Example sentences of "[pron] [is] set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the A453 and its attendant petrol station it is again worth paddling to lock 11 which is set between a container terminal and a sportsground lined with poplar trees which shed their downy white seed onto the canal in profusion at this time of year . |
| 2 | KINGS of video action , Dolph Lundgren and Jean Claude Van Damme , team up in Universal Soldier which is set for a December 29 release on tape after a good run at cinemas . |
| 3 | My own feeling is that there is a great similarity and that there is a a base salary normally which is set on a competitive level with a target as in this case perhaps at the mid-point , perhaps at the sixty percent level or whatever it would be and that a significant uplift in compensation can be obtained by a bonus scheme , if the performance of the company as measured in earnings per share , return on capital , return on equity or any m other measure if those objectives are met . |
| 4 | It comes in Dorothy L. Sayers ' Five Red Herrings , which is set among a group of artists . |
| 5 | Vargas Llosa 's The Time of the Hero , which is set in a Peruvian military academy where the cadets assume an ostentatious machismo as a survival strategy , oscillates between third-person narration and monologue ( interior and spoken ) to bring out the gulf between the boys ' public personae and their sensitive and vulnerable inner self , and to highlight how social intercourse distorts their personality by conditioning them to suppress their softer feelings . |
| 6 | Initially the reasoning behind this law seemed sensible for a region like Champagne , which is set in a viticultural twilight zone where the size of harvest fluctuates from year to year . |
| 7 | We were staying overnight at Blackburn bothy , which is set in a small wood with a stream wending through it . |
| 8 | Now she 's set for a quiet life |
| 9 | A quick trip to stock the fridge , the larder and the wine rack and everything is set for a fantastic holiday , with the freedom to come and go when you choose , eat the very best available in the shops , try out the local wines and generally ‘ go native ! ’ |
| 10 | River pollution nearly wiped out eel stocks in the Thames , but now the water 's cleaner it 's set for a revival . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's set in a small valley in a remote region somewhere in the world . |
| 12 | It 's set in a quiet location just one minute walk from the centre of the village . |
| 13 | It 's set in a large bay , about two miles deep and one mile wide , on the north west corner of the Bodrum Peninsula . |
| 14 | It is set on a platform reached by seventy-four basalt steps , and its tall twin white towers , set each side of the main doorway , make it a landmark from Funchal way below . |
| 15 | Boasting easy access to the hinterland for those who wish to explore , about ten minutes walk from the centre of the city itself and around 50 yards from the sea and sand of the beach , it is set on a corner location . |
| 16 | Most annuals can be placed straight into the propogator , providing it is set at a temperature within the stated range , but some need to be covered with a polythene bag or sheet of glass . |
| 17 | Unusually for a city hotel , it is set around a lovely , lush private garden where sun-loungers are set out around the wonderfully secluded swimming pool . |
| 18 | It is set in a medieval castle in a historic town in Eastern Europe . |
| 19 | And then there is the international novel , which is particularly easy to translate because it is set in a generalised Nowhere and has no idiosyncratic language to disturb its translators . |
| 20 | It is set in a quiet and sunny spot just 12 minutes walk from the village . |
| 21 | It is set in a garden and fields which look south towards a fresh stream and woodland beyond . |
| 22 | The land it is set in a cultivate style , |