Example sentences of "[noun pl] set on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here were swords and rapiers hanging from sashes on panelled walls , delicate figurines set on marble pedestals , statues from across the far China seas , carved elephants and lions from Africa , Javanese dancing girls with jointed limbs , fierce ceremonial masks from the mountains of Indonesia . |
| 2 | They were low domes set on tall , narrow drums , possibly based in design upon the wooden Cathedral of S. Sophia at Novgorod ( destroyed by fire 1045 ) . |
| 3 | Joseph Chamberlain , not Sidney Webb , was the man of her dreams ; but though she has been credited with overcoming romantic desire for the sake of her own independence , it is clear that she desperately wanted him to propose , with her eyes set on his becoming prime minister . |
| 4 | Ludus is strictly for women with their eyes set on newsagents ' mid-shelves |
| 5 | Ruth looked , and saw Adam had at last reacted to something ; he was crouched low in his corner , eyes set on Jake . |
| 6 | She had her eyes set on a bigger catch than me . ’ |
| 7 | When you decide to get married , fix yourself up with someone of the old school , not one of those feminist flibbertigibbets of the kind Jim and I have landed ourselves with — undomesticated , never there , eyes set on further career mountains to be climbed . |
| 8 | But Ireland 's new track queen Sonia O'Sullivan also has her eyes set on the prize , and she has the taste for mega-bucks after her 3,000m win in Brussels earned her four one kilogram gold bars worth about £33,000 . |
| 9 | Are your eyes set on the right holiday horizon ? |
| 10 | The interior is unusual with columns set on circular plan but with flatter , straight sides to the exterior walls . |
| 11 | The plain exterior circular walls partly supported the covering conical roof but , inside , six columns set on elliptical plan , assisted in this support . |
| 12 | And will you be able to resist desserts such as Black Velvet Pie — a smooth chocolate mousse flavoured with rum and dotted with chocolate chips set on a chocolate biscuit base , topped with creamy mousse and flakes of chocolate ? |
| 13 | Huy noticed a jug with wine and beakers set on a table made of white , polished wood and inlaid with river-horse ivory and gold . |
| 14 | This can take the form of a ramp , or a heap of round boulders set on a shelf and breaking the surface of the water . |
| 15 | On one side were found churchmen set on defending truth ( seen in a mainly static and propositional way ) , on condemning error , and on protecting Catholics against ideas of development and change . |
| 16 | His artillery , standard three-pounder [ 1.4-kg ] guns , was arranged in five pairs between the various front-line regiments , with some additional guns and Coehorn mortars set on high ground to the rear and to the left . |
| 17 | But what advice would he pass on to any young person with their sights set on a career in industry ? |
| 18 | — And even if he has got his sights set on Bella 's money , I 'll fix that . |
| 19 | Kylie however has her sights set on another star , and another decade , the 1940s . |
| 20 | ‘ I told her I 'd got my sights set on a high-born heiress and she damned near scratched my eyes out . |
| 21 | Hightown also have their sights set on a double — they have already retained their national indoor title and are intent on securing a place in Europe . |
| 22 | Rio Tinto has bought into all the mines only in the past few years ; and it has its sights set on expansion . |
| 23 | After those championships she has her sights set on a more demanding six-day track event in Australia ; she set a world best for 538 miles at the equivalent event in 1990 . |
| 24 | The Welsh skipper , who underwent surgery on November 10 to cure a hernia problem , has his sights set on a January 4 return against St Helens in an Alliance League fixture . |
| 25 | As he points out , the idea ( and a lot of the lines ) for ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ were around before Mister C. And The Shamen had long had their sights set on the charts . |
| 26 | ELTON John 's manager has his sights set on Hollywood . |
| 27 | It is a system with sights set on a preordained ‘ historical ’ task , to be realised by ‘ scientific ’ means . |
| 28 | But it is looking to grow by 20% each year , its sights set on overtaking arch-rival Computer Associates International Inc — presently three times its size — and taking the number three position by 1997 . |
| 29 | With its sights set on the worldwide Keno Gaming market , AWA Gaming Systems has announced the release of Kenix , a Concurrent Computer Corp , real-time Unix-based version of the computer system driving the popular gambling game Club Keno . |
| 30 | Carl Llewellyn , again riding Party Politics , has his sights set on Red Rum 's record of three Grand National victories . |