Example sentences of "the [noun pl] set [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 St Wolfgang is the most famous of the resorts set on the shores of Lake Wolfgang .
2 The weakest test of conformity with the no-arbitrage condition uses the bounds set by the transactions costs of arbitrage .
3 We could see it as providing an insurance fund against loss caused by ( usually ) unintentional failure to keep within the bounds set by the principles of public law .
4 In the square the flower-sellers had lit the naphtha flares in the buckets set along the cobblestones .
5 The principles set by the schools on both sides of the Atlantic are effectively the same ; they are vocational training centres which make use of speed-learning techniques in a high-energy learning environment .
6 In Buxtehude for example , an attempt is made to calm the car across a broad area using a battery of devices , providing the driver with an unambiguous message that he or she is welcome , but on the terms set by the residents .
7 Biologists try to interpret the structures they see as performing some function , subject to the constraints set by the materials of which they are made , and the conditions under which they must operate .
8 A new rebel radio station , the " Radio Station of the Government for the Liberation of the Lao Nation " , in late July began broadcasting criticism of Kaysone and the Lao government and calling on the Lao people to follow the examples set by the peoples of eastern Europe .
9 If someone 's performance is not up to the standards set by the injunctions , no allowances are made , even if they are doing their best to cope with severe or even impossible demands .
10 Although the competition in the UK is for students , the tasks set for the competitors are not any easier than in other countries .
11 The orchards yielded plums , pears and apples ; bees occupying the hives set amongst the trees produced honey with the extra aid of the herbs flowering in beds along the walls ; and above all careful gardening provided a wealth of vegetables unknown to the herb growers of previous centuries .
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