Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [be] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Stanza three , the fox 's nose touch twig leaf and its footprints are set into the snow .
2 Her mouth was set in a stubborn line , and she was scowling .
3 Imagine an economy in which the wage rate for half its workers is set at the end of every even period to cover the following two periods , while the wage rate for the other half is set at the end of every odd period , again to cover the following two periods .
4 It should not lead to a restricted curriculum , and its use was set in the context of a range of other methods which ‘ use pupils ’ own talk , interests and writing as the starting point for further work' ( NCC 1989a : 33 ) .
5 The er , Business Grants Panel share has , has , has now met on a number of occasions , and the three results of its decisions are set in the report .
6 In the event her crown was set with no less than 4,936 diamonds and her sceptre was headed by the Orloff diamond , a stone of 194.5 carats .
7 Renaissance , an annual symposium , is earnest , slightly religious and very southern ; you get the feeling that its tone is set by the kind of conversations about family and country that businessmen in Greenville , South Carolina would have on a Sunday after church or a round of golf .
8 Their piety was set in a classical mould , a matter of obligations duly performed .
9 Sartre had initially been attracted to her work because it seemed to demonstrate his own concern with the inauthenticity of human relationships , yet he would later reject her fiction simply on the basis that her novels are set in an upper-middle-class Parisian milieu .
10 Angol , whose sights are set on a tilt at the vacant WBO crown against Yuri Vaulin , recently gave up the British title but is still Commonwealth champion .
11 I hate to see ‘ Guernica ’ in a museum whose sights are set on the future , having left once and for all its mausoleum in the Valley of the Fallen , to prove to the world what it is : an extraordinary composition suffocated by an excess of sentimentality , distorted by the deranged howls of the media .
12 For the first time , the students whose sights were set on a CNAA validated degree were sufficient in numbers to set the pace and the mood .
13 These are swivel-mounted to facilitate cornering , and a constant working depth is maintained by a hydraulic accumulator , whose pressure is set by a hydraulic handpump .
14 The brief dew on his lashes , that had caught the thin early rays of the risen sun , was dry enough now , his mouth was set in a rigid line .
15 The lines from his nose to his mouth were deeper , his mouth was set in a grim line and his eyes were bleak , or perhaps her memory was at fault … but she knew it was n't ; she knew every inch of his face .
16 His eyes are a little protuberant , and his lips are set in a faint smile , so that as he leans forward against the wheel , gazing straight ahead through the windscreen , he seems to be waiting for the green light with eagerness .
17 Is a prisoner serving a life sentence entitled to make representations before his tariff is set by the Secretary of State ? 4 .
18 This shows accuracy , however , not prejudice : most of his work is set before the English navvies and engineers descended on Normandy .
19 His sights are set on the British Supercup and British Championship in 1993 , riding an ex-Niall Mackenzie 250 Yamaha , which has been purchased by Charlie Smiley of Carrickfergus .
20 His initials are set in the cobbles in front of the tower .
21 His face is set with the decisions he 's made .
22 His face was set into the perfect sympathetic mould now .
23 He looked to be about ten , his hair was as red as Gwen 's , and his face was set in a horrible scowl .
24 Night netting requires that your nets are set between the rabbits ' home ground and their feeding areas .
25 So , whether your novel is set in the most distant parts of the world or in dear old Cornwall , be careful to omit the dull details of everyday living .
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