Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Will Major and Hurd be able to neutralise the timebomb set by the social chapter amendment ? asks Chris McLaughlin
2 There is a swimming pool with terrace set amidst the sunny garden .
3 Cati 's heart twisted , then withered inside her , like a paper taper set to the fire .
4 WHITE MEN CA N'T JUMP : Buddy movie set in the world of basketball , starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes .
5 8 ( 5 ) WHITE MEN CA N'T JUMP : Woody ( Cheers ) Harrelson and Wesley Snipes star in this buddy movie set in the world of basketball .
6 The Home Secretary 's remarks on PR , made to party workers in Stroud , are the most strident so far used by a senior Conservative against electoral reform , which is the condition set by the Liberal Democrats for their support in a hung Parliament .
7 Had the above account been a linguistic account , an explanation of the meaning of ‘ legitimate authority ’ , it would have followed that anyone who believes of a person that he has legitimate authority believes that that person satisfies the condition set by the justification thesis .
8 Intertel Communications Inc , currently legally a Canadian company , says from its Teleport Denver Inc base in Colorado that it plans to swear allegiance to the flag and become a naturalised American : it will reincorporate in the US to meet a condition set by the Federal Communications Commission , which gave plenty of ammunition to the Europeans that say that the US market is not as open as Uncle Sam likes to think , by insisting that only American companies could hold earth satellite station common carrier licences — there is no comparable restriction on US companies applying for licences in the UK .
9 One episode with disasters aplenty was Episode Four of ‘ The Keys of Marinus ’ , the episode set in the polar regions of that planet .
10 He thrust it into the man 's hands and strode past him , making for the open doorway set in the centre of the long white portico that ran the length of the house .
11 over the figure set by the Government will mean at least a 9 per cent .
12 Productivity growth would then decline as the frontier set by the United States was approached .
13 A Section of statute set in the European legal hypermedium
14 A classic storyline set in the twenties being filmed in the nineties .
15 The other sentry 's trouser-leg darkened as he shakily but hurriedly turned the locking wheel set into the wall .
16 An extra planetary gear set on the end , together with a new rear casing , provides the extra , overdriven ratio .
17 The success of the portland blue Jasper range , which was launched last year , has lead to the addition of the Brewster tea set to the collection .
18 But this year Jane Campion , a New Zealand-born director , was deservedly a joint winner of the Golden Palm with ‘ The Piano ’ , an ambitious period study set in the Antipodes in the 1850s .
19 It was the course of action set by the Duke of Windsor when he quit the throne to marry Wallis Simpson .
20 Payment was to be exacted through a land tax or rent set by the republics according to the quality of the land .
21 She walked across the cobbles and pointed to a plaque set in the wall of the Library .
22 The official date of the starting is 1387 , as shown on a plaque set in the wall at the south-west corner of the building : El Principio il Domo di Milano fu nel Anno 1386 .
23 A plaque set in the wall at shin height , painted cream with the lettering picked out in black .
24 They are comic crime and its cousin , farce crime ; romantic suspense ; historical crime and its near relation , crime set in the immediate past ; and finally , the crime short story .
25 A lively family Club set on the most beautiful beach in Majorca , offering simple accommodation and a wide range of facilities for everyone .
26 Ken , who plays supermarket manager Reg Holdsworth , launched the festive stamp set with the help of schoolchildren at St Paul 's Cathedral , London .
27 She marched over to the desk set against the wall , and scribbled three chemical formulas on the hotel writing paper before folding it over and giving it to Mike .
28 But I had the amp set with the treble full on , the presence full on and the bright switch kicked in before I could get close to what I 'd call a classically nasty Telecaster bridge pickup tone .
29 That day I never wanted to descend , and lingered till the sun set beyond the towers of Torridon .
30 As the hot sun set beyond the glittering turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean , they would move inside to escape the mosquitoes and other creatures of the night .
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