Example sentences of "[adv] set [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His charm , his little anecdotes , even this scene played in the velvet darkness — all of it had been to answer the challenge she 'd so foolishly set before him . |
| 2 | Calm down , Bina , it 'll be OK — magic , I 'll have shot through the lot — straight As , I 'll be all set for anything : research physicist , brain surgeon , professor of semiotic philology … |
| 3 | But he was in his thirties , and already much set in his ways , and perhaps reluctant to make too many changes too quickly . |
| 4 | " Very well , my dear Peter , if you are so set on it , your wish is granted . |
| 5 | Not a partnership — strangely for someone so set in his own ways , Ken would be willing to do as he was told , as far as work was concerned . |
| 6 | THE stage is finally set for what promises to be an unforgettable performance of one of Shakespeare 's finest plays . |
| 7 | The race is also being used by Poland , Mexico , Norway and Denmark as their trials for the Olympic Games and though the field is not so strong at the front , it looks to be a proving ground for the visitors , in an effort to beat times already set by their countrymen to enable them to go to Barcelona . |
| 8 | If the early universe had been chaotic or irregular , or if the pressure of matter had been low , one would have expected it to produce many more primordial black holes than the limit already set by our observations of the gamma ray background . |
| 9 | Younger workers are not set in their ways , employers believed . |
| 10 | Such rigidities can be observed in organizations and institutions as well as whole cultures : the small , traditional engineering or textile firm which fails to adapt to the market and goes out of business ; the political party caught between renewal and betrayal ; the institution so deeply set in its ways that it is hardly aware of them . |
| 11 | Even the awkward , the misfits , the discontented , feel a lessening of their misery when they realize they have a place , specially set for them , at a dinner which has been the subject of much thought , care , and several hours of preparation . |
| 12 | Each of the four was an experienced police frogman , and each of them knew exactly what he was looking for — knew indeed the exact dimensions of the object and the positioning of the three great ruby eyes once set into it . |
| 13 | The cut and blown glass ornaments were still set on their mirrored shelves in exactly the same positions as when he had unwrapped them . |
| 14 | However powerful or disruptive other actors become , the theoretical framework is still set by what states decide about guidelines or , in a systems perspective , what states are pressured into deciding by the demands of the system . |
| 15 | And her plans now were very clearly set in her mind . |
| 16 | The pattern was clearly set by which the extension of secondary education , because it was free , would increase the pressure effect of the exam whatever form it took . |
| 17 | Its finest episodes are the central ‘ Dirge ’ ( sung by Brian Rayner Cook a little insecurely ) which is a memorial to Parry 's brother- in-law , who died at 45 while this work was being written , and the subsequent chorus ‘ Man , born of desire ’ ( which Holst also set in his Choral Fantasia ) . |
| 18 | They now practically set upon her , pulling off her hat , her coat , and unbuttoning her dress from the back . |
| 19 | This is that for your Lordships ' House to recognise such a principle would overstep the boundary which we traditionally set for ourselves , separating the legitimate development of the law by the judges from legislation . |
| 20 | When she first decided to pursue her career , our parents were most set against it . |
| 21 | Also , I 've been on my own for 30 years and I 'm rather set in my ways . |
| 22 | Check that the water-hardness regulator ( usually next to the rinse-aid reservoir is correctly set for your area to help prevent formation of limescale . |
| 23 | If you 're really set on it , you can scan a printed document via your scanner and send that too , using the software as a traditional fax machine . |
| 24 | But its tone was really set by its two paintings : both nudes , girls in sunlit interiors , pinks , reds , greens , honeys , ambers ; all light , warmth , glowing like yellow fires with life , humanity , domesticity , sexuality , Mediterraneity . |
| 25 | They were fairly set in their ways , committed to a particular life style , and anxious to climb the promotional ladder . |
| 26 | So the farm is well set with its 1000 acres of arable and large dairy herd . |
| 27 | You 're well set for it with Apremont , our famous white wine , our cheeses which include Reblochon , Beaufort and Tomme de Savoie , as well as our delicious Gâteau de Savoie . |
| 28 | Not that he wished any harm to Rose , and it was n't as if she would be on her own because , being the wife of Peter , and he the stable man , she was well set in their cottage . |
| 29 | ( 1.1 ) We have in fact already come close to the view that mental events are at bottom individual properties , or rather sets of them , in allowing that the interdependent existence of subject and content may be a matter of nomic correlation . |
| 30 | Tesserae are applied individually , and the mortar then sets around them . |