Example sentences of "is set [prep] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the only jump instruction that is logically necessary ( though others may be provided for efficiency ) is one to jump if the condition code is set to a specified binary bit pattern ( or perhaps a specified group of patterns ) , and to drop through to the next instruction if the condition code is set to any other pattern . |
| 2 | For slip stitch the main carriage is set to slip so the cam lever is on S on Silver and Knitmaster machines , both Part buttons are in on Brother and the selection lever or dial is set to the central empty position on the Toyota models 901 and 950 . |
| 3 | The Aurelia is set on a private sandy beach . |
| 4 | Play Me Something ( 15 ) is set on a small Hebridean island where a group of passengers await their plane . |
| 5 | The play is set in a seedy northern beauty contest , which gives Paula the chance to use her original Mancunian accent . |
| 6 | Vargas Llosa 's The Time of the Hero , which is set in a Peruvian military academy where the cadets assume an ostentatious machismo as a survival strategy , oscillates between third-person narration and monologue ( interior and spoken ) to bring out the gulf between the boys ' public personae and their sensitive and vulnerable inner self , and to highlight how social intercourse distorts their personality by conditioning them to suppress their softer feelings . |
| 7 | The play is set in a imaginary African Republic , Kambawe . |
| 8 | The hotel is set in a quiet back street with its own landing stage and a tiny pavement terrace . |
| 9 | Relaxed and tranquil , the Villa Nicolli is set in a quiet residential area , just a short walk from the centre of Riva . |
| 10 | The play is set in the late Eighties when power dressing was at its peak — which explains the bold jackets , short hemlines and figure-hugging dresses . |
| 11 | History in the primary school therefore presents the paradox of some fine work , which is set in an uncertain curricular pattern , and is too rarely part of a firm curriculum plan . |
| 12 | Guerrillas is set in an imaginary Caribbean country , whose capital city is by the sea . |