Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] set [prep] the " 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 | All this tasteful opulence sets off the large-armchair electrically adjustable seats to a tee . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | An extra planetary gear set on the end , together with a new rear casing , provides the extra , overdriven ratio . |
| 7 | The argument was heard that even if , in the 1930s , there were other and perhaps more dangerous aggressors in the world , the latest imperialists had been inspired and encouraged by the deplorable yet seductive empire-building example set by the British . |
| 8 | In this case , the role effectively changes from one of service management to one of a franchise operation , with Colleges having the right to market the education product or service in a defined areas , constrained mainly by the overall strategic plan set by the LEA . |
| 9 | The hotel consists of three inter-connecting buildings set against the cliff side . |
| 10 | eleven 125W warm white fluorescent tubes set in the ceiling at the sides of the room ; |
| 11 | eleven 125W warm white fluorescent tubes set in the ceiling at the sides of the room ; |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | He caught the man 's wrist , smashed the useless Uzi at the oval streaked face set in the black rubber cowl . |
| 14 | With a roar , it began to come their way , searching with its closed dead eyes set in the grotesque moving head . |
| 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 | Quiss was led by the dwarfish scullions , through the banked ranges past gleaming tubs , boiling vats , open fires and grills past rows of massive , wing-nutted pressure cookers guarded by blast screens , under huge n-shaped pipes , bubbling and gurgling and leaking steam , and over the dainty , counter-sunk tracks of a narrow-gauge railway until eventually he saw a wall ahead , and was led up a rickety wooden staircase to a narrow gantry then stopped at a small wooden door set into the wall . |
| 17 | Phillip 's riposte is with a sale of chess sets and related items including a mid-nineteenth-century carved ivory set with the pieces in the form of monkeys . |
| 18 | The Papal State lay wedged like a nut within a giant imperial nutcracker — a small insecure state set within the imperial towns and communes to the north and the tightly-governed Regno to the south . |
| 19 | It hung on the outside of the small wrought-iron gate set in the brick wall at the main entrance . |
| 20 | He was out of the room before she could open the box , a dark blue leather affair , lined with white velvet , against which lay a fine gold chain with a small oval locket set around the edge with seed pearls . |
| 21 | The self-catering apartments form their own little village set around the palm-fringed swimming pool . |
| 22 | The barracks was a modern red-brick building set on the edge of the base which housed the 1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie . |
| 23 | But as they did so , they unknowingly broke the invisible beam linking two electronic eyes set in the surrounding trees . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | This done , you are almost ready to take your first shots on video , but before you do , check first that you have the correct white balance setting for the lighting conditions so that the recording will be made with the true colour values . |
| 27 | The combination of these two exotic islands set in the Indian Ocean will fulfil all your expectations of a paradise on earth . |
| 28 | The combination of these two exotic islands set in the Indian Ocean will fulfil all your expectations of a paradise on earth . |
| 29 | The gate seemed strong and solid , with four big hinges set into the stone . |
| 30 | A survey of nitrogen oxide levels in the atmosphere , also conducted by the JCCU , recorded concentrations in the Tokyo and Osaka areas higher than the 0.06 parts per million maximum level set by the environment agency . |