Example sentences of "[noun] set [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of those universities who also support Ph D research in Scottish geology , Edinburgh 's students and staff have consulted 100 of the theses in data set C. For the major universities researching in the field , the numbers of thesis borrowers from particular universities are in proportion ( ratio nearly 1:1 ) to the numbers of Ph D theses produced in these universities . |
| 2 | The charge stated that with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group , and while acting with the dead man , Sutherland set fire to the eight-roomed house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh . |
| 3 | It is claimed that with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group and while acting with the dead man , Sutherland set fire to the house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh . |
| 4 | William Lukin set course to the south , arriving in the search area at 0330 to find that the Nimrod had successfully located the casualty and that the Army Air Corps helicopter was attempting to winch the survivors off . |
| 5 | This news set Berwick in a stir of even greater activity , especially when , that same afternoon , a fleet of ships appeared off the mouth of Tweed , coming from the south , and turned in towards the port . |
| 6 | Plumber Andrew Jones set light to the house after an argument with his girlfriend Christine Smith , the girls ' aunt , a court heard . |
| 7 | While he spoke Allen set foot on the log and began to cross . |
| 8 | There was no doubt of her employer 's beguilement , she thought , as Lady Merchiston set eyes on the visitor coming into her room behind Miss Kyte . |
| 9 | Fire engines were called by neighbours to Spencer Beck House , Middlesbrough , which threatened to turn into a towering inferno after Peter Crook and Martin Davies set fire to a ground floor flat . |
| 10 | Zoe set store by the unimportant . |
| 11 | TOM WALKINSHAW set Silverstone on the starting grid towards potential disaster with a chance remark to fellow directors of the British Racing Drivers ' Club . |
| 12 | However , I still remained determined to have Trumper 's running smoothly and declaring a profit long before Charlie set foot in the premises . |