Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stepped out on to a floor of empty desks set on an acre or more of thick carpet . |
| 2 | But as they did so , they unknowingly broke the invisible beam linking two electronic eyes set in the surrounding trees . |
| 3 | Then she turned and eased herself over the lip , clambered down the old wooden steps set into the clay wall , and ran across towards the jetty . |
| 4 | Her hair was screwed into a ballerina chignon and her wooden lips set in a smile of excessive sweetness . |
| 5 | His face was thin and you saw those strange blue-coloured eyes set in the darkness of his skin . |
| 6 | The high targets set by the government have meant that colonies have often been badly located , and inadequately supported . |
| 7 | He was in one of a bank of four public booths set into the rear wall of Dunstable post office ; he was still north of London . |
| 8 | But much of that extra income arises from subsidies given to the farmer in artificially high prices set by the EEC . |
| 9 | Charming emerald islands set amongst the lapping waves . ’ |
| 10 | Probably the most well-known body in Britain for establishing voluntary standards of quality and reliability is the British Standards Institution , whose famous Kitemark indicates that goods conform to the high standards set by the Institution . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | Voix du Zaïre radio said that enraged students set on the junior education minister , Issalu Isangi , who was badly beaten up . |
| 14 | They had strengthened structurally weak areas around doors and windows with layers of fired bricks set into the mud walls . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This works like an individual Filofax where copies of appraisals and checklists of personal targets set by the employee are included . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The strength of the individual features set in a long thin face gave him a striking and attractive appearance . |
| 20 | Executed in 1884 , it depicts in detail a group of typical characters set against the bustle of the market . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 … |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The use and refinement of existing powers The legal and operational precedents set by the strike were being followed and expanded by the police almost as soon as the dispute was over . |
| 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 | Basic rates set by the Wages Councils apply equally to women and men . |
| 27 | Wedded to their reflections in the waters that surround them , they look like giant gemstones set in the blue . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The Gainsborough films that best characterize the desire of filmmakers to close their eyes to the darker currents in society , to make believe that the world really is as cosy as some wartime films made it out to be , are Holiday Camp ( 1947 ) and the three sequels set amongst the jolly Huggett family . |