Example sentences of "[adv] set into the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One slight disappointment is in the fret finishing : the frets seem properly set into the fingerboard but some of the ends on the treble side are sitting ( or have lifted ) slightly off the fingerboard , allowing the top E to occasionally catch underneath them .
2 These sloping tables were often set into the ground and were then known as buddles , but there were circular convex and concave huddles which were mechanical .
3 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 .
4 The marble block was then set into the wall of the family tomb , so the occupants appeared to be gazing at passers-by as if from a window .
5 The niche is then set into the recess ( with a damp-proof membrane draped behind it in cavity walls ) and is held in place by mirror plates screwed to the rear of the niche surround .
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