Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all words were set as if they were equally important , the main sense of the text would not be made sufficiently evident , and probably the music would lack decisive contours . |
| 2 | It was clear that both parties were set on a collision course , and I could not see the possibility of an out-and-out win for Mrs Castle . |
| 3 | Two passenger cars were set on fire outside the Intercontinental Hotel . |
| 4 | Cars were set on fire and a bomb attack was made against the mayor 's car with his family inside . |
| 5 | Her grey eyes were set in a brown skin smooth like the shell of a hen 's egg . |
| 6 | The long , carved lips were set in a tight line and the straight black brows were screwed up in a frown . |
| 7 | Some books were set by a single compositor , but |
| 8 | The tone of the festivities was set by Göring 's public eulogy , stating : ‘ We … look back to an unbroken chain of glorious victories such as only one man could attain in a single year of his life , one who is not only a statesman and military commander , but at the same time also Leader and man of the people : our Führer … ’ |
| 9 | To prevent seepage from the soil eroding the bottom part of the mud wall , a layer of fired bricks was set into the wall to separate the mud bricks from the foundation . |
| 10 | She felt as if an express train were speeding towards her — but her feet were set in concrete and there was nothing she could do . |
| 11 | Over those years he produced another serenata , Il rè pastore ( King as Shepherd ) , to a text by the famous Italian poet Pietro Metastasio ( whose texts were set to music countless times all over Europe by the best composers of the time ) for a state visit by Archduke Maximilian Franz ; another serenade ( K.204 ) written for the traditional end-of-term jollities at the university ; and several violin concertos , of which the last three ( in G , D and A major ) are standard repertoire today . |
| 12 | Times being hard , annual subscriptions were set at five bob . |
| 13 | By contrast , the chances of a major nuclear accident resulting in 100 fatal cancers was set at one in a million . |
| 14 | The maximum customs tariff on imports was set at 50 per cent and the minimum at 10 per cent . |
| 15 | Targets for reducing the death toll from heart disease , cancer and other illnesses were set for the first time last year , yet little has happened since then , the British Medical Association said yesterday . |
| 16 | And doubtless when unarmed Republicans were set upon by the same force in Derry in 1968 you , Mr. Tully , were at home swotting up on some useless pop facts . |
| 17 | In other instances we read that museum collections were set on fire . |
| 18 | For the first time , the students whose sights were set on a CNAA validated degree were sufficient in numbers to set the pace and the mood . |
| 19 | Hartlepool then comprised 6,000 people , no longer a simple fishing village since dock facilities had recently brought it into the coal-export and timber-import trades ; but Jackson 's sights were set on the adjacent hamlet of Stranton , with a population of 350 . |
| 20 | Her sights were set on Africa and the wider horizons she hoped would be possible after her tropical studies . |
| 21 | Towers were set at intervals and there was a terrace and deep moat . |
| 22 | There is the Brick Hall , which makes a super picture gallery , the Big Drawing Room , and the adjoining Long Hall , where places were set for dinner at one long table for 160 guests ! |
| 23 | What emerged , therefore , was the ‘ Medium-Term Financial Strategy ’ in which annually decreasing targets were set for monetary growth . |
| 24 | The point is frequently made that if bus fares were set at a reasonable level , buses would be used more often and public safety would be greater . |
| 25 | Teachers ' houses and school buildings were set on fire or bombed in an attempt to intimidate ANDES members ; in the right-wing press , ANDES was accused of fomenting subversion and Communism : |
| 26 | In September of that year " many Army and church buildings were set on fire . |
| 27 | The machinery of identifying and training field workers from among the community groups , and in some areas , college students , of the selection of regional staff and State co-ordinators was set in motion even though the ARC delayed in granting approval for the funding . |
| 28 | There were also the militia , who were duly called out , and the usual routine of beacons and watchers was set in motion . |
| 29 | A period of seven years was set as the publication cycle for new editions ; the sixteenth edition thus appeared on time in 1958 . |
| 30 | And in the big cities — to go from the relatively sensitive and ‘ socially conscious ’ reports of the District Leader of Augsburg-Stadt — the old attacks on the parasitic existence of Party functionaries gained new strength in wartime conditions ; the extravagance of Party buildings was set alongside the slums in which it was said the great mass of the population still had to live ; and ‘ especially unfavourable note is taken of the feudal life and dwelling of leaders of Party and State ’ . |