Example sentences of "[noun] set [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only an agriculture industry set free within the framework of market forces operating more closely to supply and demand will have a secure and prosperous future . |
| 2 | A Halifax of 158 Sqn Lissett had both its port engines and fuselage set ablaze by night fighters . |
| 3 | HOW WOULD YOU REACT WITH A NINTENDO NES ACTION SET COMPLETE WITH LIGHT GUN AND GAMES ? |
| 4 | There were gales , of course , but the bracken turned the mountainsides to copper , and there were mellow days scattered through it , like summer flotsam set adrift in the waning half of the year . |
| 5 | The execution of juvenile offenders is extremely rare and at least 72 countries set 18 as the minimum age for the death penalty . |
| 6 | In Woolwich , the Sikh temple was attacked in broad daylight and the ceremonial flag set alight by thugs . |
| 7 | An eerie orange glow lights up the devastation of Bijlmermeer — the Amsterdam suburb set ablaze by a crashing El Al plane . |
| 8 | Shown here is the Garden Lamp Set complete with 100-hr lamps , shades , extension rods and support stakes so they can be placed anywhere around the garden . |
| 9 | A revolution set alight by students , snuffed out by communists |
| 10 | The Penyfford youngster dropped the opening set 6–1 to Adam Elliott of Prestatyn but squared the match at 6–3 before taking the competitive decider 6–4 . |
| 11 | I completed another tour of the mill and cottage , this time with Nigel in tow , trying to sound as objective as I could , as if I , too , saw mere possibilities , but as our tour progressed I could see that Nigel had warmed to it almost as much as I. He pointed out some ‘ interesting features ’ that I had missed , such as some of the wooden working parts of the mill machinery set high in the plastered walls , and told me what they had originally been used for . |
| 12 | It was during this process that a spark from the machinery set alight to a mass of fibre being blown through large pipes into storage bins . |
| 13 | Grey-black smoke rises from bonfires of tyres and rubbish set alight by gangs of youths who roam the streets , stop expensive cars like BMW or Mercedes , and siphon out the petrol . |
| 14 | But she fell in love with a gown set low over the bosom , and unadorned , but for a ribbon or two , in a soft peach that set off her copper tresses . |
| 15 | Martin leapt after it , clawing his way up the face of an ancient tombstone set close against the wall . |
| 16 | In the Hadrianic period the tiers of locks disappeared , and hair was simply drawn into a plaited bun set high on the crown of the head . |
| 17 | We ca n't deny that the water 's a little colder , but during the summer , the alpine lake set high in the Austrian alps alongside this little village can look like somewhere on the Med . |
| 18 | Mental handicap man set free from prison |
| 19 | The reason for this once again centres on the role played by the information set available to agents at the end of period t - 1 , which we shall refer to by the symbol . |
| 20 | An insipid winter light dribbled in a thin gruel from a small pane of glass set low in the wall just above the camp bed on which he sprawled . |
| 21 | Right : The prototype twin set 276–5 on Central Promenade in 1957 . |
| 22 | His own fear clammying his T-shirt , Trent imagined the long terror the men would suffer , men with no experience of the sea set adrift in the pitch dark and drizzle with the swell building and the rising thunder of surf breaking on the reef ahead . |
| 23 | I remembered the first days in New York when I ran like a wild animal set free from a cage . |
| 24 | With Rex and Woodchip out of the picture and the forces of darkness set loose upon the land , how can we fail ? |
| 25 | She patted the buffon which concealed her ample bosom , her jaw set ready for a fight . |
| 26 | What with the ‘ Shake 's Callahan breaking sweat and strings in bullish fashion and Stereolab set adrift on Sean O'Hagan 's organ-ic flights of fancy , this was perhaps the choice threesome of the entire bash . |
| 27 | It smoked because there was a length of tarry rope nailed up behind the gullet which Lucie set alight before going on stage . |
| 28 | They have walked through this park in different states of mind and various styles of walking and staggering with Iain sometimes crying for no reason and Andrew 's face set resolute on the path ahead of him . |
| 29 | It was in the stale stink of the sports hall at Pont Llanfraith leisure centre that he at last looked like a loser : hands thrust deep in the pockets of his best suit , face set solid with emotion , like a football manager who has just lost the Cup Final . |
| 30 | Rugby Union : Fox set fair for Cardiff |