Example sentences of "[subord] set [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Although set in an overtly political atmosphere , its purpose is unashamedly entertainment .
2 I found it was possible with Paradise to talk about individual and personal responsibility , something which if set in a contemporary context would have had a preachy feel about it . ’
3 Most social and political theories formulated in the period immediately after the Second World War tended to view the industrialised societies of the West as set on a path of continuous economic and social development .
4 Here , too , the features were large , and clumsily applied : a nose like a ridge of clay , lips that recalled a Nubian 's , though set in a bitter line ; a protruding blue chin and ears so prominent that they covered half the sides of his head .
5 Though set in a biblical past , the poem used the popular application of typology to indicate a present importance .
6 The argument is easier to appreciate when set against a non-monetarized society .
7 When set within an historical perspective , it comes as something of a shock to learn that primary education as we perceive it ( with children and teachers housed in buildings built or adapted to ‘ meet the needs of the children themselves , ) is a recent phenomenon .
8 Glass shelves are often particularly effective , especially when set in a mirrored alcove , and lit from above or below , or both .
9 It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications .
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