Example sentences of "[conj] set [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the defence of this social unit that set many of the boundaries to the debates and limited the eventual legislative reform . |
| 2 | A dozen cars have been stolen and set ablaze in the past six weeks — the last incident nearly led to hundreds of acres of trees being destroyed . |
| 3 | TWO young sisters died after petrol was poured through a letterbox and set alight during a lovers ' row . |
| 4 | The girl was doused with petrol and set alight after complaining that she was being subjected to ‘ Eve-teasing , ’ the Indian euphemism for sexual harassment , rife in a culture in which dating is unusual . |
| 5 | POLICE are today investigating a claim that a man was beaten unconscious and set alight by a gang of six or seven . |
| 6 | But there is a strong tradition in this country that education ( including higher education ) should go beyond cognitive or intellectual development , that it should draw out , through its curricula , teaching and environment , the entire range of types of ability and talent — intellectual , artistic , physical and social — and set these in the context of the whole person , of ‘ character ’ , ‘ autonomy ’ or ‘ maturity ’ . |
| 7 | At the end of what has not been the easiest of years for trading conditions , I am pleased to say that we are just about on target and set fair for 1993 . |
| 8 | Caesar was the first Roman to allow his own portrait to appear on coins minted at Rome and elsewhere in his lifetime ; his statue was carried on a litter , and set next to statues of the gods . |
| 9 | For those who are wondering why I have this set-up , the three were introduced at a small size when I thought them a male and two females ; and I am unwilling to upset a settled pair by unnecessarily removing the decor and setting two with a net ! |
| 10 | We have , however , been somewhat haphazard in our plans in that we have not progressed all of the key issues in parallel and we are in the process of preparing detailed quarry plans for each location progressing estate issues , planning requirements , confirming geological and hydro geological aspects and setting all of this against market requirements . |
| 11 | The 100 , 300 and 500 series are capable of processing PostScript files through an external RIP and setting direct from disk at 1270dpi and beyond . |
| 12 | It is worth estimating potential transport costs in advance and setting these against your anticipated income . |
| 13 | Romance and mystery were added to the place when Meade Falkner wrote Moonfleet , the classic children 's adventure story which was loosely based on this family and hamlet , though set nearer to the sea . |
| 14 | The elasticity of substitution would normally be defined as : which gives a fourth relation between the parameters when set equal to an external estimate of a . |
| 15 | These insights look rather small when set next to his previous books of revelations . |
| 16 | When set next to the assassination of players , managers and referees in Colombia , Willie Johnson was a choirboy . |
| 17 | On the day I came up here , there were no workmen and the deserted new village was occupied only by horses , wandering at liberty between the half-finished buildings , the machinery and the piles of materials — hardly the setting for which they had been intended when set loose for the summer to forage for themselves . |