Example sentences of "and set [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 Nothing else would change , though , the north geographic pole would n't move , and if we were to go outside to check up , the sun would still rise and set in the same place , and the Pole Star would appear at night over the local gas works .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 Push halved new potatoes , cut sides down , on to sticks and set on the hot surface .
6 These teeth are also shorter and set at a different angle from the other teeth .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 This month Ken takes the plunge and sets about the daunting task of buying a new machine .
12 For the special Christmas episode , ‘ The Feast of Steven ’ , an episode never screened abroad , Camfield wanted to use the main actors and sets from the popular Z Cars series ( including Brian Blessed , Colin Welland and James Ellis ) in cameo appearances .
13 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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