Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His face was thin and you saw those strange blue-coloured eyes set in the darkness of his skin . |
| 2 | Charming emerald islands set amongst the lapping waves . ’ |
| 3 | Then she turned and eased herself over the lip , clambered down the old wooden steps set into the clay wall , and ran across towards the jetty . |
| 4 | Playing the SW213EB through a guitar amp ( which is probably how electros in this price bracket will be used ) with the amp 's mid control backed off helped improve the clarity , but as the pickup is the passive type , with six individual polepieces set into the fingerboard , it 's never going to have the bite of an active , bridge-mounted transducer . |
| 5 | Neat black hair , with dark intense eyes set in a handsome sunburnt face . |
| 6 | The hotel consists of three inter-connecting buildings set against the cliff side . |
| 7 | eleven 125W warm white fluorescent tubes set in the ceiling at the sides of the room ; |
| 8 | eleven 125W warm white fluorescent tubes set in the ceiling at the sides of the room ; |
| 9 | Of Jewish descent , he is a big man in every sense , powerfully built , with deep dark eyes set in a craggy , lined face and an Albert Schweitzer moustache . |
| 10 | First , what are the world 's protected areas and how many square miles set against the 54,807,420 square miles of the earth 's land surface ? |
| 11 | All of those factors lead the City Council to the view that the current level of residual given emerging government advice , the City Council could no longer support the idea of a new settlement of something like fourteen hundred dwellings set in the countryside beyond the outer edge of the York greenbelt . |
| 12 | With a roar , it began to come their way , searching with its closed dead eyes set in the grotesque moving head . |
| 13 | A colourful and busy small town with all main facilities set in a deep and steep sided bay . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Optimization procedures would necessarily include an economic data model which would allow the cost to be projected into the full production situation , and compared to the various technical requirements set for the artefact . |
| 16 | But as they did so , they unknowingly broke the invisible beam linking two electronic eyes set in the surrounding trees . |
| 17 | He was in one of a bank of four public booths set into the rear wall of Dunstable post office ; he was still north of London . |
| 18 | Over the past two years Japan 's five largest city ( ie , national commercial ) banks raised ¥3 trillion ( $21 billion ) in total — to help them meet the new capital-adequacy requirements set under the auspices of the Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) . |
| 19 | Of indeterminate age , he had moist grey eyes set in a pale , thin face . |
| 20 | The combination of these two exotic islands set in the Indian Ocean will fulfil all your expectations of a paradise on earth . |
| 21 | The combination of these two exotic islands set in the Indian Ocean will fulfil all your expectations of a paradise on earth . |
| 22 | The gate seemed strong and solid , with four big hinges set into the stone . |
| 23 | Huge stiffened but graceful garlands were hung from twenty-four tiny hooks set round the gallery parapet , and were constructed so cleverly that they gave the impression of winding around the gallery pillars . |
| 24 | Jotan was forcing the lock on a pair of massive double doors set in the gable end of the building which fronted the junction of the alleyways . |
| 25 | But we still did a lot of sport and work on the assault course , which was a set of twenty-four gut-wrenching obstacles set on the edge of the camp . |