Example sentences of "[noun] [is] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 a partly automatic system is better , in which the time for regeneration is set by the operator after tests to determine the water hardness .
2 Boswednack Manor is set between the Penwith Moors and the wild Cornish coastline , and combines natural history with meditation and organic food .
3 Dessert cutlery is set above the place mat ; butter knife is on the side plate .
4 This modern Club is set on a pine-clad hillside and yet close to a lively and fashionable resort .
5 Because the front bed is now the main bed , the main tension is set on the front carriage .
6 Is a prisoner serving a life sentence entitled to make representations before his tariff is set by the Secretary of State ? 4 .
7 Lanhydrock is set on a hillside facing north-east over the valley of the River Fowey .
8 The student may come to appreciate that each concept , or theory or professional practice is set within a particular framework of thought or action .
9 Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her .
10 Magee College is set on a hillside overlooking the River Foyle in a mainly residential quarter to the north of the old walled city of Londonderry , the second city of Northern Ireland .
11 Magee College is set on a hillside overlooking the River Foyle in a mainly residential quarter to the north of the old walled city of Londonderry , the second city of Northern Ireland .
12 The voltage gain of the amplifier is set by the ratio of resistor R1 to R1 at 11 times .
13 LIVERPOOL 'S latest recruit Stig Inge Bjornbye is set for a dramatic debut next week after receiving a work permit .
14 Liverpool 's latest recruit Stig Inge Bjornbye is set for a dramatic debut next week after receiving a work permit .
15 CHRIS WADDLE is set for an England recall after settling his differences with boss Graham Taylor .
16 St Gilgen is set on the north west shore of the Wolfgangsee .
17 The action is set in a south London council flat of hideous squalor over the Easter weekend of 1990 , and it begins with a young man effing and blinding in a crescendo of impotent , inarticulate fury , before picking up a television and hurling it across the room .
18 The action is set in the kind of country house , all wood panelling and flickering firelight , that normally provides the setting for a creaky stage thriller .
19 The upper limit on the amount of data is set by the database that has to handle it all , rather than by the car code system .
20 When government delegates meet every two years to decide which species to add to or delete from the appendices , the scene is set for a battle between non-governmental conservation organisations , such as the World Wildlife Fund , and representatives of the pet industry and the fur trade , with both factions desperately trying to sell their points of view .
21 But the two crews are likely to meet again at Henley and the scene is set for a classic confrontation .
22 The scene is set for a Courage League National Division Two showdown West on March 14 Newcastle victory moved them to within two points of their North-East rivals .
23 THE scene is set for a Courage League National Division Two showdown West on March 14 Newcastle victory moved them to within two points of their North-East rivals .
24 The scene is set for the events leading up to the Crucifixion .
25 The scene is set with a ‘ Bruit de guerre ’ and an instrumental ‘ Air de triomphe ’ illustrating the account of a battle which the Greeks lose because Achilles will not fight , angry at losing his beloved Briseis at the hand of a fellow Greek .
26 The Italian Village is set in the open plain where the new town centre of Spitak is supposed to be .
27 This shows accuracy , however , not prejudice : most of his work is set before the English navvies and engineers descended on Normandy .
28 His interest in the British empire was stimulated by a schoolmaster 's setting for a Latin essay prize a subject involving imperial federation .
29 A complete candidate string is only allowable if the end-of-word flag is set at the node in the tree for the last letter of the string ( see flowchart D2 in Appendix D ) .
30 If all such letters are found , the algorithm checks whether the resulting string is a word ( i.e. the end-of-word flag is set at the tree-node reached by the search ) .
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