Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Over the past two years Japan 's five largest city ( ie , national commercial ) banks raised ¥3 trillion ( $21 billion ) in total — to help them meet the new capital-adequacy requirements set under the auspices of the Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) . |
| 32 | Amongst the British films selected are DAKOTA ROAD , the new release from the prolific Working Title company , a tale of sexual awakening set in the East Anglian fens ; CLOSE MY EYES , Stephen Poliakoff 's second film as director , which stars Saskia Reeves who is also in THE BRIDGE , a new film which takes an impressionist painting as the starting point of a tale of illicit passion in the repressive Victorian era . |
| 33 | Robert Hamer planned to follow Kind Hearts and Coronets with a sexually-charged film set in the West Indies , with Vivien Leigh in the key role , but this was cancelled two weeks before shooting began and he quit the studio in a huff . |
| 34 | When Richard 's top lip set in an obstinate bow and his lower lip protruded in a sullen pout he had the unmistakable look of his aunt Margaret . |
| 35 | She crossed over to the wooden flap set in the counter where she bumped into Lawler . |
| 36 | A high standard set by the skilled nurse should be reflected in the performance of the learner . |
| 37 | Voix du Zaïre radio said that enraged students set on the junior education minister , Issalu Isangi , who was badly beaten up . |
| 38 | Or do you strain every sinew to go for that elusive target set on a small plateau ? |
| 39 | Farther than 12 nm away the reports were ‘ Nothing heard ’ on the low power settings ( both sets ) and ‘ Weak and unreadable ’ on the high power setting with the IC-A20 MkII . |
| 40 | Officers ' buttons bore ‘ I ’ for infantry on a central shield set on the coat of arms . |
| 41 | The prices of the operations from fillings to complicated bridge work were set by independent experts so dentists would receive a fixed income set by the Doctors ' and Dentists Review Body . |
| 42 | There 's a film on now , ‘ a gritty piece set in a Welsh mining community ’ according to the Radio Times . |
| 43 | They had strengthened structurally weak areas around doors and windows with layers of fired bricks set into the mud walls . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | The other sentry 's trouser-leg darkened as he shakily but hurriedly turned the locking wheel set into the wall . |
| 46 | Investment would no longer be subject to an annual ceiling set by the Treasury ( which , for example , is currently stopping BR buying up-to-date Networker trains to help relieve congestion on lines in Kent ) . |
| 47 | This pretty Victorian farmhouse set in the hills of Staffordshire has beautiful views from all aspects overlooking a peaceful valley . |
| 48 | Lady Diana Cooper ( then in her eighty-eighth year ) who attended the event , said in her inimitable way : ‘ Was n't that a mighty feast to set before a King ! ’ |
| 49 | This works like an individual Filofax where copies of appraisals and checklists of personal targets set by the employee are included . |
| 50 | Playing the SW213EB through a guitar amp ( which is probably how electros in this price bracket will be used ) with the amp 's mid control backed off helped improve the clarity , but as the pickup is the passive type , with six individual polepieces set into the fingerboard , it 's never going to have the bite of an active , bridge-mounted transducer . |
| 51 | Dishwasher manufacturers use a standard place setting as a guide to how much machines will hold . |
| 52 | Why , he even once built me a tiny crystal set in an empty match box saying , ‘ Here , Kit . |
| 53 | Victorian passion set against the Suffolk landscape in The Bridge |
| 54 | Huge stiffened but graceful garlands were hung from twenty-four tiny hooks set round the gallery parapet , and were constructed so cleverly that they gave the impression of winding around the gallery pillars . |
| 55 | The strength of the individual features set in a long thin face gave him a striking and attractive appearance . |
| 56 | Executed in 1884 , it depicts in detail a group of typical characters set against the bustle of the market . |
| 57 | The Papal State lay wedged like a nut within a giant imperial nutcracker — a small insecure state set within the imperial towns and communes to the north and the tightly-governed Regno to the south . |
| 58 | The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst is a beautifully written , homoerotic novel set in the pre-AIDS gay male sub-culture of London in the early 1980s . |
| 59 | The rationale for this approach is to develop a warm and caring relationship between the parent and child with clear and identifiable limits set by the parent about the child 's behaviour . |
| 60 | A hallucinogenic novel set in a red light district halfway between New Orleans and hell |