Example sentences of "set [det] [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet while monopoly capital and government subsidy played a large part in this rise , it is important to set this development against the total picture of German industrial effort . |
| 2 | Joe handed the foaming mugs over the bar , and they both collapsed into the little wooden dining chairs set each side of the dying open fire . |
| 3 | It is set on a platform reached by seventy-four basalt steps , and its tall twin white towers , set each side of the main doorway , make it a landmark from Funchal way below . |
| 4 | ‘ So you do n't set much store by the ill feeling around , that evening ? ’ |
| 5 | From the brown hide couch in the sitting room , and the two matching armchairs set either side of the old range , the pretty cottage paintings and floral drapes throughout the house , the many ornaments that decorated every room , Beth was able to glimpse the nature of the woman who had lived and died here — David 's mother . |