Example sentences of "[adv] set [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simple , inexpensive , exquisite , a symphony of pure , unspoilt flavours — gently set mousse flavoured with spiky , fresh horseradish root enveloping layers of astringent cucumber alongside a little puddle of tomato concasse again spiked with horseradish . |
| 2 | Questions set by the computer , which then supplies the answer for checking purposes after a randomly set time delay , seem to have a powerful motivating effect and are but one example of the effectiveness of the computer 's simulating the random elements which the pupil experiences in everyday life and work . |
| 3 | The generator revved up and down , providing power to the automatic launcher ; it had some sort of randomly set variation built into where it was aiming because the clays came out at a different angle and heading each time . |
| 4 | It tries to jump the gap and in doing so sets fire to y the surrounding material that the blanket is made of and that 's where you start to get problems on your fire blankets . |
| 5 | Last year , at the age of 54 , the great fell-runner Joss Naylor ran from Pooley Bridge to Wasdale , only setting foot on tarmac as he crossed Kirkstone Pass and Dunmail Raise — a total distance of 47 miles with 16,200ft of ascent . |
| 6 | Meanwhile she was not to set foot outside the door , as a plague of field-mice infested the estate . |
| 7 | Viv Richards has given up his lifelong pledge not to set foot in South Africa . |
| 8 | Suppose farmers have a right in law to enjoin the railway company not to set fire to their fields : the result is that the company will fit spark-suppressing equipment to their trains , and there will be less damage to the farmers ' fields . |
| 9 | Her duty is like the duty not to set fire to the forest which entails the duty to put out any fire one started . |
| 10 | They 'd just set foot back in the ship proper when the burst of machine gun fire rooted them to the spot . |
| 11 | Trucks did n't just set fire to themselves . |
| 12 | An even lower profile is provided by teachers who may not set foot in the classroom at all but who may spend considerable periods of time in discussion with colleagues on ways in which the curriculum can be made more accessible to all children in the class , including the least able . |
| 13 | It was as if hammers had hit us ; without a word we left , and we did not set foot in the house for many months , until Valeria announced that all was forgiven . |
| 14 | There is a parallel between East and West a slippery slope that we dare not set foot on . |
| 15 | In particular , on days of ill-omen ships could not set sail . |
| 16 | Wind pollination in Peninsular Malaysia is rare and the introduced wind-pollinated Pinus caribaea does not set seed there , except on mountain ridges or on the coast . |
| 17 | If other Victorian novelists do not set fire to their great houses with as much frequency as Dickens , they tend in other ways to undermine them , suggesting that they too perceive them , not merely as fabrics , but as expressions of an outmoded system . |
| 18 | It 'll not set fire . |
| 19 | A spark can just as easily set light to your clothes as it can to a dryer full of washing . |
| 20 | When marginal revenue is less than price , profit-maximizing firms no longer set price ( and marginal consumer benefit ) equal to marginal cost . |
| 21 | Panel beater Gordon Reid ( 32 ) , had just set fire to rubbish in the old oil drum while clearing up at his car body repair garage at Fenton Barns . |
| 22 | A POLICEMAN was slashed with a knife when he tried to arrest a man who had just set fire to a £9,000 Volvo car , Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 23 | A POLICEMAN was slashed with a knife when he tried to arrest a man who had just set fire to a £9,000 Volvo car , Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 24 | Guide those who shape the decisions of government that they may plan for the good of all society , and not set neighbour against neighbour , class against class , region against region . |
| 25 | ‘ When the proposals failed , I gave up on the profession and have not set foot in the Institute since , but it is characteristic of Bill 's commitment that he has carried on regardless . ’ |
| 26 | In spite of the fact that he had not set foot in Toledo throughout the entire operation , he was acclaimed as the saviour of the alcazar and received with smiles and gestures of obvious satisfaction the near-delirious attentions of the survivors of the siege . |
| 27 | If they do not know what they want , they know what they do not want : not school , not set college syllabus , not residential home , not training scheme , not assessment , not sheltered employment , not activity centre . |
| 28 | But when that will be is not known ; the Bolton Steam Locomotive Company has not set target dates . |
| 29 | ‘ How many times do I have to tell you I 'm not setting foot inside that house ? ’ |
| 30 | and describe , well seasoned you know and and then he got his lighter out and he just set fire to her |