Example sentences of "be the [noun] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The focal symbol of sovereignty is the crown set on a sovereign 's head , the seat of perception and decision , during the rite of coronation .
2 June 6 is the date set for the final closure of St Mary 's hospital , Colchester , when the outpatient department will be transferred to Colchester District General and Severalls hospitals , two years after St Mary 's in-patients were transferred to Severalls Hospital .
3 31st December 1992 is the date set for the achievement of an ambitious programme .
4 If you put such a statement firmly into the mouth of your detective or state it flatly yourself , the reader will realise , even without consciously doing so , that this is the limit set for the game , the frame of the crossword puzzle , and will plunge on happily .
5 The Home Secretary 's remarks on PR , made to party workers in Stroud , are the most strident so far used by a senior Conservative against electoral reform , which is the condition set by the Liberal Democrats for their support in a hung Parliament .
6 The happy faces of many , the vacant stare of astonishment of others , and the alarm depicted on the countenance of some , gave variety to the picture ’ , was the scene set by an onlooker .
7 This was the poser set for the department two years ago .
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