Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] set on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From that day in 1862 , when Guinness adopted the traditional Irish harp as its trade mark , a symbolic seal was set on the special bond between Guinness and Ireland . |
| 2 | The sun was setting on the tops of the distant mountains . |
| 3 | Lunch was set on the terrace , as he 'd promised , and Luce let him draw out a chair for her . |
| 4 | Hartlepool then comprised 6,000 people , no longer a simple fishing village since dock facilities had recently brought it into the coal-export and timber-import trades ; but Jackson 's sights were set on the adjacent hamlet of Stranton , with a population of 350 . |
| 5 | Great store was set on the word ‘ training ’ . |
| 6 | No limit was set on the number or size of political parties , although each was prohibited from receiving more than 20 per cent of its budget in the form of grants or donations from abroad , and each was required to pay a registration fee of 1,000,000 francs CFA ( approximately US$3,900 ) . |
| 7 | A pail of cold water for washing was set on the floor so that performers had to bend over to use it . |
| 8 | Haya de la Torre rejected the Comintern premise that Latin America was set on the same course of development as the European industrial nations . |
| 9 | The tone was set on the first day out of London when Kinnock confided to a class of six-year-olds at Staple Hill primary school in Kingswood , Bristol : ‘ Glenys is a teacher in real life : this is just pretending . ’ |
| 10 | The Villa Faalifu was set on the edge of Tala-Tala , and the sight of its opulent exterior almost left me gasping . |
| 11 | Dinner was set on the patio . |