Example sentences of "is set with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boucheron 's parure is in the grand manner of the Nineties : the V-shaped collar with matching ring and earrings is set with a fortune in round pure white and square yellow diamonds . |
| 2 | His face is set with the decisions he 's made . |
| 3 | The bird is set with turquoises and the leaves are of green enamel . |
| 4 | The scene is set with a ‘ Bruit de guerre ’ and an instrumental ‘ Air de triomphe ’ illustrating the account of a battle which the Greeks lose because Achilles will not fight , angry at losing his beloved Briseis at the hand of a fellow Greek . |
| 5 | Raleigh replies when the Queen asks him what he thinks of the dispute between Essex and Mountjoy , and the last line is set with a homely finality which reminds us that , by the end of Gloriana 's reign , Raleigh is no longer a young man , and that the historic Raleigh had a taste for literary homily , as in his poem The Lie " . |
| 6 | When we arrive there 's a three inch pile of mail on the floor , the day 's diary overruns one of the computer screens and the breakfast table is set with grapefruit , muesli , cereals , Frank Cooper 's marmalade and a vase of flowers that may or may not have been pinks . |