Example sentences of "[noun sg] be set [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally , and with good reason , large amounts of text are set in a serifed face ( that 's one with the little tick marks at the ends of the letters ) and headings are set in a typeface that does n't have them ; a sans serif face . |
| 2 | It is essential , for instance , that environmental standards for industry are set at a European level so that companies do not compete by seeking out those locations with inadequate environmental protection . |
| 3 | This modern Club is set on a pine-clad hillside and yet close to a lively and fashionable resort . |
| 4 | Because the front bed is now the main bed , the main tension is set on the front carriage . |
| 5 | The student may come to appreciate that each concept , or theory or professional practice is set within a particular framework of thought or action . |
| 6 | From that day in 1862 , when Guinness adopted the traditional Irish harp as its trade mark , a symbolic seal was set on the special bond between Guinness and Ireland . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Her mouth was set in a stubborn line , and she was scowling . |
| 10 | Today , the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the church , Abbot 's House and Infirmary are set in an attractive , wooded park — though surrounded by an incongruous mass of streets and factories . |
| 11 | But the two crews are likely to meet again at Henley and the scene is set for a classic confrontation . |
| 12 | The Italian Village is set in the open plain where the new town centre of Spitak is supposed to be . |
| 13 | This shows accuracy , however , not prejudice : most of his work is set before the English navvies and engineers descended on Normandy . |
| 14 | His interest in the British empire was stimulated by a schoolmaster 's setting for a Latin essay prize a subject involving imperial federation . |
| 15 | Castellabate is set along a beautiful bay on the Gulf of Salerno — the perfect base for exploring wild mountain scenery and unspoilt villages . |
| 16 | Liverpool Town Hall is set for a new look |
| 17 | This glorious late medieval home is set in the beautiful Usk valley , midway between Abergavenny and Brecon . |
| 18 | Once Lothar had again spurned his brothers ' messengers , and come southwards from Aachen to the Moselle , apparently seeking battle , the scene was set for a final showdown . |
| 19 | The scene was set for a Russian calamity . |
| 20 | With actress Jackie , 47 , the Hollywood party scene was set for a quiet chat and a bottle of champagne — maybe a magnum . |
| 21 | But , after this , the scene was set for the 1936 Berlin Olympics where , as Richard Mandell points out : ‘ Racial policy permeated all aspects of German life in the Nazi era . |
| 22 | But then the scene was set for the first of Darlington 's structural engineering companies to install a series of iron bridges on the rapidly expanding rail networks . |
| 23 | Thus the scene was set for the worst disaster in the history of the British Army . |
| 24 | The scene was set for an eventual conflict with the question being ‘ when ’ rather than ‘ will ’ a protest movement break out . |
| 25 | A calendar with a colour photograph of a snow scene was set between the framed painting of Lenin and the portrait of Andropov of the Politburo . |
| 26 | But the scene was set in the political climate of the Weimar Republic for political and functional devolution , a system of checks and balances between individual , sectional , and national interests . |
| 27 | The sun was setting in a red blaze as we drove into the centre of Mexico City , the long geometrically laid-out streets already darkening into canyons filled with the lights of cars . |
| 28 | The sun was setting behind the black rocks , and the sea was a blaze of luminous colour . |
| 29 | The subject had been explored in The Trumpet-Major and stories such as ‘ The melancholy hussar of the German legion ’ but it now began to take shape as a verse drama of epic proportions in which the historical story of Napoleon 's rise and fall was set against a reflective commentary on man 's ‘ place in the universe ’ . |
| 30 | The trend for suburban dwelling was set by the wealthy , and planned suburbs appeared in order to meet their needs in the 1860s . |