Example sentences of "[noun] be set on [adj] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	The aircraft was set on automatic pilot , leaving Vologsky little more than a passenger for the time being .
2	A cliff path walk affords views of Burgh Island , to which Agatha Christie escaped to write in a cliff top gazebo — Evil Under the Sun was set on this 26 acre private island .
3	Her sights are set on international competition .
4	Stone funerary beds are set on each side of the main chamber .
5	Overall the study considers that a low price is set on unfair deprivation of a job and that unfair dismissal compensation has little deterrent value for most employers wishing to dispense with the services of employees .
6	If Mr Lightbown is set on young and weak Tory miscreants , they either crumble or he persists until they do .
7	Entry then became based on financial rather than medical or social assessment , and in 1983 upper limits were set on supplementary benefit , resulting in a massive increase in the total national bill for supplementary benefits to people in private sector homes — from £105m in 1983 to £500m by 1986 .
8	His will is set on continuous war . ’
9	This tale of smugglers , murder and romance was set on this piece of coast and many of the places and people from the book have been commemorated in the names of streets and new houses built in the area .
10	Oh ! hear me witness that my heart is set on higher things ; it would sail into far seas unvisited of man , but always there is this anchor of the flesh chaining it to its native shore . ’
11	Destination boxes were set on high stanchions above the ends of the upper deck and had glazed openings in the back , so no deck lights were required .
12	For added body , volume and manageability , hair was set on large rollers .
13	As one participant has suggested , the first intellectual task is to set on one side an archaeology of knowledge which has served us well for at least three centuries .

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