Example sentences of "set [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , she 'd spent most of her life flying solo , protecting herself from the rest of the world behind high barriers ; now , after risking and losing all in one fell swoop , she 'd simply have to set about the painful business of re-erecting those walls . |
| 2 | And do n't you think , he 'd like to score a happy marriage to set against the other one ? ’ |
| 3 | Yet these are small gains to set against the many reverses the right has suffered since Mr de Klerk started to undo apartheid . |
| 4 | Against Ireland the English backs showed wit , poise , passing skills and pace enough to set against the best . |
| 5 | Critics tried to rescue older notions of ‘ community ’ or ‘ citizenship ’ to set against the competitive values of the Thatcher government — only to discover that the latter was highly adept in taking over these themes itself in such areas as housing , education , and ‘ neighbourhood watch ’ crime-prevention schemes , partly as a weapon against left-wing local authorities . |
| 6 | The next section traces the traditional arguments for and against health care markets to set against the peculiar hybrid that was introduced into the NHS . |
| 7 | Before the main feature , however , there were a couple of important sideshows to set before the drenched assembly in the shape of the Plate and Bowl finals . |
| 8 | I have thus found the study of pupil deviance a fertile valley for optimism to set beside the forbidding mountain-like permanence of theories of gender reproduction . |
| 9 | Make repairs using glue in a period when no one will be using the stairs , to give the glue time to set without the joint flexing . |
| 10 | Set between the mighty River Severn and the scenic grace of the River Wye , The Royal Forest of Dean , for centuries the hunting ground of Kings , is rich in customs and traditions . |
| 11 | Set between the main road and the lake front promenade , the hotel is about five minutes walk from Malcesine 's centre . |
| 12 | Set between the shuttered window of the best room and the lower edge of the yard wall , the chamber sank back into the building like a huge stone tunnel . |
| 13 | However in applications where the load is likely to fluctuate the timings must he set for the worst conditions ( i.e. largest load ) and the control scheme is then non-optimal for all other loads . |
| 14 | The sun will set for the last time on RAF Hereford in July 1994 . |
| 15 | A panel of experts , appointed by the Council of Europe last November to advise the Community , found that some European states have yet to develop rules on recourse to DNA analysis in forensic work — a shortcoming they set as the first priority . |
| 16 | In the second release , set for the first quarter of 1994 , comprehensive internetwork management capabilities will be added , enabling the network management system to discover , display and maintain the physical and logical topology of all major network devices automatically . |
| 17 | A spokesman at IBM Corp 's East European headquarters in Vienna claimed that the company exceeded the internal sales targets set for the first quarter of 1993 , and succeeded in increasing its turnover in the region by around 30% when compared with the same period last year . |
| 18 | STING has a new single , album and dates set for the New Year . |
| 19 | Malaysia 's Industrial Master plan also represents such thinking , though many question whether the goals set for the twelve priority sectors of development strategy can be achieved . |
| 20 | DEC Mips-Ultrix , HP HP-UX , IBM AIX and Silicon Graphics Irix versions are due in January , with Solaris 2. x and DEC AXP-OSF/1 implementations set for the second quarter . |
| 21 | The first model is the Night Hawk 5800 , set for the fourth quarter , upgradable from the 4800 . |
| 22 | Set for the fourth quarter , prices are thought to be in the $200,000 range . |
| 23 | ICL HAILS VIKING — NEW SPARC MODELS SET FOR THE THIRD QUARTER , INTEL BOXES DUE IN JULY |
| 24 | Set amid the creaking staircases and small bedrooms of small English guesthouses , ‘ The Tourist Trap ’ peeps through the keyhole of English respectability into a dimly-lit back room of voyeurism , deception and lies . |
| 25 | Set against the verdant tracery of mature trees , and the glinting spread of a glassy lake in the background , the house took on a warm roseate glow in the fading light of the evening sun . |
| 26 | Stephen and Bloom are brought together in the final stages of Ulysses so that at last the space of desperation can be closed , the vertical pull of Stephen 's iron ambition , set against the downward sucking force of Blooms ordinariness . |
| 27 | Set against the neat rationality of these advantages must be the particular difficulties of planning in education . |
| 28 | Set against the enduring strength of the city 's architecture and way of life , the film reflects an attitude that you would recognise even now in Marchmont and the New Town . |
| 29 | Set against the high side-window of the open car and the evening sky , the effect was extraordinary , the portrait , Flavia thought she saw , of Isabella d'Este . |
| 30 | Set against the British Rail 's as yet unapproved plans for a single specially constructed high speed line between the Channel Tunnel and London look rather modest although work is underway to electrify the three main trunk routes between London and Glasgow to take trains at up to 225kph . |