Example sentences of "[be] set back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conflagration began in the lower half of the square at the point where the houses are set back a little from the pavement . |
| 2 | If , furthermore , you wished to sell us a narrow strip of your garden to allow the shelter to be set back a little from the pavement , we could consider providing a fence along your full frontage as part of the accommodation works . |
| 3 | The most common request is that everything should be set back the way it was at time X and it should appear as though the work carried out on package Y never happened at all ! |
| 4 | ‘ If you mean the Prince thinks that we 'd be better off if the clock were set back a couple of hundred years , ’ Caroline said , ‘ the answer 's yes . ’ |
| 5 | To cancel a project is to set back a country 's loan or grant programme and perhaps risk political problems between recipient and donor . |