Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Subjects mattered , but only when set against the needs of the individual child within contemporary society .
2 Analyzed within Becker 's framework , insider dealing and , indeed , other conflict abuse , yields sizeable profits , especially when set against the low risk of detection .
3 Glass shelves are often particularly effective , especially when set in a mirrored alcove , and lit from above or below , or both .
4 In fact , it is basically seen as the professionals banding together to protect their own — especially so when set against the various Royal College of Surgeons ' statements that testing of patients after operative accidents is reasonable whether or not the patient agrees .
5 It ionizes , causes the current to be completed and then that sets off the alarm .
6 Head large , with large eyes facing forwards and set in a flattened facial disc , whose feathers usually conceal the short hooked bill .
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