Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have thus found the study of pupil deviance a fertile valley for optimism to set beside the forbidding mountain-like permanence of theories of gender reproduction . |
| 2 | Will Major and Hurd be able to neutralise the timebomb set by the social chapter amendment ? asks Chris McLaughlin |
| 3 | There is a swimming pool with terrace set amidst the sunny garden . |
| 4 | Cati 's heart twisted , then withered inside her , like a paper taper set to the fire . |
| 5 | WHITE MEN CA N'T JUMP : Buddy movie set in the world of basketball , starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes . |
| 6 | 8 ( 5 ) WHITE MEN CA N'T JUMP : Woody ( Cheers ) Harrelson and Wesley Snipes star in this buddy movie set in the world of basketball . |
| 7 | The Home Secretary 's remarks on PR , made to party workers in Stroud , are the most strident so far used by a senior Conservative against electoral reform , which is the condition set by the Liberal Democrats for their support in a hung Parliament . |
| 8 | Had the above account been a linguistic account , an explanation of the meaning of ‘ legitimate authority ’ , it would have followed that anyone who believes of a person that he has legitimate authority believes that that person satisfies the condition set by the justification thesis . |
| 9 | Intertel Communications Inc , currently legally a Canadian company , says from its Teleport Denver Inc base in Colorado that it plans to swear allegiance to the flag and become a naturalised American : it will reincorporate in the US to meet a condition set by the Federal Communications Commission , which gave plenty of ammunition to the Europeans that say that the US market is not as open as Uncle Sam likes to think , by insisting that only American companies could hold earth satellite station common carrier licences — there is no comparable restriction on US companies applying for licences in the UK . |
| 10 | One episode with disasters aplenty was Episode Four of ‘ The Keys of Marinus ’ , the episode set in the polar regions of that planet . |
| 11 | He thrust it into the man 's hands and strode past him , making for the open doorway set in the centre of the long white portico that ran the length of the house . |
| 12 | over the figure set by the Government will mean at least a 9 per cent . |
| 13 | Productivity growth would then decline as the frontier set by the United States was approached . |
| 14 | A Section of statute set in the European legal hypermedium |
| 15 | A classic storyline set in the twenties being filmed in the nineties . |
| 16 | The other sentry 's trouser-leg darkened as he shakily but hurriedly turned the locking wheel set into the wall . |
| 17 | An extra planetary gear set on the end , together with a new rear casing , provides the extra , overdriven ratio . |
| 18 | The success of the portland blue Jasper range , which was launched last year , has lead to the addition of the Brewster tea set to the collection . |
| 19 | But this year Jane Campion , a New Zealand-born director , was deservedly a joint winner of the Golden Palm with ‘ The Piano ’ , an ambitious period study set in the Antipodes in the 1850s . |
| 20 | It was the course of action set by the Duke of Windsor when he quit the throne to marry Wallis Simpson . |
| 21 | Payment was to be exacted through a land tax or rent set by the republics according to the quality of the land . |
| 22 | She walked across the cobbles and pointed to a plaque set in the wall of the Library . |
| 23 | The official date of the starting is 1387 , as shown on a plaque set in the wall at the south-west corner of the building : El Principio il Domo di Milano fu nel Anno 1386 . |
| 24 | A plaque set in the wall at shin height , painted cream with the lettering picked out in black . |
| 25 | They are comic crime and its cousin , farce crime ; romantic suspense ; historical crime and its near relation , crime set in the immediate past ; and finally , the crime short story . |
| 26 | A lively family Club set on the most beautiful beach in Majorca , offering simple accommodation and a wide range of facilities for everyone . |
| 27 | In addition , an order has been received for 850 , fine bone china tea sets in the Cavendish pattern with the famous QE II crest which will be presented to Cunard world cruise passengers next year . |
| 28 | The problem that consciousness sets for the materialist is well known . |
| 29 | Scott , revealing details of the 500-page bid document for the first time , insisted the big selling point was the proximity of the sports venues to the competitors ' village , which would be in a canalside setting in the heart of the city . |
| 30 | And do n't you think , he 'd like to score a happy marriage to set against the other one ? ’ |