Example sentences of "[was/were] set on the " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | It was set on the Potomac near Washington D C which , like Malmesbury in our civil war , changed hands several times during the American one . |
3 | The tone was set on the first day out of London when Kinnock confided to a class of six-year-olds at Staple Hill primary school in Kingswood , Bristol : ‘ Glenys is a teacher in real life : this is just pretending . ’ |
4 | A pail of cold water for washing was set on the floor so that performers had to bend over to use it . |
5 | Great store was set on the word ‘ training ’ . |
6 | The Villa Faalifu was set on the edge of Tala-Tala , and the sight of its opulent exterior almost left me gasping . |
7 | She had a leather suitcase which bore the remains of labels from pre-war Oriental hotels , a hatbox and an immense carpet bag which sighed out little puffs of dust every time it was set on the ground . |
8 | Haya de la Torre rejected the Comintern premise that Latin America was set on the same course of development as the European industrial nations . |
9 | No limit was set on the number or size of political parties , although each was prohibited from receiving more than 20 per cent of its budget in the form of grants or donations from abroad , and each was required to pay a registration fee of 1,000,000 francs CFA ( approximately US$3,900 ) . |
10 | Dinner was set on the patio . |
11 | From that day in 1862 , when Guinness adopted the traditional Irish harp as its trade mark , a symbolic seal was set on the special bond between Guinness and Ireland . |
12 | Lunch was set on the terrace , as he 'd promised , and Luce let him draw out a chair for her . |
13 | The sun was setting on the tops of the distant mountains . |
14 | The sun had moved so that it was setting on the roof of the building on the western side of the yard . |