Example sentences of "were [adv] set " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who have been held awkwardly may in their turn be stiff , ashamed of nudity or partial nudity , or carry a fantasy that if only the scene were properly set , rosy lights dimly aglow , all would come right . |
| 2 | When she first decided to pursue her career , our parents were most set against it . |
| 3 | She was demure and dark-haired with deep blue eyes , and her full lips were constantly set firmly , giving the impression of sternness , although she was far from stern when dealing with her charges . |
| 4 | He got the pleasure of farming , and the losses were merely set off against er |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They are generally arranged back to back , and a rough little relief of Roman date shows that then at least they were so set . |
| 7 | If you were so set on helping me then why did n't you just come straight over and … ’ |
| 8 | The Moroccan restaurants that I tried were obviously set up for tourists . |
| 9 | They were not setting out to trade in gramophone records . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Norway 's suspicions were soon set aside , and the country joined with its two neighbours in setting up a Nordic Council in 1952 . |
| 12 | ‘ The first and the last of Mr Dickens 's works were aptly set here in Rochester , ’ she informed the party , all of whom then turned to her under the impression she was leading the party , earning another glare from Samuel . |
| 13 | The appearance of Anna Seward , Anna Aikin Barbauld , Hannah More , Charlotte Smith , Helen Maria Williams and others , entailed that women were largely setting the poetic fashion from the late 1770s to the early 1790s . |
| 14 | It was explained that this was because the company was perpetually producing new products with life-cycles of two to four years and that the product mixes over the narrow product range in current production were largely set by the available type of capacity over such periods . |
| 15 | It would seem that the most likely explanation is that the Evangelists believed the purpose of the parables was to hide the truth from those whose hearts were already set against Christianity . |
| 16 | Of slighter build than his brother , at fifteen Joseph still had the unfinished face of a growing boy , but his features were already set in a more thoughtful , reflective cast than Chuck 's and there was a hint of his mother 's sensitivity in his smile . |
| 17 | The basic aims were already set out in the original Treaty of Rome ( 1957 ) establishing the European Economic Community . |
| 18 | This problem appears in a more or less acute form in many countries whose borders were arbitrarily set by colonial rulers or as the outcome of wars . |
| 19 | The film flatly denied that there was any problem with dolphin entanglements in drift-nets , saying that the nets were always set in the direction of the prevailing currents , and as marine mammals generally swam with the currents , entanglement was unlikely . |
| 20 | In the 18th century , examples were always set where they would have the greatest effect on the most travellers . |
| 21 | Labour 's intentions to shift the focus of campaigning were succinctly set out yesterday by the shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke , after a speech which surprised his supporters and confounded his critics by its professional , tough delivery . |
| 22 | Madonna and Jackson never have mixed — even professionally , though they were once set to work together on a duet . |
| 23 | The hon. Lady seems to be confusing the regulatory record of my Department with the regulators outside my Department , who were deliberately set up as independent regulators as a result of legislation passed by the House . |
| 24 | Watering troughs for horses were installed throughout cities and standards were gradually set for livery stables , slaughter houses and other facilities handling animals . |
| 25 | Last night , Gen Noriega 's armed militia were still setting up roadblocks in the city 's main financial district , while the new civilian government , headed by Mr Guillermo Endara , was kept under guard by the US military , which said it was too risky for it to appear in public . |
| 26 | The cut and blown glass ornaments were still set on their mirrored shelves in exactly the same positions as when he had unwrapped them . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps then , ’ said Viola , whose lips were still set in a Gladstonian expression , ‘ you will find it possible to bring my grandchildren along for me to have a look at . ’ |
| 28 | Such relative positions were clearly set out for me in chains of metaphoric relevance , with ‘ real polises ’ largely symbolized by the use of the body and its social and physical space . |
| 29 | The most coherent films to emerge from Elstree during this time were both set in the Edwardian era , Losey 's glorious The Go-Between ( 1970 ) and The Railway Children ( 1970 ) , with the latter aiming at that much-lamented but largely-departed family audience . |
| 30 | 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 . |