | When Bourdieu 's approach is set against the range of other approaches discussed in this chapter , certain highly divergent tendencies become evident . |
| 21 | Their Artistic Director , Emelie Fitzgibbon , directs this specially-commissioned play which is set against the background of the Medieval Crusades . |
| 22 | The size of barrier needed is set against the need to maintain volumes . |
| 23 | This book is set against the breakdown of the pattern in recent times , the next will concentrate on peasants who have moved to the city . |
| 24 | Mr Dick Cheney , who now has the job , has always voted for rail-Mx , but that does not mean he is set against the Midgetman . |
| 25 | This was set against the teaching and learning which the Inspectorate had observed in their school sample . |
| 26 | Sheriff John Young told Middleton , 36 , of Monkchester Road , Walker , that the sentence was set against the background of a well-planned bank raid . |