Example sentences of "set [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mergers between potential rivals , on the other hand , will almost certainly have adverse effects on market performance to set against any gains accruing from co-operative R&D . |
| 2 | The tariffs set for these appellants |
| 3 | Set against these deficiencies is the fact that psychiatry — if only by dint of the accumulated experience that comes from having to observe the more unusual among us — has developed a ‘ language of symptoms ’ that can prove useful in throwing the features of that deviance into high relief . |
| 4 | Set against these anti-Marketeers have been the Labour Euro-enthusiasts . |
| 5 | Set against these differences however , is the presence , in both , of crowstep pattern and swastika-peltae ( in the central panel at Chedworth ) , as well as an arrangement of concentric . |
| 6 | Set against these factors was a good range of books from publishers — quality titles at all levels offering entertainment and value for money — efficiently supplied by wholesalers . |
| 7 | Set against these developments , soccer hooliganism may be interpreted as ‘ attempts by certain sections of the class to assert some inarticulate , but keenly experienced sense of control over the game that was theirs ’ ( Taylor , 1971a:163 ) . |
| 8 | Set against these points is the maintenance problem ; softwood doors need regular decoration to keep rot at bay , and even hardwoods require regular treatment with preservative and stain to keep them in good condition . |
| 9 | Set against these points is the familiar maintenance problem : softwood windows need regular decoration to keep rot at bay , and even hardwoods require regular treatment with preservative and stain to keep then in good condition . |
| 10 | Mr Bell said : ‘ My programme has been set for many weeks and every day is tied up . ’ |
| 11 | On the other hand if the strategies of parental involvement are n't thoroughly and frequently reviewed then the scene is set for all sorts of problems to arise . |
| 12 | The saltire mosaic from Ashcroft Houses , Cirencester , also suggests some affinity with the geometric decoration of mosaics at Woodchester and Withington ( see above ) , and yet , set against such comparisons , is the complete absence from the latter sites of arrangements of interlaced squares or saltires . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The target date should be set against these events and progress monitored at each stage . |
| 15 | These standards are normally set with several objectives in mind : |
| 16 | It was about twenty-five miles west of Paris , set in several acres of grounds with tall trees , and it was not at all what she had expected . |
| 17 | Edelweiss Hotel 19th Century Country House set in own gardens and woodlands and tucked away in central Colwyn Bay . |
| 18 | A tastefully extended and refurbished Victorian building set in own grounds with views over open countryside and yet within easy driving distance of Birmingham and the NEC . |
| 19 | Questions set on these lines have good diagnostic potential . |
| 20 | Some limits had to be set to such claims ; and the selection of such limits , being essentially a matter of policy , was one which the legislature alone is equipped to make . |
| 21 | The department to examine their homework policy and look at what is being set to all pupils but especially the examination candidates . |
| 22 | All the same , a cognition is what it feels like , set among these flowers , these stabbing rods of light , these solemn sacerdotal periods , this indisputable lump in the throat . |
| 23 | The equality of marginal revenue and marginal cost requires therefore that the price set by all firms is given by |
| 24 | On the amount of damages , Mr Lightman said the Court of Appeal had a special responsibility to bear in mind the ‘ dangerous precedent ’ which could be set by such awards , and added that in this case the award was out of all proportion to the alleged libel . |
| 25 | To be already known and understood gives an obvious head-start but since this is a particular sort of meeting , disciplined boundaries and clear objectives need to be set by both parties . |
| 26 | Two weeks later comes the West End début of an actress who has been brightening the fringe and television sets for several years now : 26-year old Serena Gordon . |
| 27 | They include 35mm slide packs on subjects such as the home front and women at war , photographs of wartime London and the Battle of Britain , and postcard sets on such topics as fashion in the 1940s , wartime posters and World War I cartoons . |
| 28 | There were nineteenth century memoirs and occasionally they were quite revealing but it 's Lloyd George 's memoirs of the Great War , the First World War that set in many ways the modern pattern for old battles to be re-fought . |