Example sentences of "[noun pl] were set [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her grey eyes were set in a brown skin smooth like the shell of a hen 's egg . |
| 2 | The long , carved lips were set in a tight line and the straight black brows were screwed up in a frown . |
| 3 | Some books were set by a single compositor , but |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The point is frequently made that if bus fares were set at a reasonable level , buses would be used more often and public safety would be greater . |
| 7 | Most of the graphs were set on a steep , ascending curve , apart from the Husayn twins ' ; they started in the top left hand corner and were headed , inexorably , for the far right end of the bottom line . |
| 8 | Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in . |
| 9 | Numerous poles were set into the mossy cobbles of the yard , connected at a height of six feet or so by thin cords . |
| 10 | New standards were set for the working-class house in terms of space , WC , bathrooms , sunlight and garden space . |