Example sentences of "set [prep] the [adj] and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But maybe this sounds glib when set against the specific and extreme misery of imprisonment . |
| 2 | Yet 18 months after its signing , and set against the political and economic backdrop of today 's Europe , the dangers of persisting with it are smaller than the dangers of scuttling it . |
| 3 | The hotel has a sun terrace and swimming pool set in the peaceful and tranquil gardens on the lakeside . |
| 4 | The book is set in the 1940s and this is how things were then , so to expect a different kind of portrayal would be unreasonable . |
| 5 | Built in the early 1960's , comprising a modern split-level maisonette with accommodation set on the first and second floors . |
| 6 | And just an hour before that , viewers will be transported back to the swinging Sixties in Heartbeat , set on the wet and windy Yorkshire moors . |
| 7 | The term ‘ the inner city ’ may tell us much more about the manner in which an agenda of social problems is set by the combined and unequal influences of a variety of interest groups than about the political economy of cities but its very reproduction in a set of discourses about ‘ the urban ’ guarantees it a status of its own . |
| 8 | The net effect is to produce a loss if the share price does not move beyond the limits set by the high and low exercise prices but a small and limited profit if it does . |
| 9 | So you nip down to the shop , hand over six quid or so with bad grace , choose — somehow — one set from the enormous and multicoloured collection on offer , zoom home and spend a happy ten minutes snipping , cranking and generally trying to avoid poking your eye out . |