Sentence examples for be dead set against from inspiring English sources

David Karpa used to be dead set against buying.

Why would other EU governments, which would be dead set against UK withdrawal, agree to give us similar terms?

And the guys who post on the sites — let's assume they're guys — seem to be dead set against the project: they don't believe new actors can, or should, take on those roles.

I suggest a simple test question to put to all members of Congress who imagine themselves to be dead set against government regulation: You leave your office on the 11th floor (for example).

The multinational corporations that run the industrial food system seem to be dead set against it because it threatens their monopoly power – power that relies on seeds linked to patented chemical fertilisers and pesticides.

And the guys who post on the sites let's assume they're guys seem to be dead set against the project: they don't believe new actors can, or should, take on those roles.

"My dad was dead set against it.

Raven was dead set against that.

I am dead set against the connotations game.

Not everyone is dead set against the idea.

"I was dead set against it," Mr. Montour said.