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

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1 Marketing objectives are specific targets set in terms of sales , profit , share , distribution , consumer penetration , re-purchase , etc .
2 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 .
3 However , at the classroom level there may be specific objectives set for a particular session or activity .
4 Yet these are small gains to set against the many reverses the right has suffered since Mr de Klerk started to undo apartheid .
5 They were low domes set on tall , narrow drums , possibly based in design upon the wooden Cathedral of S. Sophia at Novgorod ( destroyed by fire 1045 ) .
6 They were eight-sided crystals set at regular intervals in the walls and ceiling , and they shed a rather unpleasant glow that did n't so much illuminate as outline the darkness .
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