Example sentences of "set [prep] [art] [adj] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO of Ireland 's best known Catholic priests are set for a bitter and unprecedented court war , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 2 | With such creative flair and technical expertise , the art of the Billboard Poster and the Advertising Hoarding look set for an innovative and fresh look in the ‘ 90's . |
| 3 | So often , his solo melodies , set against a stark and sombre accompaniment , sound like a voice crying in the wilderness . |
| 4 | But maybe this sounds glib when set against the specific and extreme misery of imprisonment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | By using the same statistical techniques on each data set within a consistent and coherent methodological framework it will add to the understanding of crime and its consequences . |
| 7 | The attractions include the Roman walls , the castle , the cathedral , the racecourse , the zoo and the famous ‘ Rows ’ ( shops set in a seventeenth- and eighteenth-century environment ) . |
| 8 | There is a pleasant pool ( open from mid-May ) and a pool bar set in a small but pretty garden . |
| 9 | The findings will be set in a temporal and continental framework — material from earlier and later time periods and also from French and German sources will be used for comparison purposes . |
| 10 | And when Cardiff looked at the upside-down dead eyes of that head as they reflected in the torchlight , when he saw the teeth set in a clenched and hideous grin … he recognised the face immediately . |
| 11 | A delightful modern hotel , the Moser is built in typical Tyrolean style and set in a quiet but central part of St. Johann . |
| 12 | It is set in a quiet and sunny spot just 12 minutes walk from the village . |
| 13 | He might have looked comic if his proud , wrinkled face had not remained set in a devout and dignified expression as he went through what was clearly a considerable exertion to his failing strength . |
| 14 | The hotel has a sun terrace and swimming pool set in the peaceful and tranquil gardens on the lakeside . |
| 15 | It is true that phenol-formaldehyde resins can be set in the cold but this requires large additions of a chemical catalyst , or hardening agent . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Built in the early 1960's , comprising a modern split-level maisonette with accommodation set on the first and second floors . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | When phrases of the text are repeated or thrown from voice to voice , they may or may not be set to the same or similar melodic phrase ; imitation is free and texturally loose ; metrical symmetry is at a discount . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It first sets in a social and theological context the desire of the unknown nobleman to devote himself to God without the distractions that arise from involvement with secular responsibilities . |
| 24 | 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 . |