Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The barracks was a modern red-brick building set on the edge of the base which housed the 1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie . |
| 2 | A classic storyline set in the twenties being filmed in the nineties . |
| 3 | His total dose was 109 millirems — well below the recommended level set by the International Commission on Radiological Protection . |
| 4 | It was not , it seems , by the classical standards of German decadence set in the 1920 , very shocking . |
| 5 | Easily Accessible : Chepstow is an interesting and historical town set in the outstanding natural beauty of the Wye Valley . |
| 6 | The modern grey or brown fascia sets off the knobs with colour co-ordinated inserts . |
| 7 | Made from a mass of floral striped fabric , this pretty half-tester decoration sets off the exuberant floral bed line perfectly . |
| 8 | Phillip 's riposte is with a sale of chess sets and related items including a mid-nineteenth-century carved ivory set with the pieces in the form of monkeys . |
| 9 | Economists often think about policies towards R&D and innovation in terms of conflicts between static and dynamic efficiency ( for a critical overview of this debate set in the context of antitrust , see Baumol and Ordover , 1988 and 1992 ) . |
| 10 | The Contingency Reserve has always existed as a cushion to meet unexpected demands for spending without breaking the overall planning target for public spending set in the White Papers . |
| 11 | Quiss was led by the dwarfish scullions , through the banked ranges past gleaming tubs , boiling vats , open fires and grills past rows of massive , wing-nutted pressure cookers guarded by blast screens , under huge n-shaped pipes , bubbling and gurgling and leaking steam , and over the dainty , counter-sunk tracks of a narrow-gauge railway until eventually he saw a wall ahead , and was led up a rickety wooden staircase to a narrow gantry then stopped at a small wooden door set into the wall . |
| 12 | Other stock markets around the world followed the optimisic trend set by the big exchanges , though in many of them the trading was relatively light . |
| 13 | A trapdoor in 2e leads upwards to chamber 2f ; however , the wooden ladder set into the wall below it is obviously rotten and useless , so a skill such as Scale Sheer Surfaces or a Flight spell is necessary to reach the trapdoor . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She crossed over to the wooden flap set in the counter where she bumped into Lawler . |
| 17 | A high standard set by the skilled nurse should be reflected in the performance of the learner . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Officers ' buttons bore ‘ I ’ for infantry on a central shield set on the coat of arms . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The other sentry 's trouser-leg darkened as he shakily but hurriedly turned the locking wheel set into the wall . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | This pretty Victorian farmhouse set in the hills of Staffordshire has beautiful views from all aspects overlooking a peaceful valley . |
| 24 | Victorian passion set against the Suffolk landscape in The Bridge |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | When the sample is completely molten the dilatometer is transferred to a second thermostat set at the temperature selected for crystallization to take place and allowed to equilibrate . |
| 28 | He stood , then went across to the tiny oven set into the wall on the far side of the room and lit it . |
| 29 | The self-catering apartments form their own little village set around the palm-fringed swimming pool . |
| 30 | This is a larger block set between the arch and the capital to provide a broader supporting top for the arcade above . |