Example sentences of "[be] set [prep] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pattern for these accusations had been set by the young Liberal Charles Masterman in The Heart of the Empire ( 1902 ) where he had thundered out his warning of inevitable decline as the result of the ‘ perpetual lowering in the vitality of the Imperial Race in the great cities of the Kingdom through over-crowding in room and in area ’ : What was never entirely clear was whether it was merely a physical deterioration that was eating away at the ‘ Imperial Race ’ , or if a moral decay was not also in evidence . |
| 2 | With a monochrome viewfinder. use ‘ auto ’ or remember to check that you are set to the correct preset . |
| 3 | This also makes our text much easier to align as everything will be set to the same leading . |
| 4 | This viewpoint must be set within the wider political context . |
| 5 | For slip stitch the main carriage is set to slip so the cam lever is on S on Silver and Knitmaster machines , both Part buttons are in on Brother and the selection lever or dial is set to the central empty position on the Toyota models 901 and 950 . |
| 6 | The play is set in the late Eighties when power dressing was at its peak — which explains the bold jackets , short hemlines and figure-hugging dresses . |
| 7 | The game was set for the second goal-less draw at the ground in four days , when Andy Melville scored following a free kick . |
| 8 | The capture of Côte 304 represented the first breach in the ‘ Line of Resistance ’ that Pétain had prescribed on taking up his command , and with it the stage was set for the final German attack on the Mort Homme , with the elder Falkenhayn once again in command . |
| 9 | ( The upper limit of normal for each measure was set at the 95th centile ) . |
| 10 | His face was set into the perfect sympathetic mould now . |
| 11 | Turning to the criticisms of the administrative machine through which the political leadership operates , the pattern was set in the early 1960s by Professor Brian Chapman 's British Government Observed . |