Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a handsome face , a model 's face , he thought , with its high cheekbones , long , slightly concave nose , wide , full lips and dark , angry eyes deeply set under the strong brows . |
| 2 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 3 | All that is required is simply to retard the ignition timing by 3 degrees ( are you sure that your ignition timing is spot on , anyway — try unleaded and if the engine does n't ‘ pink ’ , you 're OK , but have the ignition properly set at the next service ) . |
| 4 | In ‘ random mode ’ , the time controller will switch an appliance on and off at random intervals during the four ON periods already set for the programme mode . |
| 5 | The man , a stocky , greying fifty-year-old in a navy raincoat over a suit , his hair cut short , was attended by a uniformed policewoman , hair smartly set under the cap , her eyes watchful in the wide , flat , placid face , and both of them were standing square and stolid . |
| 6 | The benchmark now set by the Halifax is certain to influence how other societies respond to last week 's 1-point increase in bank base rates to 15 per cent . |
| 7 | When Tommy was interviewed at the time , he made it clear that he was a man with his sights firmly set on the future , and so it is no surprise that in 1991 , Tommy Rodgers is again setting new standards . |
| 8 | Normally a rubber-stamping exercise , representatives from all over the country come to discuss an agenda largely set by the party . |
| 9 | The north doorway has a remarkable tympanum deeply set in the porch like that at Autun . |
| 10 | DUNKELD Cathedral attractively set beside the Tay . |
| 11 | And , to Sven Hjerson 's concealed annoyance , Miss Arabella Buckley had contrived to make herself one of the group , her ample form straining the faded green canvas of a chair firmly set among the others . |
| 12 | Swimmers are well catered for with a heated main pool , a whirlpool bath and a shallow children 's pool all set within the grounds . |
| 13 | Reference can be made to standards usually set by the agency ‘ in cases of this kind ’ , or attention drawn to practice in past cases . |
| 14 | There is a bull ring , now secured in a stone block resting on the verge near the church , which is a reminder of the baiting which entertained our ancestors , and a sun-dial strangely set into the top of a small upright coffin-shaped stone in the churchyard . |
| 15 | ( March 10 was the date already set for the dissolution of Parliament in advance of the general election . ) |
| 16 | In an address to the country on Nov. 10 , President José Eduardo Dos Santos announced that a general election would take place on a date provisionally set for the second half of September 1992 and that consultations would continue with political parties and organizations on a firm date . |
| 17 | The official Soviet version of events was provided in 1957 by Andrei Gromyko , then Deputy Foreign Minister , who claimed that Wallenberg had died of a heart attack in prison in 1947 , a date conveniently set before the end of the Stalin era . |
| 18 | The precedent thus set by the commons became of great significance in later political crises , for it gave the commons a means of dealing with unpopular royal officials and ministers , with the sanction of nonco-operation in the business of parliament if their charges were not heard . |