Example sentences of "[be] set on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because you 're set on a course of self-destruction , that 's why , Lizzy . ’ |
| 2 | If you 're set on it , we 'll go to Gamages . ’ |
| 3 | If you 're set on getting a cordless mouse Logitech 's contender must be seriously considered . |
| 4 | Firemen needed police support as they tackled a car in the driveway which had been set on fire . |
| 5 | A few weeks ago I wrote to inform your Mother and Aunts of the Death of Mr. Green 's eldest unmarried Daughter , who was the main prop of the Family , and of a plan which had been set on foot for their relief by raising a Subscription , to which I received a most kind and satisfactory reply . |
| 6 | On the top terrace was a line of cypress leylandii trees , quite small as yet , eight rhododendron bushes — obviously fairly recent plantings , and on ground level a grinding stone four feet across which had been set on a granite plinth and made into a table with slate seats supported on bricks at right angles to it . |
| 7 | Hair has been set on rollers to achieve loose curls . |
| 8 | But they arrived to discover the house had been set on fire by attempts to burn large quantities of ‘ literature ’ . |
| 9 | He had visited the billiard room that morning and his nerves had been set on edge by the distressing scenes he had witnessed . |
| 10 | Mr. Pegg believes that his tariff may have been set on the basis that the attack was premeditated , and thus that the tariff period should be reduced . |
| 11 | I think we 've walked past the one that 's been set on fire . |
| 12 | No formal time limit appeared to have been set on the US military presence , although Bush was reported on Dec. 4 as saying that he wanted the troops out by Jan. 20 , 1993 , when he was due to leave office . |
| 13 | have been set on fire people think they 'd be better off dead . |
| 14 | This indicates whether automatic DC assessment has been set on the module or not . |
| 15 | This indicates whether automatic DC assessment has been set on the module or not . |
| 16 | When the experience itself arrives , the hazards will be attenuated because they have been made familiar by being anticipated , and the individuals will already have been set on the path of healthy coping responses . |
| 17 | Such plans will henceforth be subject to approval from CCMLR ; , A limit of 1.5 million tonnes has been set on the amount of krill that can be caught . |
| 18 | Trax has been set on forestry commision land near Cinderford . |
| 19 | The South-West — whose Bath-Bristol-Gloucester resources have appeared in the past to resemble rugby 's equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle — are set on improving their disappointing Divisional Championship record , and their success against Leinster in Dublin last week was seen as a first step in the right direction . |
| 20 | Angol , whose sights are set on a tilt at the vacant WBO crown against Yuri Vaulin , recently gave up the British title but is still Commonwealth champion . |
| 21 | Many of the chalets are set on a hillside reached by steps — not ideal for the infirm or very young children . |
| 22 | What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel : ‘ The fathers eat sour grapes , and the children 's teeth are set on edge ’ ? |
| 23 | The visiting of the iniquity of their fathers on to succeeding generations in the Third Commandment , the banning of ‘ he that hath a flat nose ’ , and the writing ‘ the fathers have eaten a sour grape and the children 's teeth are set on edge ’ are suggestive of the stigmata of congenital syphilis . |
| 24 | When the fuselage surfaces , the wings will still be under water — you know how low wings are set on a modern jet . |
| 25 | I hate to see ‘ Guernica ’ in a museum whose sights are set on the future , having left once and for all its mausoleum in the Valley of the Fallen , to prove to the world what it is : an extraordinary composition suffocated by an excess of sentimentality , distorted by the deranged howls of the media . |
| 26 | Choice , however limited in scope , implies debate , and debate implies a degree of freedom , even if limits are set on what can be debated . |
| 27 | We sit on wooden boxes round the heavy tables with their curling iron legs , and because the lollies are set on sticks splintered from firewood you sometimes get a skelf in your mouth as you suck , intent on the Lone Ranger . |
| 28 | ‘ So you are set on it , then , ’ Guillamon said heavily . |
| 29 | the top layer of blocks/copes are set on a suitable mortar bed such as Marshall 's M-fix as suggested by the manufacturer , |
| 30 | At low capacity , prices will frequently be high since they are set on the vertical part of the short-run marginal cost curves . |