Example sentences of "set [prep] the [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still floppy from giggling they were careful to avoid catching each other 's eye , but there was warmth and repose enough there to set against the hardness of the day 's demands . |
| 2 | For the best part of an hour Brazil produced a dainty dish to set before the Queen of the Netherlands , who may have felt that she had something better to do than sit out a sparring match in driving rain . |
| 3 | The company , it seems , has no stomach to fight religious wars any longer and has meetings scheduled with Unix System Labs this week , and the Open Software Foundation next , at which some kind of rapprochment is likely — though not an SVR4 kernel development — with product announcements set for the end of the month . |
| 4 | Set against the background of the 300-year old home of the Duke of Buccleuch , the event attracted top competitors from all over the world including British National champion , George Bowman of Penrith . |
| 5 | Set in the heart of the Lagan Valley Regional Park , this house also provides the Parks Department 's main information and education centre . |
| 6 | Set in the heart of the country , mid way between Pescara and Rome , Ovindoli remains relatively undiscovered and completely unspoilt . |
| 7 | Set in the centre of the altar stone 's upper surface was a small depression that was just the right size for a normal-sized version of the device . |
| 8 | Set beside the estuary of the river Dovey in Cardigan Bay , it is a 6,445-yard par-71 , but naturally Wee Woosie goes round in the mid-60s . |
| 9 | Set on the fringes of the Cambrian Mountain chain , the valley was flooded to satisfy the thirst of Victorian Birmingham and incidentally create a picturesque ‘ feature ’ , a series of artificial lakes connected by dramatic waterfalls . |
| 10 | Set on the banks of the Danube in the former historic Donau Kaserne , or barracks , the museum opened with a collection of 120 works , planning to exhibit the sculpture outdoors on the river . |
| 11 | SET AT THE mouth of the mighty River Nile , Cairo is a convenient departure point for safari tours to see the wildlife of the Eastern Sahara Lake District . |
| 12 | A second reason is to show how recent British security developments are based on precedents set during the containment of the Irish conflict . |
| 13 | Editor , — As R Buckland points out , the clinical terms project is set as the foundation of the NHS 's information technology strategy and is supported by professional bodies . |
| 14 | the timetable which was set for the tasks of the project , and |
| 15 | Thus , the stage was set for the disappearance of the colleges of education as a separate sector of higher education . |
| 16 | Since it was on 11th February in 1984 that I published the Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris on the Christian meaning of human suffering , I believe it is significant that the same day is set for the celebration of the ‘ World Day of the Sick ’ . |
| 17 | However , difficulties may arise if a strict time limit is set for the publication of the decision , and the decision is published after it has expired : it may suit one of the parties to refuse to accept it on that ground . |
| 18 | The date for the joyous occasion was set for the Sunday of the Canon European Masters and so Spence had to find a replacement to carry his bag at Crans-sur-Sierre . |
| 19 | By then , however , the stage was set for the rise of the true State . |
| 20 | A particular timescale would be set for the implementation of the appropriate strategies . |
| 21 | ‘ We 're set for the end of the century , ’ he says , ‘ but you ca n't look much further than that , can you ? ’ |
| 22 | Early shipments have already gone out ; general availability is set for the end of the year . |
| 23 | He said in addition that there was no date set for the completion of the study . |
| 24 | No firm date has yet been set for the launch of the Trust and it has yet to be decided exactly how it will operate . |
| 25 | No date has been set for the launch of the agency , which will depend on the setting up of a continent-wide computer network . |
| 26 | Fisheries Minister Jan Henry Olsen said a quota would be set after the meeting of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) in Kyoto in May but that he expected it to be in the range of a " few hundred " minke whales a year . |
| 27 | The old quarter is a delightful mixture , with charming Renaissance houses and quiet corners set amid the bustle of the narrow shopping streets , many of them reserved for pedestrians . |
| 28 | When set against the scale of the problem , the contribution of the City Technology Colleges is of negligible significance . |
| 29 | Scheffau is set against the backdrop of the stunning Ellmauer Halt , the highest peak in the Wilder Kaiser mountain range . |
| 30 | Bill Clinton 's vow to make foreign businesses pay ‘ their fair share ’ of US taxes , set against the backdrop of the need to raise $300bn of extra revenue between 1993 and 1996 to fund his domestic growth programmes , could mean substantial new tax burdens on British businesses investing in the US . |