Use "set against" in a sentence

1. Son set thy face against Zidon and prophesy against it.

2. Why set yourself against the people?

3. Not everyone was set against us.

4. Other popular matches set lions against tigers, or elephants against bears.

5. The civil war set brother against brother.

6. Set the sleeping child against his brother.

7. The plank was set against the wall.

8. The government are set against raising taxes.

9. You set an Alarm against unwanted intrusion

10. The bitter civil war set brother against brother.

11. 10 The plank was set against the wall.

12. Why are you so set against the idea?

13. Why are you so set against going to college?

14. Claims for expenses can be set off against tax.

15. It does, however, set out prohibitions against certain marriage relationships.

16. Diamonds look best when they are set against black cloth.

17. The doctors have set out their Arguments against the proposals

18. Attack definition is - to set upon or work against forcefully

19. There shall be set off against this allocation of advances

20. Red flags stand out brightly, set against the blue sky.

21. There shall be set off against this allocation of advances:

22. Orange flags stand out brightly, set against the blue sky.

23. An adjustable set off button (16) acts against the jack (12).

24. She set her cup down, and it clattered against the saucer.

25. Set against her virtues, her faults don't seem nearly so bad.

26. But there is a disadvantage to be set against this fact.

27. Orange flags stand out brightly[Sentencedict.com], set against the blue sky.

28. What a protection such a mind-set is against irrational actions!

29. The cost of business travel and entertainment can be set against tax.

30. 29 The school's performance is measured against a strict set of criteria.

31. Set against my wits and guile, Manly strength won't save your skin.

32. Operation Gemini was set up as a high profile battle against criminals.

33. All this romance is set against a backdrop of rural Irish life.

34. There is particular concern that an informant may try to set police officer against police officer and force against force.

35. A Multidisciplinary Group on international action against Terrorism had immediately been set up

36. These casualty totals have to be set against the continuing growth in traffic.

37. The stage was set for Theiler to develop a vaccine against the disease.

38. Applewood Golf Course opened in 1961, set against the foothills of the Rockies.

39. A Multidisciplinary Group on international action against Terrorism had immediately been set up.

40. 9 Operation Gemini was set up as a high profile battle against criminals.

41. Marina watched him set the rifle against the stairway and climb back up.

42. 10 All this romance is set against a backdrop of rural Irish life.

43. Still others worry that economic chaos will set masses of humanity against one another.

44. Then they put the branches against the vault and set the vault on fire.

45. We'll give him a set of values there that he can rebel against later.

46. 14 It is a love story set against a backdrop of rural Irish life.

47. A secured loan has the value of your property set against the amount borrowed.

48. “For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

49. 2 Lay siege to it,+ build a siege wall against it,+ raise up a siege rampart against it,+ set up camps against it, and surround it with battering rams.

50. This is set against the benefits likely to accrue if the limit values were met.

51. Paranoia flourished and this set off a violent reaction against the nation's 400,000 ethnic Vietnamese.

52. These are relatively small points when set against her expertise on so many other issues.

53. Illicit drug use also has to be set against the context of prescribed drug-taking.

54. The island's strange beauty, however, was set against a background of racial and political conflict.

55. But American public opinion, worried about the threat of terrorism, seems set against the takeover.

56. Last year surplus of HK$17 was set off against subvention received in current year.

57. They will be able to set off the tax credit against part of this liability.

58. When the people rose in revolt against him, your father set their towns and castles aflame.

59. Barometers: something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared

60. On February 16, 2002, he set a career high of 36 points against the Dallas Mavericks.

61. Socialist Aldermen fired back Tuesday against colleagues’ accusations that their “defund and disrespect movement” set the stage for “brazen acts of violence against police officers

62. About Almaty Set against towering peaks striped with ski runs, Almaty mixes tradition with modern flair

63. He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts.

64. Briney: Defendants set up a spring gun to guard against people trespassing into their unoccupied farmhouse

65. Barometer: something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared

66. 16 And again: I will set a mark upon him that fighteth against thee and thy seed.

67. Romance, in his novels, is set against the inconvenient intervention of reality taking the form of chance.

68. In addition, the document indicates that ‘These receivables will be set off against the respective advances received’.

69. Leo himself set out with his army against the Bulgars but died of fever while on campaign.

70. A 20 - mile exclusion zone was set up around the power station to guard against further explosions.

71. Anachronism began with a 2-player starter set pitting Japanese warrior Musashi against the Norse legend Beowulf

72. Then set your face against it, and it will be under siege; you are to besiege it.

73. A conveyancing appeals tribunal will be set up to hear appeals against the decisions of the board.

74. Guardiola's change would have made little sense against the Counterattacking 4-3-3 some thought Mourinho would have employed, but against this set-up, it was perfect

75. If the amount cannot be fully off-set against those aid payments, the outstanding balance shall be cancelled.’

76. The regulatory framework set by the AVMSD will have to be tested against evolving viewing and delivery patterns.

77. Set against a backdrop of bright gas, the black hole's massive gravitational pull bends light into a ring.

78. Total claims from spending departments were set against expected growth targets in the economy to check their feasibility.

79. Brought-forward trading losses can be set against balancing charges arising on the disposal of the target assets.

80. (We assess/evaluate pre-owned vehicles.) Managers Appraise their subordinates against objectives set in their terms of reference