Example sentences of "set [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has watched the same badger set for 46 years , he says , and with an average badger lifespan of under ten years , that means several generations . |
| 2 | Meanwhile the high-end 620 chip , for moderately to massively parallel servers , is said to be being set for 64 bits with a special environment mode bit that can switch between 32- and 64-bit operation . |
| 3 | The Forest of Dean , set between two rivers , the Wye and the Severn , is one of Britain 's few remaining ancient forests . |
| 4 | However , although any extra funds are to be welcomed , this is a very small sum when set against ten years of inaction and a massive increase in the scale of the problem . |
| 5 | Of the pieces on offer at Christie 's the most important is a gold and Columbian emerald cross set with sixty-six stones with a highly distinctive engraved reverse which would once have been enamelled or possibly filled in with niello ( est. £150–200,000 ) . |
| 6 | The breastplate worn by High Priests of Israel to contain the sacred lot is described in Exodus as being set with four rows of precious stones , each engraved with the name of one of the tribes of Israel . |
| 7 | The house , totalling 1,400 square metres , is set within 12 acres of land including a classical Italian garden with statuary . |
| 8 | The properties , which sleep four people , are based at Rosecraddoc Manor , set in 38 acres of woodlands near Liskeard . |
| 9 | Idyllically set in 18 acres of garden and parkland with river frontage , Glencot House is an elegantly furnished Victorian Mansion which offers high class accommodation , excellent cuisine and friendly service . |
| 10 | 500 year old Country Hotel set in 4 acres . |
| 11 | In Gulliver 's Travels ( Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World ) , 2 vols. , 1726–27 , the true first edition has a frontispiece oval portrait with an inscription set in two lines beneath the oval , not round it . |
| 12 | Surrounded by the soft , rolling hills of Armadale , Moffat House is set in two acres of mature garden and has magnificent views of the Annan valley . |
| 13 | The same question was usually set in two versions , one multiple choice and one where the pupil had to supply an answer . |
| 14 | Ex-engineer Bob , 54 , paid less than £5,000 for the building , set in five acres of land , in 1971 . |
| 15 | The excellent three-star Nipa Lodge hotel is set in five acres of tropical gardens . |
| 16 | You are the proprietor of a 20 room country hotel , set in six acres of wooded grounds with spectacular views , eight miles from the nearest town . |
| 17 | The party may have put on a collar and tie but it is still the Labour Party , prone to its old reflexes ( as it reminded us yesterday on defence spending ) , prisoner still of its anachronistic structure , its mind set in 100 years of working-class history . |
| 18 | A Victorian mansion house set in 55 acres . |
| 19 | The house was begun in 1751 , a magnificent mansion set in 2,000 acres of parkland and gardens landscaped by Capability Brown . |
| 20 | The Dartmoor Wildlife Park and Falconry Centre , near Plymouth , 16 miles away , is set in thirty acres of beautiful countryside and has a good collection of big cats . |
| 21 | These otherworldly concerns gave way to more earthly considerations when Diana took the Common Entrance exam to enable her to follow in the footsteps of her sisters , Sarah and Jane , at West Heath boarding school set in 32 acres of parkland and woods outside Sevenoaks in Kent . |
| 22 | Country house atmosphere , set in 7 acres wooded grounds with beautiful lawns and beer garden . |
| 23 | The 200 year old stone farmhouse is set in eight acres of unspoilt countryside near to the village of St. Ferme . |
| 24 | The Victorian/Tudor style mansion is set in eight acres of mixed agricultural land , woodland and gardens . |
| 25 | This fine example of a 16th-century longhouse , with thick cob walls and open fireplaces , is set in fifteen acres of rolling countryside and commands magnificent panoramic views . |
| 26 | There are many stately homes , including Adlington Hall , a stunning Elizabethan manor with an elegant Georgian portico ; Arley Hall and Gardens , a Victorian residence set in twelve acres of gardens ; and Bramwell Hall , a 15th-century black and white manor house . |
| 27 | ALDWARK MANOR is a splendid 19th Century country house hotel set in 190 acres of Yorkshire parkland . |
| 28 | The Queen 's Highland castle retreat , set in 40,000 acres of heather and grouse moor , is effectively the Windsors ' family seat . |
| 29 | 18th century Palladian mansion set in 3,000 acres of parkland . |
| 30 | The Old Rectory is a lovely old family house set in 3 acres of well maintained gardens with large well-appointed rooms offering every comfort . |