Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And here is the author of Communion , with a serial killer thriller set in ecclesiastical circles . |
| 32 | ‘ For sale ’ signs began to multiply as panic set in that the village would be blighted . |
| 33 | Wordsworth , looking out of the low , latticed window , said , ‘ How beautifully the sun sets on that yellow bank ! ’ |
| 34 | Indeed , as I was making my way back to this guest house this evening , I glanced back over my shoulder on a number of occasions and was met each time by a view of the sun setting behind that great spire . |
| 35 | Thus , with a rate of inflation averaging 4% in the 1980s , the £58 licence fee set in 1985 would have had to increase by £7 by 1988 if it were to keep up with the increase in the general price level only . |
| 36 | Bardul has a small stove with a chimney set into one flue here , where he brews Lustrian coffee ( he has many sealed tins of this here ) and cooks whatever he can find to eat . |
| 37 | The sound will then be re-recorded in binaural stereo using a dummy human head with a microphone set in each ear . |
| 38 | If more than 30 module names match the wild card search string then you will have to reinvoke the cache with the start string set to that of the 30th module name if you wish to view the other module names . |
| 39 | ‘ As you can see she 's not a juvenile and we only got her because she was caught in a trap set by one of the sheep farmers and broke a wing . |
| 40 | The impression that the being would take home is that Earthlings are making reasonable progress in rudimentary aspects of space science and technology ; that the world is keen to spread the benefits of such studies from the industrialised to the developing world ; and that all work in space science and technology follows the lead set by farsighted government bureaucrats and politicians . |
| 41 | In fact the rot set in 15 years ago when Dr Coggan asked for a meeting with Jim Callaghan to lobby for the Church to be exempted from a two per cent surcharge on employers ' National Insurance contributions . |
| 42 | After all , he reminded himself , he was Prior William now and had his eye set on further promotion . |
| 43 | But were the Liberal Democrats not in favour of higher taxation — with their famous penny on basic rate income tax to pay for more education spending , and a new top rate of tax set at 50 per cent ? |
| 44 | They echo the theme set in last year 's CBI Business Agenda for the 1990s with the emphasis on controlling inflation , public spending , strengthening the Department of Trade & Industry and giving it responsibility for the National Economic Development Council and opposing a national minimum wage . |
| 45 | Wayne 's film reworked a few of the episodes to form a fictional drama set in 1963 . |
| 46 | There are many stately homes , including Adlington Hall , a stunning Elizabethan manor with an elegant Georgian portico ; Arley Hall and Gardens , a Victorian residence set in twelve acres of gardens ; and Bramwell Hall , a 15th-century black and white manor house . |
| 47 | Type is often set with extra space ; eg 9 point set on 10 point . |
| 48 | It hit the wall , and the enamel tray on the top shelf set with stainless-steel dressing dishes and bowls , slid off . |
| 49 | The Welsh Black has a deep , long body set on short legs . |
| 50 | A number of passes are then made with the saw set at different heights — it is well worth-while doing a dummy run on some scrap material of similar size . |
| 51 | The possibilities for integration , that do not exist in a segregated , all-age special school , are many — as students begin to mix , sometimes for the first time , in a community setting with other adult learners . |
| 52 | Herald 137 cm by 190 cm sprung-edged divan set with individual pocket springs |
| 53 | Herald 137 cm by 190 cm sprung-edged divan set with individual pocket springs |
| 54 | Herald 137 cm by 190 cm sprung-edged divan set with individual pocket springs |
| 55 | Herald 137 cm by 190 cm sprung-edged divan set with individual pocketed springs |
| 56 | The translate operation is used to convert a string from one character set to another . |
| 57 | For example , models in the IBM 370 range have a basic instruction set for general data manipulation and transput control , an optional floating-point instruction set for scientific calculation , and an optional decimal digit string instruction set for business data-processing . |
| 58 | For example , models in the IBM 370 range have a basic instruction set for general data manipulation and transput control , an optional floating-point instruction set for scientific calculation , and an optional decimal digit string instruction set for business data-processing . |
| 59 | A holiday travelogue set in some exotic location might on the other hand merit a slightly more expansive style to suit the circumstances . |
| 60 | One of the grooms had a whole set of separate bags labelled , ‘ Sunday evening ’ , ‘ Monday morning ’ and so on . |