Example sentences of "set [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Romance and mystery were added to the place when Meade Falkner wrote Moonfleet , the classic children 's adventure story which was loosely based on this family and hamlet , though set nearer to the sea . |
| 2 | When Labour founded the National Health Service we lifted a great burden from the shoulders of ordinary families who were set free from the financial perils of ill health . |
| 3 | Beatriz Villamizar , one of the journalists , was reported to have been set free by the cartel in the capital Bogotá on Feb. 5 . |
| 4 | There were on the film set few of the moments I had come to dread during the run of the stage show — when he 'd slap me down , or even when he would encourage me , egg me on . ’ |
| 5 | It was from this hippodrome that the four horses now on the façade of S. Mark 's Cathedral in Venice were originally taken ; they were set high above the track in Istanbul . |
| 6 | Whashton Springs Farm is set high in the hills , with superb views of the Yorkshire Dales . |
| 7 | Her only companion was the bright light that was set high in the wall and was shielded behind a thick glass cover with bars . |
| 8 | Thirty official buildings , 17 post offices and six buses were set ablaze in the period . |
| 9 | As I eat I can not help but notice the Frenchman attending to the pig ; he has now cut the animal 's throat and has set alight to the straw , the flames and smoke engulfing the unfortunate pig . |
| 10 | Staff at two industrial units on Teesside were evacuated when tyres were set alight at the rear of their premises . |
| 11 | During the festivities a hastily built bonfire was set alight in the middle of the market place , and an equally hastily assembled replica of the Japanese Emperor was burnt to a cinder on top of it . |
| 12 | A HINDU temple became the latest target for religious violence yesterday when it was set alight in the early hours . |
| 13 | The world was not set alight by the sound of ‘ Shakespeare 's Sister ’ . |
| 14 | The building had been set alight by the killer . |
| 15 | Look at Figure 3 again ; the transfer price could be one that is set equal to the market price . |
| 16 | This deposit is known as initial margin and is set equal to the maximum daily loss that is likely to arise on the contract . |
| 17 | On the day I came up here , there were no workmen and the deserted new village was occupied only by horses , wandering at liberty between the half-finished buildings , the machinery and the piles of materials — hardly the setting for which they had been intended when set loose for the summer to forage for themselves . |
| 18 | Hijacked British lambs set loose in the streets of Bellac near Limoges . |
| 19 | The number of photons detected simultaneously ( ’ in coincidence ’ ) thus gives a measure of the correlation in polarisation ; indeed , Bell 's inequality can be written in terms of the number of photon pairs counted with both polarisers set first in the same direction , and then in different directions ( or vice versa ) . |
| 20 | By the time he had completed the manoeuvre , she had set one of the let-down tables for two and had begun her own meal . |
| 21 | The organisation has set 2000 as the target for tropical timber producers to introduce sustainable policies . |
| 22 | It was a small timber building against the back edge of the pavement on land belonging to the Crystal Palace authorities and was set level with the scissors crossover now installed at the terminus . |
| 23 | Most of them were married , with children : they seemed to be set fair on the roads they would be travelling now for the rest of their lives . |
| 24 | When set next to the assassination of players , managers and referees in Colombia , Willie Johnson was a choirboy . |
| 25 | The Trajan Column was built by the Greek architect Apollodorus of Damascus , like the rest of the Trajan Forum , and was set next to the basilica there in A.D. 114 . |