Example sentences of "[noun] set [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whatever the motives , the Government 's twin aims of handing back the control of unions to the individual members , and ensuring that trade unions act within bounds set by a democratic state , are ones that should have been promoted by the left . |
| 2 | Will Major and Hurd be able to neutralise the timebomb set by the social chapter amendment ? asks Chris McLaughlin |
| 3 | There is a swimming pool with terrace set amidst the sunny garden . |
| 4 | Your program should not , of curse , subsequently try to use variables set before the clear statement . |
| 5 | There 's a film on now , ‘ a gritty piece set in a Welsh mining community ’ according to the Radio Times . |
| 6 | Jonadab 's lips set in a straight line and his brows drew together in a frown . |
| 7 | Are your eyes set on the right holiday horizon ? |
| 8 | One of the giant owls of the region , about the size of an Eagle Owl ( p. 177 ) , but with longer tail , rounder head and no ear tufts , smaller yellow eyes set in a facial disc with concentric dark rings , and a black patch on the chin . |
| 9 | For just an instant his mouth set into a bitter line . |
| 10 | Roman , his mouth set in a straight line , strode across the grass , leaving Dana and Claudia to follow . |
| 11 | She lifted the receiver as Myra darted to the other phone and , her mouth set in a straight line , dialled the number of Roman 's office . |
| 12 | With Rune 's jaw hard and his mouth set in a straight line it was easy to imagine just how terrifying their enemies had found the invaders . |
| 13 | Her face was flushed , but her mouth set in a firm line . |
| 14 | Her mouth set in a grim line , she went to the kitchen door . |
| 15 | Sarah 's mouth set in a grim line . |
| 16 | His closely shaven face was tense and his usually sensuous mouth set in a grim line . |
| 17 | Folly 's mouth set in a grim line . |
| 18 | She stalked off across the road , her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line . |
| 19 | Joseph 's mouth set in a thin line . |
| 20 | Her mouth set in a stubborn line he knew so well . |
| 21 | Her mouth set in a stubborn line . |
| 22 | Cranston 's mouth set in a stubborn line . |
| 23 | He stared at her , mouth set in a bitter line . |
| 24 | Kate stared back at him , her mouth set in a bitter line . |
| 25 | For a moment she hesitated , then , her mouth set in a determined line Elise would have recognised with misgiving , set about dampening her cotton nightshirt and then her hair and face to simulate perspiration . |
| 26 | And this can so easily be the case , for such premises are instilled into the scientific mind set at an early age , becoming accepted points of reference , though really they are often nothing more than habits of thought . |
| 27 | They are comic crime and its cousin , farce crime ; romantic suspense ; historical crime and its near relation , crime set in the immediate past ; and finally , the crime short story . |
| 28 | Those wingborne came only in historic aircraft and the flying display was a vivid expression of the joys of classic aircraft set against a near-perfect sky and on a landing ground new to the late 20th Century . |
| 29 | Such churches were , therefore , like the basilica , rectangular in plan , twice as long as wide and had two or four rows of columns set along the long axis , providing three or five aisles . |
| 30 | The sun set behind the opposite slope . |