Example sentences of "set against [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the point where a number of difficult areas converge : society 's ambivalence about sexuality and people with learning difficulties ; a tradition of segregation ; a lingering concern about eugenics ; a shameful history of ( enforced ) sterilisation ; a proper concern about vulnerable children ; and their right to due protection from neglect and abuse — set against an increasing recognition that people with learning difficulties should enjoy the same rights to an ordinary life in our society as anyone else , including the rights to be parents . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Set against the neat rationality of these advantages must be the particular difficulties of planning in education . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Set against the sweeping backdrop of adventure on the high seas , TREASURE ISLAND charts a boy 's search for treasure in a time of danger and piracy . |