Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as they did so , they unknowingly broke the invisible beam linking two electronic eyes set in the surrounding trees . |
| 2 | Her hair was screwed into a ballerina chignon and her wooden lips set in a smile of excessive sweetness . |
| 3 | His face was thin and you saw those strange blue-coloured eyes set in the darkness of his skin . |
| 4 | There are , of course , all sorts of chandeliers available for traditional rooms in brass , iron , wood , wrought iron and crystal , but again the effect can be enhanced by recessed downlights set in the ceiling to light up the chandelier itself . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The strength of the individual features set in a long thin face gave him a striking and attractive appearance . |
| 7 | But the working party goes further : ‘ By examining some examples of typical assignments set in the classroom , approached through the eyes of the pupils , we discover a series of stages that have to be worked through … |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Wedded to their reflections in the waters that surround them , they look like giant gemstones set in the blue . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Leila , his girlfriend , has John Lennon 's other pair of glasses , but behind her pair are sparkling eyes set in a face that is always cheerful . |
| 12 | Of indeterminate age , he had moist grey eyes set in a pale , thin face . |
| 13 | Jotan was forcing the lock on a pair of massive double doors set in the gable end of the building which fronted the junction of the alleyways . |
| 14 | Legend has it that Rhodes , largest of the Dodecanese islands set in the blue Aegean Sea , was home to the sun god Helios … and little wonder given this island 's mild climate and long sun-drenched summer days . |
| 15 | The view from the Beech 99 explained everything about the area and its needs — vast numbers of small lakes set in an almost tundra-like expanse of scrub and woodland . |
| 16 | eleven 125W warm white fluorescent tubes set in the ceiling at the sides of the room ; |
| 17 | eleven 125W warm white fluorescent tubes set in the ceiling at the sides of the room ; |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The mill also housed a bakehouse on the lower floor , several bake-ovens set in the rear wall being largely intact , surviving as a reminder of what was once an important local trade , carried on at Aston mill for over a century . |
| 20 | The combination of these two exotic islands set in the Indian Ocean will fulfil all your expectations of a paradise on earth . |
| 21 | The combination of these two exotic islands set in the Indian Ocean will fulfil all your expectations of a paradise on earth . |
| 22 | A single pickup sits centrally in the body , with four poles set in a straight-across arrangement , unlike the later ‘ split ’ Precision pickup with its ‘ two poles per string ’ setup . |
| 23 | The walls were brick lined and the floor covered with dull tiles set in a herringbone pattern that reminded her of a Roman villa she had once seen near the South Coast . |
| 24 | All of those factors lead the City Council to the view that the current level of residual given emerging government advice , the City Council could no longer support the idea of a new settlement of something like fourteen hundred dwellings set in the countryside beyond the outer edge of the York greenbelt . |
| 25 | The Maréchal de Bassompierre , again a military man , after another brief embassy to London five years later , was given by Charles I " four diamonds set in a lozenge , and a great stone at the end " : this was said to be worth £7,000 and was perhaps the most valuable present ever given by any English ruler to a foreign diplomat . |
| 26 | Neat black hair , with dark intense eyes set in a handsome sunburnt face . |
| 27 | These may range from circular huts set in a farmyard , with small closes dating from the Ornamental Horizon of the Middle Bronze Age , through the hill-fort ‘ village ’ of the Iron Age , first-century Roman villa with outbuildings , to much later structures up to , and sometimes including , the twentieth century . |
| 28 | The shock of red hair , the puckish , mobile face and preternaturally bright eyes set in an expression of mocking amusement all conspired to lend Malcolm McLaren a Mephistophelean air . |
| 29 | With a roar , it began to come their way , searching with its closed dead eyes set in the grotesque moving head . |
| 30 | A colourful and busy small town with all main facilities set in a deep and steep sided bay . |