Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] set [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Targets for reducing the death toll from heart disease , cancer and other illnesses were set for the first time last year , yet little has happened since then , the British Medical Association said yesterday . |
| 2 | Hartlepool then comprised 6,000 people , no longer a simple fishing village since dock facilities had recently brought it into the coal-export and timber-import trades ; but Jackson 's sights were set on the adjacent hamlet of Stranton , with a population of 350 . |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal lifted it as a matter of principle , even though a hearing on the merits was set for the following day . |
| 4 | Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in . |
| 5 | Numerous poles were set into the mossy cobbles of the yard , connected at a height of six feet or so by thin cords . |
| 6 | New standards were set for the working-class house in terms of space , WC , bathrooms , sunlight and garden space . |