Example sentences of "and set [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The ceremony meant an unscheduled return to work for Christine as she had been off work with a broken hip , but was well on the way to recovery and set for a New Year return .
2 Steam for 70 min , by the end of which time the pudding will be perfectly puffed up and set with a just-molten streak in the centre .
3 The heads of a bishop 's crozier and staff were often carved from ivory ( Plate G ) , as were the liturgical combs used by officiants at the altar on high occasions , and the episcopal ring would be made of gold and set with a precious stone .
4 Push halved new potatoes , cut sides down , on to sticks and set on the hot surface .
5 These teeth are also shorter and set at a different angle from the other teeth .
6 Of course , in her father 's estimation , it was not much of a house , a warren of smallish rooms was how he saw it , and set in a damp situation on the side of a river valley .
7 Nasa said the plutonium is in marshmallow-size nuggets , each encased in three layers of protective material and set in a ceramic honeycomb , in turn contained in a cylinder made of layers of metal and fibreglass ¾ in thick .
8 The refund may therefore be spread over the remaining expected service lives of current employees who are members and set against the regular cost for those years .
9 It is now a grand little farmhouse forming part of a courtyard together with its outbuildings and set against the prevailing wind from the northwest .
10 This month Ken takes the plunge and sets about the daunting task of buying a new machine .
11 The second point on which Tony Crosland gives a rare hostage to the future relates to streaming and setting within the comprehensive school .
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