Example sentences of "set [prep] [noun] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darlington Council 's next plan is to set to work improving the derelict land sites bordering the River Skerne . |
| 2 | In the meantime the scene was set for Iran to mount a major counter-offensive . |
| 3 | The scene was already set for Charles to become a new Western Emperor . |
| 4 | After cutting it is ready to be set in mortar to make the paved walkways ( ‘ calçadas à portuguesa ’ ) . |
| 5 | Fifteen imitation Victorian gas lamps have been set in tarmac to line the royal party 's route . |
| 6 | As the Serpent is , cosmologically , the symbol of the creative energizing force of the Supreme Spirit , the Swastika is representative of the life-force being set in motion to initiate the cyclic processes of nature . |
| 7 | Careful research was set in train to discover the best way to restore gardens and historic landscape parks to their former glory . |
| 8 | It 's the way it combines it with a ‘ look ’ as striking and individual as any on the road today , both inside and out : from the inverted half-moon headlights to the reprioritised facia with its straight-ahead warning light strip and digital speed , fuel and range display on the centre console ; from the impossibly sporting rake of the bonnet and windscreen to the way the rear seat is set on runners to offer the maximum degree of flexibility between legroom and luggage space . |
| 9 | At the same time ten battalions of Territorials were set to work building a new broad-gauge railway to Revigny . |
| 10 | The original supplier er withdrew all his guarantees about the performance of the detector , or indeed his commitment to the delivery schedules , shortly after we had er placed the development contract with the consortium and er the consortium recognised that it could not live with that situation and immediately set to work to find an alternative supplier . |
| 11 | First , came that Sunday when members of the congregation , with the help of friends from all over the City and beyond , even via Tiberias , on Lake Galilee , set to work to prepare the whole church for Christian Aid . |