Example sentences of "set on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this tale , two weeds grew on a river bank ; one of them conserved its energy , and grew low and small and brown , with its sights set on a long life , while the other put forth all its strength into growing tall and into colouring itself a beautiful green . |
| 2 | Her oval face with its large dark eyes and high forehead was set on a long , graceful neck . |
| 3 | If you have your hearts set on a joint endowment , you have two alternatives to cashing in the present one . |
| 4 | On the little altar to his ancestors beside the mirror , lighted candles stood amidst tiny dishes of fruits , pork , fish and rice , and behind him incense burners and small brass pans of aloe wood set on a low lacquered table sent perfumed smoke drifting in gentle spirals towards the ceiling . |
| 5 | This modern Club is set on a pine-clad hillside and yet close to a lively and fashionable resort . |
| 6 | For almost the whole of the period under review , the prevalent and strongly held belief was that Britain , in common with other major economies , had climbed out of the economic slough of the interwar years and was set on a broad and permanent path of rising prosperity and full employment . |
| 7 | An easily controlled , relatively short rig is set on a two-spreader mast . |
| 8 | The Aurelia is set on a private sandy beach . |
| 9 | A small , friendly Club with an international clientele , set on a superb beach with a good choice of sports facilities . |
| 10 | Play Me Something ( 15 ) is set on a small Hebridean island where a group of passengers await their plane . |
| 11 | Or do you strain every sinew to go for that elusive target set on a small plateau ? |
| 12 | ‘ I told her I 'd got my sights set on a high-born heiress and she damned near scratched my eyes out . |
| 13 | When the fuselage surfaces , the wings will still be under water — you know how low wings are set on a modern jet . |
| 14 | the top layer of blocks/copes are set on a suitable mortar bed such as Marshall 's M-fix as suggested by the manufacturer , |
| 15 | It was so different from what Oxford might have been , with its gracious spires ; here there was only the nearby cathedral , set on a slight rise , with its graveyard stretching up the hill . |
| 16 | This is set on a sliding scale , depending on whether the school is primary or secondary , day or boarding . |
| 17 | Neumann 's statement about the air brakes is anyway very misleading , for they in fact can be set on a sliding scale , so that the speed of the machines can be gradually modified either up or down . |
| 18 | She had her eyes set on a bigger catch than me . ’ |
| 19 | Thirty years later , I can still recall particular images — Alan Breck 's silver button set on a wooden cross and placed as a sign in the window of a but and ben ; redcoats prodding the heather with their bayonets while Breck and David Balfour sweltered out the day on the top of a huge granite boulder ; Breck lowering his belt so that Balfour could scramble up ; a chieftain 's hide-out somehow built using the trees . |
| 20 | THIS popular seaside resort , beautifully set on a crescent-shaped sandy bay , has been welcoming visitors since the early days of seaside holidays . |
| 21 | So if you have got your heart set on a big wedding for the kids or a fast car when you retire , it is worth putting some money away as soon as possible to make sure the clouds of inflation do n't darken your horizon , adds Mr. Pinnell . |
| 22 | Note that the pump is set on a level plinth . |
| 23 | The ancient beams of the original building remain but these are fresh , modern apartments newly converted and offering spotless , well-furnished accommodation set on a square close to St Mark 's . |
| 24 | Opposite her was a small washstand with a coarse crockery toilet set on a fake marble top . |
| 25 | And yet that inn , the Hotel de perigord , being set down by the Dronne , is on the outskirts of Aubeterre. for Aubeterre is a hilltown , set on a chalky cliff above the river ( whence the name — Aubeterre , Alba Terra ) . |
| 26 | ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . ) |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I visualized Alison as living in a classic North Oxford mansion set on a bosky avenue amid the murmuring of innumerable dons , so I was surprised to find myself directed up the hill to Headington . |
| 29 | Pre-construction work is already underway on the first phase , a 328,000 sq ft building set on a 20 acre green field site within Edinburgh Park , due for completion in Autumn 1995 . |
| 30 | Henry II 's castle at Chinon , where the treasury of Anjou was situated , was the model for its generation , with its halls , upper chambers , tower , and curtain walling , set on a high point above a strategic crossing of the Loire . |