Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some managements set great store by cuttings but a tally of the column inches or volume of press cuttings does not really tell you all that much . |
| 2 | But look closely through those softly parted , glossy lips and you 'll notice the perfect teeth set hard and fast in a calculating smile . |
| 3 | Sixty per cent disagreed with the statement ‘ politicians not ordinary families set moral standards ’ . |
| 4 | Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle . |
| 5 | The ancient Israelites set great store by proper burial . |
| 6 | The guests having been selected , there then came the problem of allocating rooms , since those who were jealous of their rank or susceptible to imaginary slights set great store by the nature of their accommodation within the Palace . |
| 7 | Clinton maintains that foreign-owned firms set these prices artificially high in order to reduce their US taxable income . |
| 8 | From the brown hide couch in the sitting room , and the two matching armchairs set either side of the old range , the pretty cottage paintings and floral drapes throughout the house , the many ornaments that decorated every room , Beth was able to glimpse the nature of the woman who had lived and died here — David 's mother . |
| 9 | The Libro de Madrigali ( Venice , 1568 ) of Mateo Flecha the younger ( 1530–1604 ) includes one with Spanish text , and Joan Brudieu ( C. 1520–1591 ) published a collection of eleven Spanish and four Catalan madrigals ( Barcelona , 1585 ) , while a few negligible composers set Italian texts . |
| 10 | Mobs of Right-wing thugs set ablaze a tent city housing refugees outside Leipzig and torched a hostel in Zielitz . |
| 11 | That ministers set one policy for dealing with Saddam Hussein … and operated another in secret . |
| 12 | We are two words set free |
| 13 | In 1987 23.4% of the list MdBs were women , and 15.4% of all MdBs ; both figures set new records . |