Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never before had events within Scotland been so firmly set on the international stage . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , I scarcely think so , ’ she said carelessly , ‘ I am not much set on jewellery , you know … ’ |
| 3 | Why do we have exams for subjects which we are n't even setted for ? |
| 4 | Another general constraint that must not be overlooked is , of course , the fact that the scarcity and control of public finance frequently sets limits to policy developments In some cases these limits are quite explicitly set by central government . |
| 5 | However , union fees are almost invariably set as a constant amount of earnings rather than a proportion . |
| 6 | But then take a hospital series like Casualty which has been quite explicitly set in the context of a decaying health service . |
| 7 | This case of pistols was the last and longest-surviving of the Collector 's many treasures from the Exhibition , and really , he thought , with the possible exception of the velocipede which had inspired the trace of fortifications , the only one to have been of any use ; most of the others , of course , were now immovably set in the dried mud ramparts and could only have been recovered with a pick . |
| 8 | With chestnut-brown hair and classical bone-structure but rather coarse skin , Sister Davenport could have been quite pretty if her face were n't permanently set in a narrow repertoire of sly looks and cruel smiles . |
| 9 | And for historically minded exploitation devotees , there is Terror Train ( MGM/UA ) , made in 1980 and one of umpteen contemporaneous movies patterned after Halloween , but with the novelty of being almost wholly set aboard a train . |
| 10 | And her plans now were very clearly set in her mind . |
| 11 | But the institutions of the 1970s were too rigidly set within the competing duopoly ( BBC 1 + BBC2 = ITV ) to be able to meet fully the demands made upon them . |
| 12 | Will he confirm that the disposition of companies is not yet set in tablets of stone , and that circumstances relating to premises and recruitment records will have a distinct bearing on where those will be finally located ? |
| 13 | If you have a very large aquarium , more Ictalurus melas would be ideal if your specimen is not too set in its ways to accept any newcomers . |
| 14 | Poland 's next general election is not due until 1993 , but there are local ones on May 27th — and meanwhile the government is already well set on the capitalist road . |
| 15 | The King of Ireland would take over the ceremonial duties of the Irish President , who is now nominally set over the Irish Prime Minister . |
| 16 | Here Campra made a special feature of a formula Lully used on occasion : the magic/supernatural music is almost always set in the key of VI in relation to a preceding minor key . |
| 17 | She is also rumoured to have turned her attention to acting , and is reportedly starring as Joan of Arc in a new film about the dangers involved when you get tied to a wooden stake with lots of sticks around it which is then deliberately set on fire by your political opponents . |
| 18 | The ponderous machinery of the Forest Eyre was once again set in motion — in Berkshire and in Surrey for Windsor Forest , and in Wiltshire , Hampshire and Somerset . |
| 19 | At 2.00 p.m. as the doors opened before the flood of Medau girls surging through , the 1979 reunion was once again set in motion ; one thousand tickets sold and every one being used . |
| 20 | To give judgment upon these presentments , the ancient machinery of the Forest Eyre was once more set in motion after a long period of general disuse . |
| 21 | She had spent the time since her arrival making calm arrangements for the transfer of her father 's body to their Buckinghamshire home after the inquest tomorrow , and was now apparently set on clearing up this murder before she left . |
| 22 | He stepped from the dais and glanced back , only now noticing that the altar stone was n't quite set in place , and that there was a thin gap beneath one end , which seemed to indicate that there was another pit beneath the stone . |
| 23 | The depiction of the Legion itself might not have been truly authentic but what gave Black Legion much of its initial impact was that the story with all its political message and melodrama was very firmly set in a very real community of American working men . |
| 24 | This was realism with a vengeance ; a true story had been used to depict a very real penal practice and the whole thing was very deliberately set by the studio in a specific historical context . |