Example sentences of "[noun] set [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars , while significant struggles and in the case of the latter conflict involving savage warfare in Manchuria anticipating the kind of warfare to be seen in Europe between 1914 and 1918 , did not constitute a confrontation between two superpowers set against a background of vitriolic suspicion and rivalry , as happened in 1950 . |
| 2 | Blanche 's lips set into a pout of annoyance . |
| 3 | Her hair was screwed into a ballerina chignon and her wooden lips set in a smile of excessive sweetness . |
| 4 | His lips set in a snarl . |
| 5 | Leila , his girlfriend , has John Lennon 's other pair of glasses , but behind her pair are sparkling eyes set in a face that is always cheerful . |
| 6 | These may range from circular huts set in a farmyard , with small closes dating from the Ornamental Horizon of the Middle Bronze Age , through the hill-fort ‘ village ’ of the Iron Age , first-century Roman villa with outbuildings , to much later structures up to , and sometimes including , the twentieth century . |
| 7 | Ltd. , Crown jewellers since 1,843 , this , including an eight-piece Abercorn kettle and tea set on a silver tray , was ordered by Lutyens and its cost of £280 was paid in cash by Sir Herbert Morgan . |
| 8 | Jessamy stared at him for a moment , then her mouth set into a line that was almost as determined as his own . |
| 9 | It stood there , hunched and spindly , the weight held threateningly in one tiny hand , its big , dark , staring eyes fixed murderously on him , its mouth set in a snarl of deadly intent . |
| 10 | He leaned forward as he spoke , his tanned forehead pleated into a concerned frown and his mouth set in a line of sober sincerity . |
| 11 | On a modest few hours climbing we had sampled two new crags and climbed fine routes — a melange of anxiety , adventure and delight set against a backdrop of a wild , lonely coastline . |
| 12 | And will you be able to resist desserts such as Black Velvet Pie — a smooth chocolate mousse flavoured with rum and dotted with chocolate chips set on a chocolate biscuit base , topped with creamy mousse and flakes of chocolate ? |
| 13 | A representation of ‘ Adam and Eve ’ by Wtewael should fetch $700,000–900,000 ( £466,000–600,000 ) and a still-life of fruit in a wicker basket set in a stone niche by Juan van der Hamen y Leon $250,000–350,000 ( £166,000–233,000 ) . |
| 14 | Huy noticed a jug with wine and beakers set on a table made of white , polished wood and inlaid with river-horse ivory and gold . |
| 15 | Supreme of chicken set on a casserole of devilled pimiento |
| 16 | Menu Clear beef and celery soup Supreme of chicken set on a casserole of devilled pimiento Crème brulée with exotic fruit |
| 17 | Compare it with a late kouros ( fig. 72 ) , a larger work set on a grave in central Attica , of one Aristodikos , and beautifully preserved through having been taken down and buried when it can not have been standing very long , perhaps to avoid desecration by the Persian invader . |
| 18 | ‘ A village set within a village ’ Aldea de Benahavis enjoys a genuine Spanish setting while remaining within fifteen minutes drive of the world famous marina Puerto Banus and Marbella 's finest golf courses . |
| 19 | This can take the form of a ramp , or a heap of round boulders set on a shelf and breaking the surface of the water . |
| 20 | And Gordon has sold two books by award-winning children 's author Geraldine McCaughrean : a retelling of Shakespeare has gone to Judith Elliott at Orion , and a new novel , Gold Dust , a ‘ very sophisticated ’ surrealist fantasy set in a South American village which strikes gold , will be published by OUP . |
| 21 | An assignment consists of any problem solving exercise set by a teacher/lecturer with clear guidelines and specified length . |
| 22 | The upper floors of the storage shed were also at inconvenient levels and the discovery of wholesale decay in this joisted construction supported a policy of removing these elements and replacing them with a new upper-floor set at a level which could be extended into the roundels to give adequate headroom in the new ground-storey rooms , while ensuring that the four upper-storey bedrooms located in these projections had a sufficiently deep vertical wall surface to accommodate conventional windows . |
| 23 | A Fatal Inversion is a tale of psychological menace set in a Suffolk mansion . |
| 24 | It came from a scene set in a bar not unlike ours , and was said just after everyone in the bar had turned pale at the sight of a particular young man , a regular , entering the bar after a week 's absence ; the thing was , they were all wondering how they were going to break the news to him that there 'd been a terrible suicide , they were all wondering who was going to be the one to take this boy to one side and tell him what had happened to his friend , and why . |
| 25 | To illustrate this , here 's a II/V sequence down a cycle of 4ths , dealing with one string set at a time . |
| 26 | The Welsh skipper , who underwent surgery on November 10 to cure a hernia problem , has his sights set on a January 4 return against St Helens in an Alliance League fixture . |
| 27 | Almost 800 schools throughout Great Britain and Ireland will have their sights set on a visit to St. Andrews in May for the International final of the Golf Foundation Team Championship for schools . |
| 28 | But what advice would he pass on to any young person with their sights set on a career in industry ? |
| 29 | Hightown also have their sights set on a double — they have already retained their national indoor title and are intent on securing a place in Europe . |
| 30 | Turkey vultures are common on Kidney Island and are usually to be seen soaring on two-tone black and translucent wings , peering down at visitors with a calculating look in their beady eye set in a head of bare red skin . |