Example sentences of "[be] set [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central section of the courtyard of the Alte post had been set with a three-sided arrangement of trestle tables for a party of thirty and now they began to arrive . |
| 2 | She stooped down to drink where a stone had been set for a firm landing beside a foot-wide pool . |
| 3 | On this occasion , Anthony d'Offay made one bid of $100,000 but the reserve had been set at a higher level . |
| 4 | The argument for a more comprehensive approach to work organization has been set in a new context by developments in product markets , trading conditions and manufacturing technology in the 1980s . |
| 5 | You 've been set in a certain class and no matter how your opinions change and you want to throw that class off , if ever a man does , it wo n't let him , it 's there in his voice , in his manner ; even if a gentleman was to take to the road he 'd still be a gentleman ; I mean , according to the kind of education he 's received , so to my mind that has become a kind of cage . |
| 6 | The play had been set in a military hospital in England in 1944 . |
| 7 | Number twos tend therefore to be passed over ( except for the top job in America , for which agreeably relaxed standards of industry have been set by a recent incumbent ) . |
| 8 | When this pin is held high , the output pins are set into a high impedance state , behaving as though they are , in effect , switched off . |
| 9 | The head of La Paysanne which conveys the same monolithic , blocklike quality as her body , has features , like those of so many of her immediate predecessors in Picasso 's work , that are set into a concave or volumetrically negative facial plane , often set under convex foreheads . |
| 10 | The item below that is the shortfall in planning application fees , this is application fees for er mineral extraction applications which are , these are set as a statutory charge erm we 've picked up in the budget monitoring reports which have been to previous committees that the from this source has been falling off , as a few words explain that in this paragraph . |
| 11 | A COUPLE who suffered a catalogue of tragedies are set for a second honeymoon in the Austrian mountains . |
| 12 | THE BEATLES and other former pop stars are set for a new royalties bonanza under an artistes ' rights deal agreed by the EC yesterday . |
| 13 | Halifax have made some great buys and we are set for a successful season . ’ |
| 14 | TWO of Ireland 's best known Catholic priests are set for a bitter and unprecedented court war , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 15 | It is essential , for instance , that environmental standards for industry are set at a European level so that companies do not compete by seeking out those locations with inadequate environmental protection . |
| 16 | the top layer of blocks/copes are set on a suitable mortar bed such as Marshall 's M-fix as suggested by the manufacturer , |
| 17 | When the fuselage surfaces , the wings will still be under water — you know how low wings are set on a modern jet . |
| 18 | Bold stripes in any one of six colours are set against a crisp white background . |
| 19 | The flats are set around a spacious courtyard with shops at ground level . |
| 20 | These are set around a cobbled square behind the 18th Century building . |
| 21 | These are set around a cobbled square behind the 18th Century building . |
| 22 | His eyes are a little protuberant , and his lips are set in a faint smile , so that as he leans forward against the wheel , gazing straight ahead through the windscreen , he seems to be waiting for the green light with eagerness . |
| 23 | Traditionally , and with good reason , large amounts of text are set in a serifed face ( that 's one with the little tick marks at the ends of the letters ) and headings are set in a typeface that does n't have them ; a sans serif face . |
| 24 | They are set in a peaceful location only one kilometre from some of the most fantastic sand dunes in the Canaries and a short bus ride from the heart of the nightlife of Playa Del Ingles . |
| 25 | Close to the busy A48 , between Lydney and Aylburton , these beautiful rhododendron and azalea gardens are set in a peaceful lakeland valley . |
| 26 | The singers appear in a suitably concert platform balance ( not always the case , even in live recordings ) and the orchestra are set in a natural spread , only occasionally seeming to be boosted a little by the engineers . |
| 27 | Among many-celled animals , various types of worm and some shellfish have a similar arrangement , but the pigment-backed light-sensitive cells are set in a little cup . |
| 28 | The push-turn control knobs are set in a toughened glass panel with high visibility luminous indicator discs , graduated in colour from ‘ off ’ to ‘ full on ’ behind windows . |
| 29 | The Paris auction market received a welcome fillip in the first week of April with the announcement that buyer 's premium would be set at a flat rate of 9% . |
| 30 | The choice does not have to lie between unanimity and a simple majority of the partners : frequently the required majority will be set at a higher level than 50 per cent plus one to reflect the importance of the matter under discussion . |