Example sentences of "[be] set back [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that had been achieved was a more punitive regime , while the cause of sex reform had been set back by the whitewashing of women and the doctrine of the uncleanness of men . |
| 2 | The studios are set back from the road and are shaded by the olive trees from which they derive their name . |
| 3 | Tiled surrounds built in the 1930s are set back against the brickwork , and the plaster made good around them . |
| 4 | All the attributes can be set back to the system default ( off ) with the command ; It is possible to change the " hardware " attributes ( flash , grey , reverse and underline ) of text already printed on the screen . |
| 5 | Anywhere that was obviously occupied he drove on past , as he did with any place that was exposed or too close to the main road , but deserted-looking buildings on village outskirts and elevated rows that were set back from the road generally rated at least a circling-around and a second look . |
| 6 | It is set back from the road with a sweeping drive and an ornamental fish-pond in front , now stagnant . |
| 7 | The Tripodoro is set back from the road about 750 yards from the centre of quiet , easy-going Sportorno . |
| 8 | The property is set back from the road behind a neat foregarden with tarmacadam driveway providing car parking on site and leading to the front entrance . |
| 9 | The property is set back from the road behind a stoned wall and a lawned garden with driveway leading to the front entrance . |
| 10 | In about the middle of the eighteenth century , John Zoffany , a portrait painter , arrived in England , and although not regularly accepted at first , he became friendly with Garrick and other actors which lifted his prospects , so he took a lease of a house called ‘ London Style ’ , which was set back from the north bank of the River Thames , just east of Kew Bridge , but later his wife and children occupied a house on the river front on Strand-on-the-Green , which house was named after the painter . |
| 11 | I guessed that it was set back in the farmhouse , unless he had some sort of remote control toy . |