Example sentences of "[was/were] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cooking fires were lit and pots were set over the flames to boil . |
| 2 | On other occasions , teachers commented that tasks without an obvious method of solution which were set to the intake year and also to other years were tackled better by the intake year in spite of the fact that they were younger . |
| 3 | When I first played through Rattle 's Daphnis , the levels were set with a degree of concern for the neighbours , I felt that here was an example of his penchant for pianissimos on the threshold of audibility getting the better of him . |
| 4 | In other words , we were set for a few laughs . |
| 5 | Early in the season , Tony Wright bravely predicted that Gloucestershire were set for a successful summer . |
| 6 | New standards were set for the working-class house in terms of space , WC , bathrooms , sunlight and garden space . |
| 7 | They were set for the garlic and the prawns , if they made it quick . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in . |
| 10 | You were set on a different road : you could even become — who knows ? — a schoolteacher . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Most of the graphs were set on a steep , ascending curve , apart from the Husayn twins ' ; they started in the top left hand corner and were headed , inexorably , for the far right end of the bottom line . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | However , on November 26th 1676 , six constables , four beadles and several others were set at the chapel doors in order to arrest Baxter . |
| 17 | H. This stands for historic pricing and indicates that unless there has been an intervening revaluation investors may deal at the prices quoted in the newspaper on that day ( which were set at the closing levels of the previous day ) . |
| 18 | Sculptural panels illustrating ‘ Engineering ’ , ‘ Agriculture ’ , ‘ Commerce ’ , ‘ Science ’ , and ‘ Trade ’ were set into the gables , and cameo busts of the directors of the company were placed in the main façade . |
| 19 | Below us the broad terraces of Hatshepsut 's temple were set into the curving amphitheatre of the cliffs . |
| 20 | Numerous poles were set into the mossy cobbles of the yard , connected at a height of six feet or so by thin cords . |
| 21 | Candles in jam-jars were set around the heap of boulders . |
| 22 | The mooring posts from the tanks and from the lower pounds were set alongside the lock flight , possibly the only parts of the lift still doing duty at Foxton . |
| 23 | When shortages of equipment , powder , bombs and food were set alongside the shortage of men , the prospect of eventual victory receded still further . |
| 24 | Bunks were set against the walls , kerosene heaters gave instant heat , while electric kettles enabled tea or coffee to be made . |
| 25 | Standards were set within the firm rather than externally and so organisations were essentially static rather than dynamic . |
| 26 | The workroom was extremely tidy and four chairs were set in a row in front of the puppet theatre . |
| 27 | All were set in a wide range of localities , were powerful and dramatic , but lack organization . |
| 28 | Her grey eyes were set in a brown skin smooth like the shell of a hen 's egg . |
| 29 | The long , carved lips were set in a tight line and the straight black brows were screwed up in a frown . |
| 30 | He trained two thousand brave men , who became well disciplined ; no man swearing without paying a fine and if found to be drunk , they were set in the stocks and some were cashiered , and they became known everywhere they went as an elite regiment and many more wished to join them . |