Example sentences of "[adv] set on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hypnotic is the password that keys 11th Hour into an epic eight-minute atmospheric adventure , ushered on to the floor by tribal rhythms , annexed by haunting pianos and African paeans , all set on course to become another top bazooka with clubland . |
| 2 | FROM THE treasury of BBC moving pictures comes a further production of classic action , all set on English fields , all in colour except the first sequence ( the Oval Test of 1968 ) , all pleasant , positive viewing . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , I scarcely think so , ’ she said carelessly , ‘ I am not much set on jewellery , you know … ’ |
| 4 | Dolly was obviously set on being sociable for the whole evening . |
| 5 | Accommodation and compromise have not characterized the recent history of the DUP , despite journalists ' frequent attempts to portray Paisley as a man sufficiently set on personal power to be willing to compromise to achieve it . |
| 6 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
| 7 | " Very well , my dear Peter , if you are so set on it , your wish is granted . |
| 8 | If you were so set on helping me then why did n't you just come straight over and … ’ |
| 9 | She had spent the time since her arrival making calm arrangements for the transfer of her father 's body to their Buckinghamshire home after the inquest tomorrow , and was now apparently set on clearing up this murder before she left . |
| 10 | The Hotel Metropole is prettily set on the water 's edge of Lake Como and its dining-room and terrace are specifically designed to take full advantage of this position , and give enchanting views across the lake . |
| 11 | In 1626 he reported to the Commons on the outcome of the York House conference , at which George Villiers , first Duke of Buckingham [ q.v. ] , had declared his support for Arminianism ; and when he delivered one of the Commons charges against Buckingham in the Lords he added his own gloss that he was ‘ the principal patron of a semi-pelagian , semi-popish faction , dangerous to church and state , lately set on foot among us . ’ |
| 12 | More conclusive evidence comes from experiments in which the nucleus is removed from a fertilized egg , and is replaced by the nucleus of a cell which is already set on the road to becoming , for example , a gut cell or a skin cell . |
| 13 | Following the rebuilding after World War II one last ring was created , not set on the line of an ancient set of bulwarks , but designed with the future in mind . |
| 14 | The East Germans were not set on abolishing the distinction between town and country , just perhaps on smothering it in a pall of acidic smoke and rain . |
| 15 | How could he change his life , which seemed irretrievably set on a course of obscurity ? |
| 16 | She was quickly set on fire by the destroyer HMS Somali and the LCAs came alongside the quay . |
| 17 | She is also rumoured to have turned her attention to acting , and is reportedly starring as Joan of Arc in a new film about the dangers involved when you get tied to a wooden stake with lots of sticks around it which is then deliberately set on fire by your political opponents . |
| 18 | The cut and blown glass ornaments were still set on their mirrored shelves in exactly the same positions as when he had unwrapped them . |
| 19 | As for him , his heart was still set on finding the sea-king 's palace , with its throne of silver and trumpets of pearl and the coral candles burning beneath the waves . |
| 20 | " You 're still set on starting the secretarial school ? " |
| 21 | She talks about the Labeque relationship , about how she and her sister trained separately at Paris Conservatoire , and how , in their teens , when they were both set on solo careers , they would never have dreamed of playing duets . |
| 22 | Ray Gasson 's barn was also set on fire , but things could have been worse . |
| 23 | With both Maazel and Karajan the point is readily made , but their eyes are clearly set on the internal music argument . |
| 24 | Demolition charges had also been carefully set on machinery in the fish meal and other factories ; these small charges of gun cotton being placed so that they destroyed equipment without the risk of causing needless casualties . |
| 25 | As observed in the previous chapter , Moscow also set on record its continued interest in the demilitarisation of the Indian Ocean although this scheme had lost momentum by the turn of the decade . |
| 26 | It has a tall central dome and smaller ones , also set on drums , over the angle spaces . |
| 27 | ‘ And so you 're really set on pulverizing our bunch then ? |
| 28 | If you 're really set on it , you can scan a printed document via your scanner and send that too , using the software as a traditional fax machine . |
| 29 | Sprat says that he ‘ had the true imagination of the whole extent of this enterprise , as it is now set on foot ’ . |
| 30 | The defeat of Labour was greeted with relief by health service managers , but critics said the NHS was now set on the road to privatisation and a two-tier service . |