Example sentences of "[noun] set [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have thus found the study of pupil deviance a fertile valley for optimism to set beside the forbidding mountain-like permanence of theories of gender reproduction . |
| 2 | But whatever the motives , the Government 's twin aims of handing back the control of unions to the individual members , and ensuring that trade unions act within bounds set by a democratic state , are ones that should have been promoted by the left . |
| 3 | Will Major and Hurd be able to neutralise the timebomb set by the social chapter amendment ? asks Chris McLaughlin |
| 4 | There is a swimming pool with terrace set amidst the sunny garden . |
| 5 | The attractions include the Roman walls , the castle , the cathedral , the racecourse , the zoo and the famous ‘ Rows ’ ( shops set in a seventeenth- and eighteenth-century environment ) . |
| 6 | Your program should not , of curse , subsequently try to use variables set before the clear statement . |
| 7 | There 's a film on now , ‘ a gritty piece set in a Welsh mining community ’ according to the Radio Times . |
| 8 | Intertel Communications Inc , currently legally a Canadian company , says from its Teleport Denver Inc base in Colorado that it plans to swear allegiance to the flag and become a naturalised American : it will reincorporate in the US to meet a condition set by the Federal Communications Commission , which gave plenty of ammunition to the Europeans that say that the US market is not as open as Uncle Sam likes to think , by insisting that only American companies could hold earth satellite station common carrier licences — there is no comparable restriction on US companies applying for licences in the UK . |
| 9 | The Home Secretary 's remarks on PR , made to party workers in Stroud , are the most strident so far used by a senior Conservative against electoral reform , which is the condition set by the Liberal Democrats for their support in a hung Parliament . |
| 10 | His left hand rested on the desk a silver ring set with a large brown stone on the little finger , and between the first and second fingers a cigarette with a thin blue tape of smoke rising steadily from it . |
| 11 | Jonadab 's lips set in a straight line and his brows drew together in a frown . |
| 12 | One episode with disasters aplenty was Episode Four of ‘ The Keys of Marinus ’ , the episode set in the polar regions of that planet . |
| 13 | By using the same statistical techniques on each data set within a consistent and coherent methodological framework it will add to the understanding of crime and its consequences . |
| 14 | A Section of statute set in the European legal hypermedium |
| 15 | Are your eyes set on the right holiday horizon ? |
| 16 | One of the giant owls of the region , about the size of an Eagle Owl ( p. 177 ) , but with longer tail , rounder head and no ear tufts , smaller yellow eyes set in a facial disc with concentric dark rings , and a black patch on the chin . |
| 17 | Of Jewish descent , he is a big man in every sense , powerfully built , with deep dark eyes set in a craggy , lined face and an Albert Schweitzer moustache . |
| 18 | Neat black hair , with dark intense eyes set in a handsome sunburnt face . |
| 19 | Of indeterminate age , he had moist grey eyes set in a pale , thin face . |
| 20 | But as they did so , they unknowingly broke the invisible beam linking two electronic eyes set in the surrounding trees . |
| 21 | Nant-y-Glyn Leisure Holiday cottages & chalets set in a lovely sheltered valley . |
| 22 | For just an instant his mouth set into a bitter line . |
| 23 | Roman , his mouth set in a straight line , strode across the grass , leaving Dana and Claudia to follow . |
| 24 | She lifted the receiver as Myra darted to the other phone and , her mouth set in a straight line , dialled the number of Roman 's office . |
| 25 | With Rune 's jaw hard and his mouth set in a straight line it was easy to imagine just how terrifying their enemies had found the invaders . |
| 26 | Nadine 's mouth set in a firm , determined line . |
| 27 | Her face was flushed , but her mouth set in a firm line . |
| 28 | Her mouth set in a grim line , she went to the kitchen door . |
| 29 | Sarah 's mouth set in a grim line . |
| 30 | His closely shaven face was tense and his usually sensuous mouth set in a grim line . |