Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [is] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The ‘ bottom line ’ is that the ground-state orbit is set by a dynamic equilibrium in which collapse of the state is prevented by the presence of zero-point energy . |
| 2 | The student may come to appreciate that each concept , or theory or professional practice is set within a particular framework of thought or action . |
| 3 | The first part of this course is set at a level that closes the gap which students frequently encounter between Intermediate and Upper Intermediate . |
| 4 | This glorious late medieval home is set in the beautiful Usk valley , midway between Abergavenny and Brecon . |
| 5 | A large , double bowl sink served by pressure hot and cold fresh water is set in the fiddles peninsula with a trash bin beneath . |
| 6 | This miracle is set in the town of Capernaum in Galilee . |
| 7 | This creature is set against a background recalling the Somme 1916 ( shell craters , explosions , etc ) . |
| 8 | This book is set against the breakdown of the pattern in recent times , the next will concentrate on peasants who have moved to the city . |
| 9 | This hotel is set on a beautiful bay about half a mile from Diamante . |
| 10 | This hotel is set in a garden across the road from a sandy beach . |
| 11 | This hotel is set in the beautiful bay of Marina di Campo , about five minutes walk from the resort centre , and the same distance from the fine beaches . |
| 12 | This hotel is set against a pleasant backdrop of tree-covered slopes . |
| 13 | This value is set as a final payment and the monthly payments are set accordingly . |
| 14 | The second theme is set by the title — the self-made man — which harks back to Gordon Childe 's Man Makes Himself ( 1936 ) . |
| 15 | The standard charge is set by the local council , and can be zero , one half , equal to , one and a half or twice the cost of the personal community charge in the area . |
| 16 | In an offer for sale a fixed price is set for the shares to be offered to the public by an issuing house for the company concerned . |
| 17 | Nor do they contain a sound historical analysis , for Beatrice 's personal life is set in a matrix of ill-digested sources that show no knowledge of recent 19th-century gender studies , while the minor errors make the reader wince . |
| 18 | The rateable value is set by the local valuation office , which is a branch of the Inland Revenue . |
| 19 | It will be recalled from Chapter 3 that the Partnership Act provides that where no definite duration is set for the partnership any partner may " retire " by giving his co-partners notice , whereupon in the absence of any contrary agreement the firm is dissolved . |
| 20 | This beautiful monastic ruin is set in a deeply wooded valley by the River Rye . |
| 21 | A curious problem is set by the discovery of a few jade axes in England recently . |
| 22 | An optimum time is set for the course , and penalties awarded if competitors exceed it . |
| 23 | An easily controlled , relatively short rig is set on a two-spreader mast . |
| 24 | This themed experience is set in a labyrinth of passages , caverns and secret chambers , 60 feet below ground ! |
| 25 | The Italian Village is set in the open plain where the new town centre of Spitak is supposed to be . |
| 26 | All this romantic angst is set against a backdrop of rural Irish life and IRA exploits . |
| 27 | ABOVE : The medical centre is set in an idyllic location overlooking the Mournes . |
| 28 | What I find tiresome is when a simple vocal line is set to a hair-raising accomp ( no ! |
| 29 | Louis Malle 's moving , semi-autobiographical film is set in a provincial boarding school at Fontainebleu in the last months of World War Two ; twelve-year-old Quentin may be bright , but he does n't understand why new boy Jean Bornet should be so bullied by pupils and protected by teachers . |
| 30 | One story is set at a computer show in Birmingham : a company representative visits the stand of a software firm , borrows its latest product , and runs off a copy in five minutes back at his own stand . |