Example sentences of "[noun sg] set against the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And do n't you think , he 'd like to score a happy marriage to set against the other one ? ’ |
| 2 | His real problem , though , is with the film 's director , Alan Parker , who once made a thriller set against the American black civil rights struggle — with two white heroes . |
| 3 | In the West its enormous popularity was as a love story set against the epic background of the Revolution and its aftermath . |
| 4 | A whirlwind affair set against the romantic backdrop of the Seville Expo in southern Spain that by the law of averages had n't really stood a chance from the off . |
| 5 | The door opened , and her presentiments were realised as someone moved stealthily across the carpeted floor , the narrow beam of a torch flitting over the low couch and the bureau set against the far wall . |