Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Those wingborne came only in historic aircraft and the flying display was a vivid expression of the joys of classic aircraft set against a near-perfect sky and on a landing ground new to the late 20th Century . |
| 3 | I stepped out on to a floor of empty desks set on an acre or more of thick carpet . |
| 4 | Her hair was screwed into a ballerina chignon and her wooden lips set in a smile of excessive sweetness . |
| 5 | And this can so easily be the case , for such premises are instilled into the scientific mind set at an early age , becoming accepted points of reference , though really they are often nothing more than habits of thought . |
| 6 | The study room has a couple of armchairs , one heavy wooden chair set at a writing desk , a bookcase set against the east wall by the door , ornaments and furnishings , and a set of five masks ( as described below ) mounted along the north wall . |
| 7 | To their right it ended abruptly , only yards from where they stood , at an ornate cast-iron gate set into a wall . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Or do you strain every sinew to go for that elusive target set on a small plateau ? |
| 10 | There 's a film on now , ‘ a gritty piece set in a Welsh mining community ’ according to the Radio Times . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ! ’ |
| 13 | Dishwasher manufacturers use a standard place setting as a guide to how much machines will hold . |
| 14 | Why , he even once built me a tiny crystal set in an empty match box saying , ‘ Here , Kit . |
| 15 | The strength of the individual features set in a long thin face gave him a striking and attractive appearance . |
| 16 | A hallucinogenic novel set in a red light district halfway between New Orleans and hell |
| 17 | In France the design was often blocked on the cover , i.e. imposed by a heated engraved plate set in a blocking or arming press . |
| 18 | However , John Elliott ( 1981 ) has systematically researched attitudes at an 11–18 mixed comprehensive school set in a high-technology area and found strong support , among the parents who had selected the school at that time , for a balanced education which regards personal and social development as at least as important as academic development . |
| 19 | It was a gabled Victorian house set behind a high red brick wall in the heart of the city and as Rachel drew on to the gravel forecourt she sat for a moment admiring the mass of copper beeches that surrounded the house . |
| 20 | Moreover , though the small centre of Buxtehude is attractive enough , Ingolstadt is the only one with a heritage of historic buildings set in an ancient street pattern . |
| 21 | He observes an arable monoculture set in an unpopulated countryside . |
| 22 | And Gordon has sold two books by award-winning children 's author Geraldine McCaughrean : a retelling of Shakespeare has gone to Judith Elliott at Orion , and a new novel , Gold Dust , a ‘ very sophisticated ’ surrealist fantasy set in a South American village which strikes gold , will be published by OUP . |
| 23 | A Fatal Inversion is a tale of psychological menace set in a Suffolk mansion . |
| 24 | Compare it with a late kouros ( fig. 72 ) , a larger work set on a grave in central Attica , of one Aristodikos , and beautifully preserved through having been taken down and buried when it can not have been standing very long , perhaps to avoid desecration by the Persian invader . |
| 25 | Suddenly the road grew wider and the trees were left behind as they reached a small town of almost glaringly white buildings set against a backdrop of hills and fronted by a tiny harbour . |
| 26 | By the late neolithic , Knossian house plans had become quite elaborate , with square fireplaces set against a wall or in the centre of the room , and with neighbouring dwellings juxtaposed to make a cellular layout familiar in Early Minoan villages such as Fournou Korifi ( Myrtos ) and the temples that were to be built in the Middle Minoan . |
| 27 | Situated on Beruwela Beach , the Neptune is a comfortable hotel set in a palm grove with lawns leading down to the sea . |
| 28 | The façade is very fine , with typical Tuscan arcading in four rows to the top of the gable while below are three doorways set in a marble panelled and inlaid front . |
| 29 | One of the most important is the abbey at Rievaulx , a spectacular monastic ruin set in a deeply wooded valley by the River Rye . |
| 30 | It has since been used on many small computers as a means of implementing a rich instruction set at a reasonable price . |