Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Later in India and Africa , entire villages were rounded up and forced to work for minimal wages set by foreign officials .
2 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 .
3 I stepped out on to a floor of empty desks set on an acre or more of thick carpet .
4 She looked at the handsome features framed by thick , straight dark hair , and into a pair of brown eyes set beneath dark brows .
5 This works like an individual Filofax where copies of appraisals and checklists of personal targets set by the employee are included .
6 They had strengthened structurally weak areas around doors and windows with layers of fired bricks set into the mud walls .
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 Executed in 1884 , it depicts in detail a group of typical characters set against the bustle of the market .
9 The recipe is mind-numbingly simple : shots of pretty landscapes set to classical music .
10 Before the main feature , however , there were a couple of important sideshows to set before the drenched assembly in the shape of the Plate and Bowl finals .
11 Firstly the level of gearing , that is the amount of borrowed funds set against the commitment of proprietor capital or net worth of the business .
12 It is a district of small houses set amidst winding lanes , quite cut off from the world .
13 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 .
14 They had three plank solid backs , but the seats were made of thin laths set on edge and not quite touching , so that rain water could pass between them .
15 If you have tried Bolo 's Adventures part 1 and you are thinking that just maybe the author has run out of difficult problems to set for you , well think again .
16 A large collection of modern texts set to traditional chants is to be found in the recent An English Kyriale .
17 ‘ City Limits ’ features a series of modern novels set in cities by a selection of writers including Jeanette Winterson , Philip Kerr and Mordecai Richler .
18 It is a rolling assessment , which is recosted every year in the late summer so that the effects of financial targets set by the Treasury for the coming year can be fully assessed before the Cabinet starts its Public Expenditure Review in the autumn .
19 This can take the form of a ramp , or a heap of round boulders set on a shelf and breaking the surface of the water .
20 This features a range of static screens set to a pleasing little ditty .
21 Elm Energy , which is operating the plant on a contract from the Non-Fossil Purchasing Agency , says the power station will be the cleanest in the country ; £48 million has been spent on equipment to ensure that emissions are well below maximum levels set by the World Health Organisation .
22 Built in 1806 with lots of original features set in pleasant surroundings , guest lounge with open coal fire .
23 Wedded to their reflections in the waters that surround them , they look like giant gemstones set in the blue .
24 Both are basically shaped like upturned saucers set on rocky promontories above crags , and both look across dale in a basically northerly direction .
25 When you are back in the main square of the Malá Strana , imagine it encircled with medieval houses set above arcades .
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 The side-dots are odd in that black dots alternate with white dots set into big black squares , and I think that from the player 's viewpoint this almost spoils the whole line of the guitar .
28 to comply with environmental standards set by the European Community and the Forth River Purification Board
29 It is built of sandstone with red bricks set between courses .
30 The notion of designating sovereigns by encircling their heads with golden crowns set with precious stones was already ancient when Pepin was crowned King of the Franks at Soissons in 751 .
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