Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Israel appears to have shared many of the techniques and conceptions of sacrifice of her neighbours , but her own observances were set firmly in the framework of God 's revelation at Sinai .
2 The rails were set flush with the concrete and he negotiated them carefully .
3 The members of this new class did not own the means of production but they were set apart from the proletariat by possession of a distinct form of capital — intellectual capital .
4 Cranston roared with laughter and led Athelstan over to the far corner where a table and stools were set apart from the rest of the customers .
5 Certain lands were set aside for the upkeep of religious and charitable foundations — the vakifs .
6 Newson and Newson ( 1.3 ) suggest that it is only in this century that questions about how to bring up children have been widely discussed ; hitherto the niceties of different child-rearing philosophies were set aside in the face of a more fundamental dilemma , whether children would survive at all beyond the first few years .
7 The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke .
8 The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke .
9 In various parts of the Bible all these offerings are said to " alone " — to cover sin — indicating that any act of worship was set squarely in the context of God 's forgiving grace .
10 A third dummy was in a seated position on the fourth chair which was set away from the table .
11 These ceremonies set the Church 's seal on the election , symbolized that the king was God ‘ s choice as well as man 's , and that he was set apart for the work .
12 The second series of the Advocates was set partly in the University itself .
13 Following the grand jury 's indictment , however , the retrial was set aside pending the outcome of the federal case .
14 Under the new schedule the period Feb. 29-March 28 was set aside for the registration of voters and a constitutional referendum would be held on March 18 ; municipal elections would follow in the first half of April and legislative elections would be held in two rounds on May 17 and May 31 .
15 The result was that the story was set aside for the time being .
16 In May 1965 £100 from the Society Stewards ' accounts was set aside as the beginning of a Building Fund , the purpose of which was either to extend the existing halls or to build new ones .
17 Sewell lived in a house in College , and it is pleasing to note that in 1807 , £50 was set aside by the College for furnishing two ground floor rooms in his house , and for applying oil paint to floor , architrave , dado and skirting , in white , and to the walls in a light French gray .
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