Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [be] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stanza three , the fox 's nose touch twig leaf and its footprints are set into the snow . |
| 2 | Her mouth was set in a stubborn line , and she was scowling . |
| 3 | Imagine an economy in which the wage rate for half its workers is set at the end of every even period to cover the following two periods , while the wage rate for the other half is set at the end of every odd period , again to cover the following two periods . |
| 4 | It should not lead to a restricted curriculum , and its use was set in the context of a range of other methods which ‘ use pupils ’ own talk , interests and writing as the starting point for further work' ( NCC 1989a : 33 ) . |
| 5 | The er , Business Grants Panel share has , has , has now met on a number of occasions , and the three results of its decisions are set in the report . |
| 6 | In the event her crown was set with no less than 4,936 diamonds and her sceptre was headed by the Orloff diamond , a stone of 194.5 carats . |
| 7 | Renaissance , an annual symposium , is earnest , slightly religious and very southern ; you get the feeling that its tone is set by the kind of conversations about family and country that businessmen in Greenville , South Carolina would have on a Sunday after church or a round of golf . |
| 8 | Their piety was set in a classical mould , a matter of obligations duly performed . |
| 9 | Sartre had initially been attracted to her work because it seemed to demonstrate his own concern with the inauthenticity of human relationships , yet he would later reject her fiction simply on the basis that her novels are set in an upper-middle-class Parisian milieu . |
| 10 | The brief dew on his lashes , that had caught the thin early rays of the risen sun , was dry enough now , his mouth was set in a rigid line . |
| 11 | The lines from his nose to his mouth were deeper , his mouth was set in a grim line and his eyes were bleak , or perhaps her memory was at fault … but she knew it was n't ; she knew every inch of his face . |
| 12 | His eyes are a little protuberant , and his lips are set in a faint smile , so that as he leans forward against the wheel , gazing straight ahead through the windscreen , he seems to be waiting for the green light with eagerness . |
| 13 | Is a prisoner serving a life sentence entitled to make representations before his tariff is set by the Secretary of State ? 4 . |
| 14 | This shows accuracy , however , not prejudice : most of his work is set before the English navvies and engineers descended on Normandy . |
| 15 | His sights are set on the British Supercup and British Championship in 1993 , riding an ex-Niall Mackenzie 250 Yamaha , which has been purchased by Charlie Smiley of Carrickfergus . |
| 16 | His initials are set in the cobbles in front of the tower . |
| 17 | His face is set with the decisions he 's made . |
| 18 | His face was set into the perfect sympathetic mould now . |
| 19 | He looked to be about ten , his hair was as red as Gwen 's , and his face was set in a horrible scowl . |
| 20 | Night netting requires that your nets are set between the rabbits ' home ground and their feeding areas . |
| 21 | So , whether your novel is set in the most distant parts of the world or in dear old Cornwall , be careful to omit the dull details of everyday living . |