Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Payment was to be exacted through a land tax or rent set by the republics according to the quality of the land . |
| 2 | These form a larger group than fabliaux set in the country , largely in villages , although the latter group is still a substantial one . |
| 3 | The problem that consciousness sets for the materialist is well known . |
| 4 | It is still using a line that provides voice telephony , so standards set for the voice line will apply . |
| 5 | Before these shrines , and the floridly-decorated prayer mats and suchlike which lie before them , a Harpy 's cage is swinging from a metal chain and hook set into the ceiling . |
| 6 | Whereas the standards and styles set by the peer group can set highly influential markers around acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for young people it is in individual friendships that young people find support and security , negotiate their emotional independence , exchange information , put beliefs and feelings into words and develop a new and different perspective of themselves . |
| 7 | Leo McKern , Sara Kestelman and Ian Holm star in the BBC Screen Two presentation , The Last Romantics , on Sunday , a powerful story of love and betrayal set in the tranquil world of Cambridge University . |
| 8 | If CND sets about the job properly , it may find it easier than we suppose . |
| 9 | And to look at the colourful display of begonias , geraniums and fuchsias set against the trees and shrubs , the unusual rockery plants , the miniature acres in their raised beds , linked pools and waterfall , emptying into a small bog garden , and the greenhouse brimming with plants raised from cuttings and seed , you would think the Doughtys spend hours every day keeping it all in trim . |
| 10 | CHESTERS ROMAN FORT AND MUSEUM Set in the ancient wooded valleys of Northumberland overlooking the River North Tyne , Chesters is one of the best preserved buildings on Hadrian 's Wall . |
| 11 | Staff of OPSSAT act to the instructions and priorities set by the President of SSATs . |
| 12 | Rather , it is a metamorphism of compositional intelligence and performance implementation , of the creative/re-creative moment , of reflection and refraction , and Orionesque constellation of images and dreams to set among the stars ’ . |
| 13 | This person is responsible for management leadership within a framework of policy objectives and resources set by the responsible minister , in consultation with the Treasury . |
| 14 | STING has a new single , album and dates set for the New Year . |
| 15 | The 1970 Act , for example , gave local authorities power to install telephones and television sets in the homes of the disabled , but the social services departments have been bewildered by how to decide on priorities between services and between individuals needing services . |
| 16 | With there often being many routes to approximately similar goals , there would appear to be little to be gained from studying these developing routes through the design process , However , the constraints and objectives set on the way are seen to " steer " the designers towards similar goals by differing paths . |
| 17 | Whereas classes are large-scale social groups upon whom production relations confer unequal access to the results of that production , the bureaucratic group in Soviet-type societies is constrained to act according to the rules and objectives set by the corporate organization . |
| 18 | The poll tax bore no relation to the ability to pay , offered no accountability because of capping and limits set by the Secretary of State , and imposed a 20 per cent . |
| 19 | The European Commission is to introduce legislation to force member countries to comply with minimum rules on safety , ship maintenance and training set by the International Maritime Organisation ( IMO ) . |
| 20 | the technical auditor checks new developments to ensure that standards and specifications set by the company are met , and that lessons learned from current developments are incorporated into future specifications . |
| 21 | Dalgliesh had moved over to the fireplace , a plain wooden overmantel with an iron surround patterned with grapes and convolvulus set in the middle of the right-hand wall . |
| 22 | When they reached the first floor , he opened one of the doors and she walked into a large bedroom with a huge bed , masses of cupboard space , a comfortable armchair , and a table and chairs set by the window . |
| 23 | Ralph Fiennes takes the hunky Heathcliff role in a story of love , passion and vengeance set in the wilds of Yorkshire . |
| 24 | When deflation set in the previous gains were wiped out and more . |