Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [was/were] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the graphs were set on a steep , ascending curve , apart from the Husayn twins ' ; they started in the top left hand corner and were headed , inexorably , for the far right end of the bottom line . |
| 2 | Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in . |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal lifted it as a matter of principle , even though a hearing on the merits was set for the following day . |
| 4 | When I first played through Rattle 's Daphnis , the levels were set with a degree of concern for the neighbours , I felt that here was an example of his penchant for pianissimos on the threshold of audibility getting the better of him . |
| 5 | The particular tribe among whom he was working couched their teaching in story form , and the main story-line was always the same — the events were set in the context of a journey , for they were a nomadic people . |