be dead set in a sentence

1. Both the Senate panel and the White House should be dead set against it.
2. On the other hand, your boss may be dead set against the idea.
3. However, User : Pink-thunderbolt seems to be dead set to get this information in the article.
4. "I imagine that many party members would be dead set against opening a Pandora's box,"
5. You seem to be dead set on a one genre to rule them all thing but no band is ever one genre only.
6. It's difficult to find be dead set in a sentence.
7. He said last year that he had been trying " to do everything possible to keep me from reoffending, but everyone seems to be dead set against that ."
8. Weizmann consulted several times with Samuel on the homeland policy during 1915, but Herbert Asquith, then Prime Minister, would be dead set against upsetting the balance of power on the Middle East.
9. At least three National League owners are reported to be dead set against letting Fox into their henhouse : Ted Turner ( Atlanta Braves ), the Tribune Company ( Chicago Cubs ) and Wayne Huizenga ( Florida Marlins ).
10. If Robert Del Naja, Steve Ballmer or John Siracusa showed up and started editing Wikipedia articles that cast their products in a favourable light, that'd be a clear WP : COI violation, and I'd be dead set against it.
11. Aside from the fact that you're unlikely to meet a man with the same condition at one of those events, the parents tend to be dead set on'fixing'what they see as'broken'children rather than trying to understand and support them-and that can get REALLY annoying for those of us who are victims-doubly so for those of us who do not accept the utterly debunked theory that autism & aspergers is caused by vaccinations or diet or . . . whatever crazy theory it is this time around . " & lt; sigh & gt; ".