Example sentences of "set against [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To arrive at a salary that produces no income tax liability above the 25% rate , account has to be taken of the revised reliefs to set against the salary . |
| 2 | Still floppy from giggling they were careful to avoid catching each other 's eye , but there was warmth and repose enough there to set against the hardness of the day 's demands . |
| 3 | Set against the background of inflation this rise is less impressive than it looks at first sight . |
| 4 | Set against the background of the 300-year old home of the Duke of Buccleuch , the event attracted top competitors from all over the world including British National champion , George Bowman of Penrith . |
| 5 | Set against the resentment which their greed aroused , the administrative reforms which the younger Despenser together with the Chancellor Robert Baldock and the Treasurer Walter Stapleton implemented between 1322 and 1326 were of little political significance , despite the fact that some of their measures , such as the reduction in the financial independence of the Wardrobe , had formed part of the Ordainers ' programme in 1310 . |
| 6 | Such may possibly have been the motive behind the creation of the muftilik of Cyprus , but the case for the argument seems stronger in isolation than it does when set against the fact that by 979/1571 the creation of such joint muderris/muftiliks appears to have become quite a common practice . |
| 7 | Its design is based around a huge central medallion , encircled by 16 smaller lob-medallions , set against a field of the most intricately articulated palmettes , floral sprays and islimi spirals ( pl. 32 ) . |
| 8 | So in that first year , at ten percent , you 'd be given a capital allowance of five hundred pounds , to be set against a profit of four hundred pounds . |
| 9 | This is because there is no equivalent of group relief for capital losses , that is to say although group relievable items as defined in s403 TA 1988 can be set against a claimant company 's profits , including chargeable gains , there is no facility , in the inverse situation , for surrendering capital losses against profits of another group company . |
| 10 | By the late neolithic , Knossian house plans had become quite elaborate , with square fireplaces set against a wall or in the centre of the room , and with neighbouring dwellings juxtaposed to make a cellular layout familiar in Early Minoan villages such as Fournou Korifi ( Myrtos ) and the temples that were to be built in the Middle Minoan . |
| 11 | The revaluation resulted in a £102.7m write-down , set against a revaluation reserve of £84m . |
| 12 | Would it be set against a Schedule E liability in the year the guarantee was made , or against the Schedule E liability in the year the payment was made ? |
| 13 | All this romantic angst is set against a backdrop of rural Irish life and IRA exploits . |
| 14 | On a modest few hours climbing we had sampled two new crags and climbed fine routes — a melange of anxiety , adventure and delight set against a backdrop of a wild , lonely coastline . |
| 15 | The early days of apartheid get rewritten as one ( white ) boy 's mythical slugfest for justice , all set against a backdrop of Big Scenery , psycho-Nazi Afrikaners , good-natured English liberals and nobly suffering blacks . |
| 16 | Situated on the lakeside , this extremely popular hotel is prettily set against a backdrop of the spectacular green mountainside , and overlooks Riva 's main square , harbour and steamer landing stage . |
| 17 | He liked the idea of a hidden and unrequited love set against a backdrop of Crimean scenery , and he developed this theme both in his poetry and in his life . |
| 18 | There is little agreement as to what the concept of integration implies , and the whole process is set against a backdrop of rapidly shifting opinion as to the legitimate scope of environmental policy itself . |
| 19 | Suddenly the road grew wider and the trees were left behind as they reached a small town of almost glaringly white buildings set against a backdrop of hills and fronted by a tiny harbour . |
| 20 | The apartments are set against a mountain backdrop and the views are superb ; it 's hard to believe that the discos , lively bars and general hustle of Benitses are only a five to ten minute walk away . |
| 21 | The draw ceremony was conducted seductively by Sophia Loren , operatically by Pavarotti , efficiently by Joseph Blatter , the Fifa general-secretary , and set against a background of studied chaos which would have done credit to a film by Fellini . |
| 22 | This creature is set against a background recalling the Somme 1916 ( shell craters , explosions , etc ) . |
| 23 | However , the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars , while significant struggles and in the case of the latter conflict involving savage warfare in Manchuria anticipating the kind of warfare to be seen in Europe between 1914 and 1918 , did not constitute a confrontation between two superpowers set against a background of vitriolic suspicion and rivalry , as happened in 1950 . |
| 24 | This was set against a background of rocks , sand , barbed wire and empty ammunition boxes , with large amounts of fake snow sprayed over everything . |
| 25 | The island 's strange beauty , however , was set against a background of racial and political conflict . |
| 26 | When the amplification programme is altered to LS-PCR conditions , the same male specific band of amplification is apparent but is now set against a background of RAPD products ( Lanes C to F ) . |
| 27 | The government 's desire to play down the incident was set against a background of high political tension fuelled over recent months by widespread protests against austerity and official corruption and the persistent rumours that a repeat of the February military coup attempt was imminent [ see pp. 38759-60 ; 39048 ] . |
| 28 | The relief can be set against the investor 's other income in that tax year or carried back three years or carried forward . |
| 29 | The tax is not in fact ACT , so can not be set against the company 's mainstream corporation tax liability . |
| 30 | And the fact that she had sent him away before he 'd had time to betray her was cold comfort , set against the enormity of that loss . |