Sentence examples similar to amount set off against from inspiring English sources

When companies made distributions, they also paid advance corporation tax (known as ACT), which could be set off against the main corporation tax charge, subject to certain limits (the full amount of ACT paid could not be recovered if significantly large amounts of profits were distributed).

People are set off against each other.

It's a treat to see that doughiness set off against Duvall's severity.

"So the interest comes in the fast, modern cut of the shape set off against that".

She's just the woman to set off against Balthasar's careful, Netherlandish ways.

An increase in car bombs set off against civilian targets in world capitals would also be possible.

And Meier's strengths, in turn, may leap out all the more vividly set off against Irwin's.

His killing and his video set off protests against Mr. Colom.

The assassination this month of a leftist opposition leader set off protests against the Islamist-led government.

Five times that amount will set off a smoke alarm.

Eventually, we set off.