Example sentences of "[be] set on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the top layer of blocks/copes are set on a suitable mortar bed such as Marshall 's M-fix as suggested by the manufacturer , |
| 2 | When the fuselage surfaces , the wings will still be under water — you know how low wings are set on a modern jet . |
| 3 | Neumann 's statement about the air brakes is anyway very misleading , for they in fact can be set on a sliding scale , so that the speed of the machines can be gradually modified either up or down . |
| 4 | ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . ) |
| 5 | The consultation paper outlines how objectives for water quality could be set on a statutory basis and determined by actual use , for example fisheries , sport or water supply . |
| 6 | You were set on a different road : you could even become — who knows ? — a schoolteacher . |
| 7 | Most of the graphs were set on a steep , ascending curve , apart from the Husayn twins ' ; they started in the top left hand corner and were headed , inexorably , for the far right end of the bottom line . |
| 8 | The Aurelia is set on a private sandy beach . |
| 9 | Play Me Something ( 15 ) is set on a small Hebridean island where a group of passengers await their plane . |
| 10 | This is set on a sliding scale , depending on whether the school is primary or secondary , day or boarding . |
| 11 | This modern Club is set on a pine-clad hillside and yet close to a lively and fashionable resort . |
| 12 | An easily controlled , relatively short rig is set on a two-spreader mast . |
| 13 | Note that the pump is set on a level plinth . |
| 14 | This hotel is set on a beautiful bay about half a mile from Diamante . |
| 15 | Just a little to the north , the sleepy resort of Cha Am is set on a beautiful stretch of secluded beach , boasting crystal-clear waters lapping onto pristine golden sands . |
| 16 | Teatime telly treats : The Gingerbread Man , a 13-part animation series for under-8s , is set on a busy kitchen dresser . |
| 17 | My own feeling is that there is a great similarity and that there is a a base salary normally which is set on a competitive level with a target as in this case perhaps at the mid-point , perhaps at the sixty percent level or whatever it would be and that a significant uplift in compensation can be obtained by a bonus scheme , if the performance of the company as measured in earnings per share , return on capital , return on equity or any m other measure if those objectives are met . |
| 18 | Her oval face with its large dark eyes and high forehead was set on a long , graceful neck . |
| 19 | For almost the whole of the period under review , the prevalent and strongly held belief was that Britain , in common with other major economies , had climbed out of the economic slough of the interwar years and was set on a broad and permanent path of rising prosperity and full employment . |
| 20 | There was Lodowyck 's universal language , for instance , in which a sign for a radical ( eg primitive verb , to light ) was set on a musical stave , with signs for augmentation leg that wherewith the thing is acted ) set adjacent to it . |