Example sentences of "[be] set with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central section of the courtyard of the Alte post had been set with a three-sided arrangement of trestle tables for a party of thirty and now they began to arrive . |
| 2 | Her place had been set with a wreath of holly , adorned with a place card on which Richard had laboriously written ‘ Miss Abbitt ’ in scarlet ink with a liberal spattering of blots . |
| 3 | So we are well on the way to achieving the recruitment targets that have been set with a view to making the decision as effective as possible . |
| 4 | The historical precedent for the summit had been set with the UN Conference on Human Environment , held in Stockholm , Sweden , in June 1972 [ see pp. 25476-79 ] . |
| 5 | Origins of the summit The historical precedent for the summit had been set with the UN Conference on Human Environment , held in Stockholm , Sweden , in June 1972 . |
| 6 | Some implements are set with the heads at different angles to make them easier to manoeuvre with one hand . |
| 7 | er all agricultural prices are set with the B C U and er what we 're er hold on do we just try and organize myself . |
| 8 | Before embarking upon a review of some of the findings from my survey , the scene needs to be set with a brief summary of the main arguments and counter-arguments concerning assessment . |
| 9 | A small auditorium may be set with a capacity of 2,000 . |
| 10 | When I first played through Rattle 's Daphnis , the levels were set with a degree of concern for the neighbours , I felt that here was an example of his penchant for pianissimos on the threshold of audibility getting the better of him . |
| 11 | Boucheron 's parure is in the grand manner of the Nineties : the V-shaped collar with matching ring and earrings is set with a fortune in round pure white and square yellow diamonds . |
| 12 | The scene is set with a ‘ Bruit de guerre ’ and an instrumental ‘ Air de triomphe ’ illustrating the account of a battle which the Greeks lose because Achilles will not fight , angry at losing his beloved Briseis at the hand of a fellow Greek . |
| 13 | Raleigh replies when the Queen asks him what he thinks of the dispute between Essex and Mountjoy , and the last line is set with a homely finality which reminds us that , by the end of Gloriana 's reign , Raleigh is no longer a young man , and that the historic Raleigh had a taste for literary homily , as in his poem The Lie " . |
| 14 | His face is set with the decisions he 's made . |
| 15 | Each link was set with a large stone according alphabetically with the lady 's husband and siblings — malachite for Maximilian , aquamarine for Amelie , amethyst for Augustus , emerald for Eugenie , chrysoprase for Constantine , jacinth for Josephine , topaz for Teolinde and amethyst for Auguste Amelie . |
| 16 | The seal on this rapprochement was set with a treaty of peace with the Picts to which Bede refers in the penultimate chapter of the Ecclesiastical History as a significant aspect of the situation in 731 ( HE V , 23 ) . |
| 17 | It was set with a full English breakfast — well , she had told Michele she was always hungry — and while she poured herself some coffee and began on the bacon and eggs she recalled their first meeting . |
| 18 | In the event her crown was set with no less than 4,936 diamonds and her sceptre was headed by the Orloff diamond , a stone of 194.5 carats . |
| 19 | At sea the scene was set with the cutters Vigilant , Swift , Alert and Active patrolling about thirty miles offshore at midnight on September 16th to the west of Plymouth . |
| 20 | Round the back , in the patio by the pool , a table was set with the remains of lunch . |