Example sentences of "set against [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A single regional band could not be applied to Yorkshire , with council tax prices set against a regional band for , say , London and the south-east . |
| 2 | Yet , such criticism has to be set against a long-term investment programme — including direct job creation — worth four times the value of the federal payroll cuts . |
| 3 | The argument is easier to appreciate when set against a non-monetarized society . |
| 4 | Those wingborne came only in historic aircraft and the flying display was a vivid expression of the joys of classic aircraft set against a near-perfect sky and on a landing ground new to the late 20th Century . |
| 5 | A tiny grubby finger will be pointing at a poor pen-and-ink line drawing of a ‘ polecat with young ’ , set against a blue number seven . |
| 6 | This hotel is set against a pleasant backdrop of tree-covered slopes . |
| 7 | Giverny is an Art Nouveau design inspired by the flowers from Monet 's famous garden , using bright florals set against a deep background . |
| 8 | A strategical handicap of increased dependence on imported food and the incalculable cultural loss involved in commitment to an overwhelmingly industrial society were other results to be set against a higher standard of living for the majority . |
| 9 | The subject had been explored in The Trumpet-Major and stories such as ‘ The melancholy hussar of the German legion ’ but it now began to take shape as a verse drama of epic proportions in which the historical story of Napoleon 's rise and fall was set against a reflective commentary on man 's ‘ place in the universe ’ . |
| 10 | Baldwin 's reluctance had therefore to be set against a formidable opposition which had been allowed to solidify and organize itself in his absence . |
| 11 | It is generally argued , however , that the meaning " world " of is a post-Biblical development , and a mere possibility in the relationship of parallelistic lines ( " greater precision " ) can not be set against a linguistic certainty . |
| 12 | The refund may therefore be spread over the remaining expected service lives of current employees who are members and set against the regular cost for those years . |
| 13 | It is now a grand little farmhouse forming part of a courtyard together with its outbuildings and set against the prevailing wind from the northwest . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is a family history that becomes much more interesting when set against the wider background of the local history of an important industry . |
| 16 | Analyzed within Becker 's framework , insider dealing and , indeed , other conflict abuse , yields sizeable profits , especially when set against the low risk of detection . |
| 17 | Some , however , have found the so-called ‘ Beaux-Arts ’ style , for all its academic rigour and perfection of proportion to be too correct , bloodless , and buttoned-up when set against the free-flowing eclecticism of some other contemporary stations . |
| 18 | Although the disc 's sun is but an orbiting moonlet , its prominences hardly bigger than croquet hoops , this slight drawback must be set against the tremendous sight of Great A'Tuin the Turtle , upon Whose-ancient and meteor-riddled shell the disc ultimately rests . |
| 19 | What follows is a description of a typical general practice , but this description should be set against the increasing stratification of legal practice in England and Wales . |
| 20 | Our resort this year is in the Catalan region , with historic old towns contrasting with modern holiday resorts all set against the picturesque backdrop of the snow-capped Pyrenees . |
| 21 | The argument that ‘ conversion ’ to tuberculin positivity by BCG may hinder diagnosis of tuberculosis should surely be set against the laborious surveillance by periodic tuberculin testing and treatment with ( not entirely innocuous ) drugs if positivity should develop . |
| 22 | In the West its enormous popularity was as a love story set against the epic background of the Revolution and its aftermath . |
| 23 | Richly atmospheric , ‘ Bondagers ’ is set against the sprawling landscape of the 1860's borders farms in Scotland . |
| 24 | Richly atmospheric , ‘ Bondagers ’ is set against the sprawling landscape of the 1860s borders farms . |
| 25 | You will find that each sheet then has a small black mark in the centre of the long side , and this can be set against the centralising mark that your punch must have ( if it does n't , do n't buy it ) . |
| 26 | A series of large , bold drawings — often in mixed media — contrast the awkward , stumpy dog handlers with the finely bred elegance of their charges , set against the floodlit drama of the track itself . |
| 27 | To be set against the longitudinal study is the greater cost although , of course , the basic need to define population and sample is common to both . |
| 28 | Romance , in his novels , is set against the inconvenient intervention of reality taking the form of chance . |
| 29 | The Soviet Union 's clear lead over the USA in manned , especially long duration , space flights on the Mir space station , the ninth of which began on May 18 , 1991 , was increasingly being set against the scientific value of cheaper unmanned space probes , even though these were also subject to financial cutbacks . |
| 30 | 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 . |