Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Appearance faults , according to the Breed Standard , include the following : Light , tall , greyhound-like in general appearance ; too long , too short , narrow body ; prominent occipital bone ; hound-like head and expression ; narrow , light , too short , too long , or coarse head ; flat forehead ( little or no stop ) ; narrow lower jaw ; long or pointed muzzle ; cheeks too protruding ; ram 's or split nose , bridge or nose dished or sloping ; tip of nose light or spotted ; open , pink or spotted lips , corners of the mouth open ; distemper teeth ; wrinkles on the head ; ears set too low , large , long , floppy , turned back , not lying close , or irregularly carried ; light ( yellow ) eyes , or a light and a dark eye , open , deep-set , too full , round , staring eyes , piercing gaze ; neck too long , thick , weak muscled , dewlaps or loose skin on throat ; forelegs set narrow or not straight ; light nails ; tail set too high or too low ; coat soft , too short or too long , wavy coat , absence of undercoat ; markings of the wrong colour , poorly defined or too extensive ; white spots ; dewclaws on the hind legs . |
| 2 | The long straight nose , thin lips and diffident , questioning expression of the eyes set rather close together would have looked as well on a girl . |
| 3 | Obtaining reliable information about those who own and run small enterprises , however , is difficult because there are no satisfactory national data sets directly concerned with this economic grouping . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the Act allowed states to set more stringent standards if they wished to do so . |
| 5 | However , in the light of strong recommendations received , our initial proposal to set both level II and level III general SVQs at 12 credits was revised . |
| 6 | Most settlements set aside special areas for use as meadowland . |
| 7 | There the skies are bigger than here , and in the evening the sun sets more red , more pink , then ever ours can . |
| 8 | And , as the old manufacturing heartlands decline , so participation in TUC courses is increasingly drawn from the public sector unions , representing women and men whose labour processes and relationships with employers set quite different constraints to effective struggle from those affecting private-sector workers . |
| 9 | The drying floor was sited about 3m ( 10ft ) above the furnace and was of slatted wooden construction , being made of laths or battens set fairly close together . |
| 10 | A good many people suffered minor injuries in consequence ; but I believe those who suffered injuries were as nothing compared to those who wished to sustain an honourable contusion or bruise , or who , to make the whole setting more dramatic , lay on the ground as if laid out for dead without any injury at all . |
| 11 | The Statutory Advice Scheme ( the ‘ pink form ’ scheme ) was means-tested with the top limit for eligibility set very low , involved an initial payment of half-a-crown by the client and permitted the solicitor to claim £1 per half-hour from the Law Society up to a maximum of £3 . |
| 12 | They have called on the authority to set aside extra money for diabetic patients . |
| 13 | The coaches were marshalled in train sets as ready for service , and from the tender going North as follows : Each train set tared 297 tons . |
| 14 | As part of the same appeal , Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Bishops ' Conferences of Europe call on every Catholic Church in Europe to set aside New Year 's Day as a ‘ special day of prayer for peace in Europe , and in particular in the Balkans ’ . |
| 15 | In many ways the part of a horseman 's job calling for most of his skill was that concerned with working the land , and using a standard of craftsmanship set immeasurably high both by the tradition of his craft and by the immediate needs of cultivation ; and a horseman served a long and disciplined apprenticeship before he could attain to the standard demanded . |
| 16 | Appearance faults , according to the Breed Standard , include the following : Light , tall , greyhound-like in general appearance ; too long , too short , narrow body ; prominent occipital bone ; hound-like head and expression ; narrow , light , too short , too long , or coarse head ; flat forehead ( little or no stop ) ; narrow lower jaw ; long or pointed muzzle ; cheeks too protruding ; ram 's or split nose , bridge or nose dished or sloping ; tip of nose light or spotted ; open , pink or spotted lips , corners of the mouth open ; distemper teeth ; wrinkles on the head ; ears set too low , large , long , floppy , turned back , not lying close , or irregularly carried ; light ( yellow ) eyes , or a light and a dark eye , open , deep-set , too full , round , staring eyes , piercing gaze ; neck too long , thick , weak muscled , dewlaps or loose skin on throat ; forelegs set narrow or not straight ; light nails ; tail set too high or too low ; coat soft , too short or too long , wavy coat , absence of undercoat ; markings of the wrong colour , poorly defined or too extensive ; white spots ; dewclaws on the hind legs . |
| 17 | Where inability to pay is based upon the failure to comply with a statutory demand , the date and manner of service of the demand must be stated and that to the best of the petitioner 's knowledge , the demand has neither been complied with nor set aside nor is any application to set aside outstanding ( r 6.8(2) ) . |
| 18 | So your personality sets very broad limits , but whatever its nature it leaves you with plenty of room to manoeuvre when it comes to ways of behaving . |
| 19 | And then there 's a , a series of er oh and they add er er during the people 's governments or at or above the may in accordance with the local land agency set apart certain land bound to be nationalized and used for the establishment of experimental farms or one or more county 's or model state farms , so there 's provision for the creation of so a form of socialism over the countryside but it 's , it comes a long way down the list . |
| 20 | The Socialist group in the European parliament has called for the EC to set more ambitious targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 21 | Ch. 11 ) the power of the Chancery to set aside common law judgments " not for any error or defect in the judgment , but for the hard conscience of the party " . |
| 22 | Attempts in the Court of Appeal to set aside ministerial decisions on other aspects of the new block grant on more technical and precise grounds failed . |
| 23 | A sensible compromise would be first to use medians to set aside atypical behaviour , and then to apply some form of mean analysis to the median smooth to round off the corners . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's the ancient welcoming Ritual and , in all of the stories , the Tree Spirits set very great store by rituals . |