Example sentences of "[conj] set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although set in an overtly political atmosphere , its purpose is unashamedly entertainment . |
| 2 | All eyes , assisted by lenses ground to various prescriptions and set into a range of tasteful frames , rest upon us . |
| 3 | Steam for 70 min , by the end of which time the pudding will be perfectly puffed up and set with a just-molten streak in the centre . |
| 4 | The heads of a bishop 's crozier and staff were often carved from ivory ( Plate G ) , as were the liturgical combs used by officiants at the altar on high occasions , and the episcopal ring would be made of gold and set with a precious stone . |
| 5 | Hector ! ’ he was crying as he was dragged up and set to an oar . |
| 6 | The paper could be pasted up by amateurs , and set on a typewriter . |
| 7 | These teeth are also shorter and set at a different angle from the other teeth . |
| 8 | At the door is an insight into the true melding nature of all that goes on in Wainfleet — half a wooden beer barrel from Bateman 's Brewery , planted with flowers and set beside an iron shoe scraper . |
| 9 | Nasa said the plutonium is in marshmallow-size nuggets , each encased in three layers of protective material and set in a ceramic honeycomb , in turn contained in a cylinder made of layers of metal and fibreglass ¾ in thick . |
| 10 | You approach the park down a long avenue , past lawns carefully tended and set in a girdle of trees . |
| 11 | A delightful modern hotel , the Moser is built in typical Tyrolean style and set in a quiet but central part of St. Johann . |
| 12 | That picture ‘ turned life a little under his very eye … all , through Frances ‘ s eyes , could be made static and beautiful and set in a pattern ’ . |
| 13 | Of course , in her father 's estimation , it was not much of a house , a warren of smallish rooms was how he saw it , and set in a damp situation on the side of a river valley . |
| 14 | It was much larger than the others and set in a grove of coconut palms above the beach . |
| 15 | Head large , with large eyes facing forwards and set in a flattened facial disc , whose feathers usually conceal the short hooked bill . |
| 16 | The animals were trained to find food reward in a large square arena ( 10.89m 2 ) containing sawdust ( 5cm depth ) and surrounded by a set of 1 white and 3 black curtains ( not shown ) and set within a perfectly square room with walls painted black . |
| 17 | Both activities are built around structured inquiries , which are persistent , deliberative , more or less organized , and set within a context of present knowledge , and which contain elements of interaction , dialogue , problem solving , creativity and criticism . |
| 18 | The draw ceremony was conducted seductively by Sophia Loren , operatically by Pavarotti , efficiently by Joseph Blatter , the Fifa general-secretary , and set against a background of studied chaos which would have done credit to a film by Fellini . |
| 19 | A low wattage bulb glowed half-heartedly beneath a grubby glass lampshade and on the wall to her right was a light switch , round and brown , and set against an embossed biscuit-coloured paper , fading and patchily stained with damp . |
| 20 | I found it was possible with Paradise to talk about individual and personal responsibility , something which if set in a contemporary context would have had a preachy feel about it . ’ |
| 21 | Most social and political theories formulated in the period immediately after the Second World War tended to view the industrialised societies of the West as set on a path of continuous economic and social development . |
| 22 | Here , too , the features were large , and clumsily applied : a nose like a ridge of clay , lips that recalled a Nubian 's , though set in a bitter line ; a protruding blue chin and ears so prominent that they covered half the sides of his head . |
| 23 | Though set in a biblical past , the poem used the popular application of typology to indicate a present importance . |
| 24 | The argument is easier to appreciate when set against a non-monetarized society . |
| 25 | When set within an historical perspective , it comes as something of a shock to learn that primary education as we perceive it ( with children and teachers housed in buildings built or adapted to ‘ meet the needs of the children themselves , ) is a recent phenomenon . |
| 26 | Glass shelves are often particularly effective , especially when set in a mirrored alcove , and lit from above or below , or both . |
| 27 | It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications . |