Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The barracks was a modern red-brick building set on the edge of the base which housed the 1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie . |
| 2 | Those wingborne came only in historic aircraft and the flying display was a vivid expression of the joys of classic aircraft set against a near-perfect sky and on a landing ground new to the late 20th Century . |
| 3 | A classic storyline set in the twenties being filmed in the nineties . |
| 4 | I stepped out on to a floor of empty desks set on an acre or more of thick carpet . |
| 5 | His total dose was 109 millirems — well below the recommended level set by the International Commission on Radiological Protection . |
| 6 | But as they did so , they unknowingly broke the invisible beam linking two electronic eyes set in the surrounding trees . |
| 7 | The primary aim of the project has been to utilise micro data sets in the rigorous empirical decisions in the presence of credit market imperfections . |
| 8 | Then she turned and eased herself over the lip , clambered down the old wooden steps set into the clay wall , and ran across towards the jetty . |
| 9 | Her hair was screwed into a ballerina chignon and her wooden lips set in a smile of excessive sweetness . |
| 10 | And this can so easily be the case , for such premises are instilled into the scientific mind set at an early age , becoming accepted points of reference , though really they are often nothing more than habits of thought . |
| 11 | His face was thin and you saw those strange blue-coloured eyes set in the darkness of his skin . |
| 12 | It was not , it seems , by the classical standards of German decadence set in the 1920 , very shocking . |
| 13 | Easily Accessible : Chepstow is an interesting and historical town set in the outstanding natural beauty of the Wye Valley . |
| 14 | The high targets set by the government have meant that colonies have often been badly located , and inadequately supported . |
| 15 | The modern grey or brown fascia sets off the knobs with colour co-ordinated inserts . |
| 16 | Made from a mass of floral striped fabric , this pretty half-tester decoration sets off the exuberant floral bed line perfectly . |
| 17 | Phillip 's riposte is with a sale of chess sets and related items including a mid-nineteenth-century carved ivory set with the pieces in the form of monkeys . |
| 18 | He was in one of a bank of four public booths set into the rear wall of Dunstable post office ; he was still north of London . |
| 19 | The study room has a couple of armchairs , one heavy wooden chair set at a writing desk , a bookcase set against the east wall by the door , ornaments and furnishings , and a set of five masks ( as described below ) mounted along the north wall . |
| 20 | To their right it ended abruptly , only yards from where they stood , at an ornate cast-iron gate set into a wall . |
| 21 | The Contingency Reserve has always existed as a cushion to meet unexpected demands for spending without breaking the overall planning target for public spending set in the White Papers . |
| 22 | Quiss was led by the dwarfish scullions , through the banked ranges past gleaming tubs , boiling vats , open fires and grills past rows of massive , wing-nutted pressure cookers guarded by blast screens , under huge n-shaped pipes , bubbling and gurgling and leaking steam , and over the dainty , counter-sunk tracks of a narrow-gauge railway until eventually he saw a wall ahead , and was led up a rickety wooden staircase to a narrow gantry then stopped at a small wooden door set into the wall . |
| 23 | But much of that extra income arises from subsidies given to the farmer in artificially high prices set by the EEC . |
| 24 | Charming emerald islands set amongst the lapping waves . ’ |
| 25 | Other stock markets around the world followed the optimisic trend set by the big exchanges , though in many of them the trading was relatively light . |
| 26 | Probably the most well-known body in Britain for establishing voluntary standards of quality and reliability is the British Standards Institution , whose famous Kitemark indicates that goods conform to the high standards set by the Institution . |
| 27 | There are , of course , all sorts of chandeliers available for traditional rooms in brass , iron , wood , wrought iron and crystal , but again the effect can be enhanced by recessed downlights set in the ceiling to light up the chandelier itself . |
| 28 | A trapdoor in 2e leads upwards to chamber 2f ; however , the wooden ladder set into the wall below it is obviously rotten and useless , so a skill such as Scale Sheer Surfaces or a Flight spell is necessary to reach the trapdoor . |
| 29 | Over the past two years Japan 's five largest city ( ie , national commercial ) banks raised ¥3 trillion ( $21 billion ) in total — to help them meet the new capital-adequacy requirements set under the auspices of the Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) . |
| 30 | Amongst the British films selected are DAKOTA ROAD , the new release from the prolific Working Title company , a tale of sexual awakening set in the East Anglian fens ; CLOSE MY EYES , Stephen Poliakoff 's second film as director , which stars Saskia Reeves who is also in THE BRIDGE , a new film which takes an impressionist painting as the starting point of a tale of illicit passion in the repressive Victorian era . |