Example sentences of "[be] set down [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The geostationary communications satellites placed high above the Pacific to link the banking and trading centres of South-East Asia , Japan and Australasia with those of North America preside over a ‘ window ’ of the planetary territory of geometrically fixed size — rather as if a cone , a dunce 's cap , the height of which is equivalent to the altitude necessary for a satellite 's geostationary orbit , had been set down over the ocean . |
| 2 | Thus , a whole range of decisions would not be left merely to the instinct of the doctor , good though he or she may be , but would be set down in a form which is at the same time authoritative , yet flexible and able to change if circumstances demand . |
| 3 | A further 3 would be set down before the century 's end . |
| 4 | The sound of a glass being set down on a table , then a door closing . |
| 5 | She was hazily aware of being set down in a chair , then her head was pushed none too gently between her knees . |
| 6 | The sedan chair was set down in a space of its own , and the curtains drawn aside . |
| 7 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |