Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as he was satisfied that all was well , he laid back his ears and set to work on the grass . |
| 2 | There were regular news reports of Hooligan gangs smashing up coffee-stalls and public houses , robbing and assaulting old ladies , attacking foreigners and setting upon policeman in the streets . |
| 3 | All eyes , assisted by lenses ground to various prescriptions and set into a range of tasteful frames , rest upon us . |
| 4 | We shall have to do three old ones from the last couple of years and get the costumes and sets from Vienna as usual . |
| 5 | That year the twenty-five-year-old Cocteau was working on the book of Parade , Diaghilev 's controversial new ballet which was to express the new spirit in the arts , with music by Satie and Cubist costumes and sets by Picasso . |
| 6 | Thank you Stephen from Leicestershire , he says that he has seen people tied to posts and set on fire . |
| 7 | They have been known to kill mothers in the throes of giving birth , and park rangers run the risk of losing their own lives if set upon by poachers . |
| 8 | Given Mancini 's scenario , their role is clear : they selfishly overturned Edward 's wishes and set in motion the train of events which led directly to Edward V 's deposition . |
| 9 | Given Mancini 's scenario , their role is clear : they selfishly overturned Edward 's wishes and set in motion the train of events which led directly to Edward V 's deposition . |
| 10 | Push halved new potatoes , cut sides down , on to sticks and set on the hot surface . |
| 11 | It was here that , at the Competition for the Crown forty-two years before , Edward the First of England had met the Scots magnates and set in motion the actions which ultimately led to the Wars of Independence . |
| 12 | Inspired by the work of Burne-Jones , he created magnificent lockets , pendants and brooches , enamelled in bright colours and set with gems . |
| 13 | In areas of the sub-continent where pearl millet — the basis of the unleavened bread — is grown , soil temperatures often soar to 120F or more , killing seedlings and setting in train crop failures and food shortages . |
| 14 | Among them are sketches of objects and copies of inscriptions made by Howard Carter of items from Lord Carnarvon 's collection ; facsimiles of reliefs ; drawings of animals and birds copied from hieroglyphics and set alongside living counterparts ; Carter 's map of the Valley of the Kings used in the search for Tutankhamun 's tomb ; and record cards and sketches of the objects from the tomb itself . |
| 15 | Last but not least we give you the chance to pit your wits against a selection of the ‘ Aquarian ’ PFK Aquachamp questions as set by Dr DAVID FORD . |
| 16 | Having stated the objectives and set in motion a chain of actions the most important management function is to check the result , a comparison between performance required and actually achieved . |
| 17 | Benjamin and Agrippa drew their hangers and set to with a will , the eerie silence of that lonely road shattered by grunts , muttered oaths and the scraping clash of steel . |
| 18 | I ladled the curried object , whatever it was , on to a heap of saffron rice , smothered it with sauce , rolled up a chipathi and set to . |
| 19 | Separated from its neighbours and set in its own small garden , shared only by the owner who occupies another villa , Villa Sylvia is about 20 minutes walk from the sea and the resort 's centre . |
| 20 | The government was warned by scientists of the UK Photochemical Oxidants Group , responsible for the report on nitrogen oxides , that many urban , and some rural areas , have atmospheric concentrations of nitrogen dioxide greatly in excess of critical levels as set by the UN Economic Commission for Europe . |
| 21 | The raids had been going on for months , but had become increasingly violent : by mid-May they involved border posts being strafed with bullets or set on fire . |
| 22 | The effect of introducing just this one gene is to switch off some genes and to set in train a sequence of gene activation so that the cell develops into a muscle cell with all the appropriate proteins — master gene is an appropriate description . |
| 23 | The refund may therefore be spread over the remaining expected service lives of current employees who are members and set against the regular cost for those years . |
| 24 | The decision came against a background of growing public anxiety over the capital 's air pollution levels , which had reached nearly four times the recommended limits as set by the World Health Organization . |
| 25 | The decision came against a background of growing public anxiety over the capital 's air pollution levels , which have reached nearly four times the recommended limits as set by the World Health Organization . |
| 26 | Nor did he see another consequence , as his nephew Mauss confessed , shortly before going mad : ‘ how large modern societies which have more or less emerged from the Middle Ages in other respects , could be hypnotized as aborigines are by their dances and set in motion like a child 's carousel . |
| 27 | At the door is an insight into the true melding nature of all that goes on in Wainfleet — half a wooden beer barrel from Bateman 's Brewery , planted with flowers and set beside an iron shoe scraper . |
| 28 | Some reports suggested that severe shortages of essential commodities in Bulgaria could force both countries to agree to exchange goods on a barter system , albeit with prices fixed in dollars and set on world market levels . |
| 29 | For the special Christmas episode , ‘ The Feast of Steven ’ , an episode never screened abroad , Camfield wanted to use the main actors and sets from the popular Z Cars series ( including Brian Blessed , Colin Welland and James Ellis ) in cameo appearances . |
| 30 | Surrounded by hills and set at the mouth of the lush Foglia Valley , this is an attractive resort and an interesting town in its own right . |