Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has 94 rooms and self-catering apartments set around a central pool and bar , around which much of the hotel life revolves . |
| 2 | The League Against Cruel Sports set up an undercover operation which it says proves that some hunts make up to twenty thousand pounds a year without paying tax.Huntsmen say the League is resorting to desperation tactics . |
| 3 | First came the preliminary soundings ( the trabajos ) and the winning over of officers and sergeants by a small activist group in touch with civilian conspirators ; then the compromisos by which accomplices were bound to action ; finally the chosen leaders set off the last stage by the cry — the grito . |
| 4 | Some of its leading citizens acquired great wealth , especially from saffron and wine , and landed property , in the course of the twelfth century , and they displayed their newfound status by building the lofty towers which still make the skyline of the city so beautiful and so absurd — beautiful especially from a little distance , for the rolling Tuscan hills set off the imaginative colour and the dramatic skyline to remarkable effect . |
| 5 | ‘ Valerie , ’ he said to me , ‘ I 'll have to take these two to my mother again , ’ at which the little ones set up an ungrateful wail , ‘ but I 'll be back as soon as possible . |
| 6 | In France , the post-war nationalizations set up a tripartite scheme of management with representation of users , public authorities and employees ( Dubois 1975 : 161–3 ; Holter 1982 ) . |
| 7 | Two stunning resorts set around a glimmering bay . ’ |
| 8 | The two forged blocks set up a visual field where the entire space becomes a manifestation of sculpture . |
| 9 | POLITICAL prevarication is blocking moves to set up an international agency to monitor military activity throughout the world using a network of spy satellites . |
| 10 | Simpson 's collected sermons set out the Antinomian creed he never retracted . |
| 11 | The Soviet media linked the concern of the conference delegates over international tension in the ‘ Arab Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula ’ to ostensible American plans to set up a new military alliance in the Red Sea area . |
| 12 | The conservative think-tanks set about the prevailing wisdom on welfare policy at home , detente with Russia abroad . |
| 13 | Mr Bates , a local school governor , is a supporter of the controversial Macmillan City Technology College in Middlesbrough and is fighting his campaign on four main issues : law and order , the Conservative Government 's ability to lead the country out of recession , the Prime Minister 's commitment to the health service and his expectation that Langbaurgh voters will reject the plans of other parties to set up a regional assembly . |
| 14 | In August the Young Republicans set up a front organisation , the People 's Action League , which planned to campaign on the issue of high-rise flats , and picketed the Guildhall , calling for an extension of the city boundary and , on another occasion , at the siting of a new Michelin factory at Ballymena in County Antrim instead of Derry . |
| 15 | The shuddering tramp of the oxen spinning the Persian wheels set over every deep well , so that the jars came up , roped with pomegranate wood withies , and tossed their icy water into the stone channels that fed the fields and the housewife 's wood buckets . |