Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 With no waste of time all the equipment was installed and set to work .
2 It was better for capitalism that offenders should be incarcerated and set to productive work ( whose profits would , naturally , be pocketed by the capitalist class in the usual manner ) .
3 Jean Jelbart stood smiling just behind him , her golden-brown hair freshly curled and set for Christmas , and Belinda greeted her warmly as well .
4 Unidentified groups of rioters attacked and set on fire the city police headquarters , where it was believed that some of those arrested earlier in University Square were being held .
5 His songs were mangled and set to German and English verse , for instance in Heinrich Albert 's Arien where the four-part version of ‘ Du plus doux de ses traits ’ appeared with continuo in 1643 as ‘ Unser Heil ist kommen ’ and in Edward Filmer 's French Court-Aires with their Ditties ( London , 1629 ) .
6 Shops that are vandalised or set on fire .
7 ‘ Jo played that set like a dream , ’ said the team captain , Ann Jones .
8 In the early hours of the following day , persons widely suspected to be Round Table supporters shot at and then ransacked and set on fire the offices on Rustaveli Prospekt used by the National Democratic Party and the National Independence Party ( both part of the so-called Congress Movement ) .
9 What he saw was incredible to him : imperfect stones , yes , flawed , sometimes of poor coloration , but cut and set with such skill and ingenuity that their imperfections were disguised .
10 Walter Skirlaw was born sometime during the middle of the 14th century , the son of a basket maker — his coat of arms had an interwoven pattern ( by 1656 the windows painted and set with his coat of arms were nearly gone ) .
11 She went on to the next cubicle , a simple fractured thumb that even Joe Reynolds had managed to diagnose and set without too much trouble .
12 an outline drawn or set on artwork showing the size and position of an illustration or halftone .
13 What could be simpler than the ball carrier going in , turning and setting with the support player going in low and hard and stripping the ball as he turns ?
14 Indeed , they seem even to separate and set in conflict .
15 The argument is easier to appreciate when set against a non-monetarized society .
16 ‘ We 'll let that set for a little while , then X-ray it again to check that it 's nicely lined up .
17 It was delicately , unselfconsciously removed and set in flight again .
18 A TEENAGE girl was fighting for her life last night after being kidnapped , tortured and set on fire .
19 Under different circumstances , might Taggart have worked if set in Edinburgh ?
20 If a person is convicted in such circumstances , his right to remain silent is abrogated and set at nought .
21 These become even stronger when combined and set against clothing from an opposing standpoint .
22 Usually because it has arisen and set during the daylight hours .
23 This was very well attended and a committee , with himself as chairman ( a post he held for the next thirty-six years ) , was elected and set to work .
24 This libretto is based on the revised version published in 1961 but there were many phrases which had been altered when set to music , and the final text has been preferred here .
25 Note : The specification of loose coupling relations will not stop the module referenced from being changed or set to hard copy only .
26 Quite often the moon as the earth moves as the earth rotates the moon appears to rise and set in the sky .
27 ‘ I do n't see why the sun has to rise and set in different places , ’ said Gurder , who refused to even try to understand basic astronomy .
28 The second point on which Tony Crosland gives a rare hostage to the future relates to streaming and setting within the comprehensive school .
29 I shall give some space in this chapter to considering the single threads , the first strands , how they are chosen and set into place .
30 You approach the park down a long avenue , past lawns carefully tended and set in a girdle of trees .
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