Example sentences of "set [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seem to be no discoverable rules about the shape of market places , why some take the form of a large open square — often set rather apart from the main flow of traffic — and some a swelling , a sort of aneurism , in the main artery of trade . |
| 2 | After his experiences photographing there , he found it very difficult to continue the rather dull life of a colonial portraitist , and soon set off again for the strange and exotic land of Siam . |
| 3 | The Welshman had set off home in a cold fury . |
| 4 | The luxurious cream decor is set off beautifully by the patterned curtains . |
| 5 | Those who visit the church in late spring and early summer will be entranced by the swifts who have set up home in the upper reaches of the building and wheel about the place , filling the area with their raucous but comforting squealing . |
| 6 | Although formally set out only at a later date ( c.1372 ) , they came to include the rights to create notaries , to legitimize bastards , to grant letters conferring the status of bourgeoisie and nobility , to issue pardons and remissions , to license fairs and markets , to permit suitors to be represented at law by proctors , and to legislate for the common weal of the kingdom . |
| 7 | The doctrines and policy of Sir Kenneth Newman were set out candidly in an unpublished , private lecture to the European Atlantic Group in 1983 , entitled Public Order in Free Societies . |
| 8 | ‘ It will be set very firmly in the 1930s , as this is 1993 , and we ca n't suggest these things are still happening . ’ |