Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Payment was to be exacted through a land tax or rent set by the republics according to the quality of the land . |
| 2 | Shiny pages can reflect uncomfortable dazzle for photophobic children , and books whose pages combine printed text interwoven with illustrations or print set against varying coloured backgrounds are generally less easy to decipher than simply set out and clearly contrasted displays . |
| 3 | The mad are said to keep a film or stage set in their heads , which they order and art-decorate and move through . |
| 4 | Selection will be primarily influenced by the availability of software i.e. the programs needed to operate the microcomputer e.g. if a microcomputer has an information retrieval program which is fast , reliable , user friendly but can only retrieve items by searching under one term i.e. a book or slide set on SPACE can only be found by entering the keyword MOON or the keyword STARS but the pupils can not combine keywords and search for all items under MOON and PLANETS , then this program and this machine does not meet the needs of the school . |
| 5 | Though many people find sanserif faces attractive , almost every experiment suggests that text set in them is harder to read than serif faces . |
| 6 | The problem that consciousness sets for the materialist is well known . |
| 7 | Before these shrines , and the floridly-decorated prayer mats and suchlike which lie before them , a Harpy 's cage is swinging from a metal chain and hook set into the ceiling . |
| 8 | A high grade official might also keep at hand a jade sceptre ( ju-i ) with flattened head and curved handle of a kind used at court and commonly presented by an emperor to persons of distinction , and in addition a hat-stand with carved domed head mounted on a wooden stem and base set with jade . |
| 9 | The new release conforms to the Open Software Foundation 's Application Environment Specification on the Series 700 for increased portability among Foundation systems ; Posix 1003.2 , which standardises the Posix shells and command set across Unix system to aid portability between Posix-compliant systems ; FDDI support ; Worldwide Portability Interface , providing a standardised interface for writing international programs as specified by X/Open Portability Guide 4 ; X 11.5 with up to 25% interactive performance increase over X11.4 ; OSF/Motif 1.2 with drag-and-drop mechanism for moving objects and exchanging data between applications ; and System V streams support . |
| 10 | Glenn Hoddle 's got his heart and mind set on promotion . |
| 11 | Ltd. , Crown jewellers since 1,843 , this , including an eight-piece Abercorn kettle and tea set on a silver tray , was ordered by Lutyens and its cost of £280 was paid in cash by Sir Herbert Morgan . |
| 12 | The processes of rethinking and reorganization set in motion by the scandals over unprotected children were slow and painful . |
| 13 | Dieppe , with its narrow streets and harbour set between chalk cliffs 150 feet ( 50m ) high , was the intended target of a commando and RM Division raid , as soon as sufficient craft were available for the simultaneous landing of a division . |
| 14 | Leo McKern , Sara Kestelman and Ian Holm star in the BBC Screen Two presentation , The Last Romantics , on Sunday , a powerful story of love and betrayal set in the tranquil world of Cambridge University . |
| 15 | On a modest few hours climbing we had sampled two new crags and climbed fine routes — a melange of anxiety , adventure and delight set against a backdrop of a wild , lonely coastline . |
| 16 | The opening lead of a small trump did not solve any problems and declarer set to work to eliminate hearts and draw trumps . |
| 17 | CHESTERS ROMAN FORT AND MUSEUM Set in the ancient wooded valleys of Northumberland overlooking the River North Tyne , Chesters is one of the best preserved buildings on Hadrian 's Wall . |
| 18 | Attached to the bulkhead between the hold full of gas drums and the fuel pumps , there was a large brick of strange pliable material with a wired board and cube set into it . |
| 19 | Racing to catch up with the industry 's evolution , Comdex ’ owner Interface Group is launching Enterprise Computing Exposition and Conference set for Chicago 's McCormick Place July 26–28 next year . |
| 20 | Ask Computer Systems Inc has formed a new software development unit to open up its ManMan/X manufacturing development environment and Ingres database and tool set for use in conjunction with alien systems . |
| 21 | One way in which the flexibility of microprogramming can be used is in providing several different computer architectures and instruction sets on one basic hardware . |
| 22 | These issues are discussed later in greater detail , but even at this point they must be raised and current policies and machinery for assessment and selection set alongside those for curriculum planning and development described earlier in this chapter . |
| 23 | Two weeks later comes the West End début of an actress who has been brightening the fringe and television sets for several years now : 26-year old Serena Gordon . |
| 24 | Individuals use their radio and television sets in different ways and for different purposes , and expect different things of them . |
| 25 | The 1970 Act , for example , gave local authorities power to install telephones and television sets in the homes of the disabled , but the social services departments have been bewildered by how to decide on priorities between services and between individuals needing services . |
| 26 | An analysis by Reddaway ( 1977 ) of the period 1961–71 showed that this view was wide of the mark ; only 3 per cent of the purchase of motor cars and television sets in this period was attributable to population increase . |
| 27 | External solution as for Fig. 1 , but 5mM HEPES and pH set with NaOH . |
| 28 | However , unlike the Shavante , whose ritual and rhetoric sets into opposition groups and categories of people , and indeed celebrates separation and opposition , Piaroa institutions downplay , ignore , and mask the principles of separation and opposition , principles they associate with relations of dominance and tyranny ( see Overing Kaplan 1981 ) . |
| 29 | The grey eyes were serious and the mouth and chin set in a stern line . |
| 30 | The European Commission is to introduce legislation to force member countries to comply with minimum rules on safety , ship maintenance and training set by the International Maritime Organisation ( IMO ) . |