Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two fifteenth-century icons set in beaten silver , studded with amethyst and quartz . |
| 2 | They were low domes set on tall , narrow drums , possibly based in design upon the wooden Cathedral of S. Sophia at Novgorod ( destroyed by fire 1045 ) . |
| 3 | It was a small community , very snooty , of large detached houses set in lawns and trees . |
| 4 | When you are back in the main square of the Malá Strana , imagine it encircled with medieval houses set above arcades . |
| 5 | THERE can be few musicals that so vividly evoke the era they portray as A Slice of Saturday Night , a 60s skit on teenage passions set in Eric ‘ Rubberlegs ’ De Vene 's Club A Go-Go . |
| 6 | I stepped out on to a floor of empty desks set on an acre or more of thick carpet . |
| 7 | But as they did so , they unknowingly broke the invisible beam linking two electronic eyes set in the surrounding trees . |
| 8 | She looked at the handsome features framed by thick , straight dark hair , and into a pair of brown eyes set beneath dark brows . |
| 9 | Then she turned and eased herself over the lip , clambered down the old wooden steps set into the clay wall , and ran across towards the jetty . |
| 10 | Her hair was screwed into a ballerina chignon and her wooden lips set in a smile of excessive sweetness . |
| 11 | His face was thin and you saw those strange blue-coloured eyes set in the darkness of his skin . |
| 12 | There are , two , not unsuccessful private-eye stories by British authors set in America such as Basil Copper 's Mike Faraday books about an authentic-seeming Los Angeles and , earlier , the books of the prolific James Hadley Chase with a whole variety of heroes . |
| 13 | The high targets set by the government have meant that colonies have often been badly located , and inadequately supported . |
| 14 | Significantly , much confusion has derived from the apparently different economic and social priorities set by government employees , other planners , conservationists and farmers . |
| 15 | Mr Julian Worth , director of TLF , said his side would co-operate in the discussions but the solution must be one that allowed TLF to meet its commercial objectives set by Mr Rifkind . |
| 16 | He was in one of a bank of four public booths set into the rear wall of Dunstable post office ; he was still north of London . |
| 17 | The two men , who had escaped from a coach taking them to the magistrates ' court in Reading , were taken to hospital to have their broken arms set in plaster . |
| 18 | Statistics show that all discharges and disposals of radioactive waste there during 1991 were within the authorised limits set by Government departments — as were all facilities and sites operated by the Company . |
| 19 | But much of that extra income arises from subsidies given to the farmer in artificially high prices set by the EEC . |
| 20 | Charming emerald islands set amongst the lapping waves . ’ |
| 21 | There will be more information about standards and performance ; clear standards set within public services which are still shrouded in mystery ; more choice built into public services and proper complaints procedures introduced . |
| 22 | Probably the most well-known body in Britain for establishing voluntary standards of quality and reliability is the British Standards Institution , whose famous Kitemark indicates that goods conform to the high standards set by the Institution . |
| 23 | There are , of course , all sorts of chandeliers available for traditional rooms in brass , iron , wood , wrought iron and crystal , but again the effect can be enhanced by recessed downlights set in the ceiling to light up the chandelier itself . |
| 24 | Over the past two years Japan 's five largest city ( ie , national commercial ) banks raised ¥3 trillion ( $21 billion ) in total — to help them meet the new capital-adequacy requirements set under the auspices of the Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) . |
| 25 | My magical ride took me from lake to lake , from Lough Corrib to Lough Mask and then to a third lake that seemed smaller than the last two inland seas set among high mountains . |
| 26 | In the middle of the room was a round table covered with oilcloth , and four high-backed carved chairs set around it . |
| 27 | Voix du Zaïre radio said that enraged students set on the junior education minister , Issalu Isangi , who was badly beaten up . |
| 28 | THE criminal laws of Saudi Arabia adhere to the strict Islamic precepts set by Muhammad , the Prophet of God , born in AD570 . |
| 29 | Here were swords and rapiers hanging from sashes on panelled walls , delicate figurines set on marble pedestals , statues from across the far China seas , carved elephants and lions from Africa , Javanese dancing girls with jointed limbs , fierce ceremonial masks from the mountains of Indonesia . |
| 30 | They had strengthened structurally weak areas around doors and windows with layers of fired bricks set into the mud walls . |