Example sentences of "[noun] [be] setting [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His interest in the British empire was stimulated by a schoolmaster 's setting for a Latin essay prize a subject involving imperial federation . |
| 2 | The sun was setting on the tops of the distant mountains . |
| 3 | The sun was setting in a red blaze as we drove into the centre of Mexico City , the long geometrically laid-out streets already darkening into canyons filled with the lights of cars . |
| 4 | The sun was setting behind the black rocks , and the sea was a blaze of luminous colour . |
| 5 | Orion is setting in the west ; Sirius is out of view , though Procyon and the Twins remain , and Aldebaran is still above the horizon . |
| 6 | The weather was wet and chilly and this run underlines the standard that White is setting in the club this year . |