Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The view from Frystetjorn was unforgettable — brightly painted houses set on a patchwork hillside , orchards heavy with bright red apples and the village of Ulvik , its white church being caressed by the sunshine . |
| 2 | Horsedrawn trams were introduced in 1882 , using rail-lines set in the middle of the main roads — in Chiswick , from the foot of Kew Bridge — just in front of the ‘ Star & Garter ’ inn — to Hammersmith Broadway . |
| 3 | This was described as a step towards internal convertibility by 1992 , and to meet conditions set by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) . |
| 4 | Ruling that the UK had breached international agreements , the judges dismissed the British government 's contention that it had not had enough time to meet standards set in 1975 . |
| 5 | Re-thought proposals have to meet criteria set by the Office of Fair Trading that the board will not have such monopoly powers as to distort trade . |
| 6 | From 1967 to 1979 , tuna catch quotas set by the Commission were approved by the IATTC countries . |
| 7 | Rayner Heppenstall , in The Connecting Door ( 1962 ) , establishes two different eras in which his characters exist simultaneously , and , in a later novel , Two Moons ( 1977 ) , concurrently sustains stories set in two different months , one appearing on all the left-hand pages of the novel , the other on the right . |
| 8 | 39 ( Right ) Portrait of a woman wearing a gold wreath , hooped earrings set with pearls , and two gold necklaces . |
| 9 | Wherever 007 goes , he can be sure of encountering megalomaniacs set on world domination . |
| 10 | We 've had houses set on fire , we 've been to a furniture factory , manufacturers , er they have had a loss of , massive loss through erm a sky rocket falling into their timber yard . |
| 11 | He has written novels and travel books set in Latin America , Africa , the Caribbean , India and Europe ; what he has to say about any country is worth reading . |
| 12 | You 've got margins set at looks like one point three inches on the left and one inch on the |
| 13 | Fortunately the vague concept of wholesomeness has been overtaken by internationally agreed standards set by experts , in our case drawn from the European Community countries . |
| 14 | It is open to additional carriers that meet criteria set by AT&T , which is particularly keen to win support from some Europeans and is no doubt knocking hard on the door of Unisource BV , the joint venture between Sweden 's Televerket and Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV , which so far has proved the most successful among such ventures — and already has loose links with both AT&T and Kokusai Denshin in Eastern Europe and points further east . |
| 15 | Habash stated that the PFLP 's decision was a result of what he described as the " erroneous political line " being pursued by the PLO leadership in accepting conditions set by the United States for the formation of a Palestinian delegation to the Madrid conference . |
| 16 | The commitment to a particular body of training : accountants , lawyers , doctors have to sit examinations set by the professional bodies . |
| 17 | Your program should not , of curse , subsequently try to use variables set before the clear statement . |
| 18 | Elizabeth followed precedents set by her ancestors in selling Crown rights in some forests for ready money . |
| 19 | Answer guide : This is an ideal situation to focus on how students will react to setting their own targets and having targets set for them and then relating this to a business situation . |
| 20 | After another half hour of lively sexist banter and innuendo , I am asked to leave and threatened with having dogs set upon me . |
| 21 | On one side were found churchmen set on defending truth ( seen in a mainly static and propositional way ) , on condemning error , and on protecting Catholics against ideas of development and change . |
| 22 | It did this through ratecapping , a system that allowed central government to dictate rate-calls set by some or all local councils , and by joint boards governing areas such as fire , police and transport , established as a result of the abolition of the metropolitan counties . |
| 23 | The sky above the glittering slate roofs was as blue as the curious lilies which had just begun to come out under the dining-room window , trumpet flowers set like the seed-head of a dandelion but as blue as — the sky . |
| 24 | Among the criticisms are : , Failure to take action to enforce standards set by Congress for toxic chemicals , including carcinogens such as dioxin . |
| 25 | It is proving invaluable in helping chambers set in place a proper system of administration in chambers . |
| 26 | I think there is a tendency erm for local authority planners to have horizons set by the end date of the current plan period , and work , try and work in that , sort of around the real world I think , where nothing happens , or nothing is conceivable , beyond that time period , erm , this particular approach , er does not work in the case of new settlements , there is no need when having established your design size for a new settlement that it necessarily all has to be built within current plan period , and I think this sort of approach is recognized in Cambridgeshire where , in case of the A forty five new settlement , a view was taken at an early stage that a new settlement of three thousand dwellings was needed to meet long term development needs in Cambridgeshire , an area where the planning issues and problems where very similar to those of York , and the approved structure plan in policy proposed that new settlement to be designated as three thousand , of which two thousand portion would be built within the current plan period , so it seems to me that the the question of size need not be an impediment to erm designation of a new settlement if the existing requirement and need are adjudged not to require the sort of new settlement size that we are creating . |
| 27 | As you may know the Cardinal has already taken steps to set in train a thorough investigation into the moral implications of the Law Lords ' decision . |
| 28 | They should be housed in dust-free Perspex hoods and ideally fitted with heated stages and warming blocks set to 36 1C . |
| 29 | According to the study , some of the readings exceed levels set by the National Radiological Protection Board for environmental contamination . |
| 30 | THE United States yesterday cancelled talks set for Monday with the European Community over a public procurement dispute and said sanctions were now hard to avoid . |