Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two fifteenth-century icons set in beaten silver , studded with amethyst and quartz . |
| 2 | This microlight had been flying with the right wingtip set to maximum incidence , but with the left at one setting of reduced incidence from neutral . |
| 3 | Norland College , a Georgian building set in 150-acre Denford Park near Hungerford , Berkshire , prides itself on a reputation for excellence . |
| 4 | They were low domes set on tall , narrow drums , possibly based in design upon the wooden Cathedral of S. Sophia at Novgorod ( destroyed by fire 1045 ) . |
| 5 | This slow , luxuriant movie set in rural , wartime Wales has a lonely , emotionally battered schoolgirl named Elenya — Pascale Delafouge Jones — befriending an injured , shot down German pilot , Klaus Behrendt , hiding out in the woods . |
| 6 | The 35–5- nanometre seventh harmonic they observed breaks the previous record of 38 nanometres for shortest wavelength coherent light set in 1977 by a team at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington using another harmonic-generation technique . |
| 7 | Husband had the good looks of a schoolboy football star who had reached forty with one mighty bound : a strong nose , high forehead , brown hair set in tousled wiry waves . |
| 8 | She looked at the handsome features framed by thick , straight dark hair , and into a pair of brown eyes set beneath dark brows . |
| 9 | It hit the wall , and the enamel tray on the top shelf set with stainless-steel dressing dishes and bowls , slid off . |
| 10 | Herald 137 cm by 190 cm sprung-edged divan set with individual pocket springs |
| 11 | Herald 137 cm by 190 cm sprung-edged divan set with individual pocket springs |
| 12 | Herald 137 cm by 190 cm sprung-edged divan set with individual pocket springs |
| 13 | Herald 137 cm by 190 cm sprung-edged divan set with individual pocketed springs |
| 14 | If the number of successful matches is less than some specified number ( the system has been tested with this limit set to 100 ) , then the actual words for the saved array subscripts are retrieved from the structure . |
| 15 | Two gigantic valves of carved bronze set with monstrous emeralds bar the way but as the ship approaches they smoothly swing back through the churning waters to reveal the Straits of Lothern . |
| 16 | A more pressing issue for Europe is that no makeshift Italian government is likely to cut Italy 's public expenditure , let alone raise taxes , to reduce public debt to make the 1993 deadline set for European convergence at Maastricht . |
| 17 | There will be more information about standards and performance ; clear standards set within public services which are still shrouded in mystery ; more choice built into public services and proper complaints procedures introduced . |
| 18 | Roy Hankin of Sheffield won in 4 hours , 29 minutes and 31 seconds , 15 minutes faster than his time the previous year , beating Bradford 's Melvyn McCann into second place , but not breaking McCann 's record time of 4 hours , 25 minutes and 53 seconds set in 1984 . |
| 19 | My magical ride took me from lake to lake , from Lough Corrib to Lough Mask and then to a third lake that seemed smaller than the last two inland seas set among high mountains . |
| 20 | Of the pieces on offer at Christie 's the most important is a gold and Columbian emerald cross set with sixty-six stones with a highly distinctive engraved reverse which would once have been enamelled or possibly filled in with niello ( est. £150–200,000 ) . |
| 21 | A tastefully extended and refurbished Victorian building set in own grounds with views over open countryside and yet within easy driving distance of Birmingham and the NEC . |
| 22 | Budget setting should be delegated to the manager who controls each function or service within an overall framework set by senior management . |
| 23 | The real Lily sat opposite , her too brightly-coloured hair set in stiff waves about her faded face . |
| 24 | Some computers provide several so-called processor modes , distinguished by the allocation of a separate accumulator set to each mode ; one mode ( the problem mode ) is further distinguished by having privileged instructions disabled , while the others are all supervisor modes entered under different interrupt conditions . |
| 25 | In the United States 35 states have legislation requiring all hospitals to provide a standard data set on each patient treated . |
| 26 | Gordon Richards , champion jockey twenty-six times between 1925 and 1952 , surpassed Fred Archer 's annual record of 246 winners set in 1885 with 259 in 1933 and then 269 in 1947 . |
| 27 | The plain exterior circular walls partly supported the covering conical roof but , inside , six columns set on elliptical plan , assisted in this support . |
| 28 | There are many stately homes , including Adlington Hall , a stunning Elizabethan manor with an elegant Georgian portico ; Arley Hall and Gardens , a Victorian residence set in twelve acres of gardens ; and Bramwell Hall , a 15th-century black and white manor house . |
| 29 | For example , models in the IBM 370 range have a basic instruction set for general data manipulation and transput control , an optional floating-point instruction set for scientific calculation , and an optional decimal digit string instruction set for business data-processing . |
| 30 | With the exception of the stained-glass east window , all the original windows of diamond-shaped leaded lights set in wrought-iron frames were removed and replaced with purpose-made steel frames containing simple rectangular side-hung casements . |