Example sentences of "[noun pl] set on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you decide to get married , fix yourself up with someone of the old school , not one of those feminist flibbertigibbets of the kind Jim and I have landed ourselves with — undomesticated , never there , eyes set on further career mountains to be climbed . |
| 2 | The plain exterior circular walls partly supported the covering conical roof but , inside , six columns set on elliptical plan , assisted in this support . |
| 3 | The interior is unusual with columns set on circular plan but with flatter , straight sides to the exterior walls . |
| 4 | His artillery , standard three-pounder [ 1.4-kg ] guns , was arranged in five pairs between the various front-line regiments , with some additional guns and Coehorn mortars set on high ground to the rear and to the left . |
| 5 | Traditionally these courses are for the more able , particularly those with their sights set on higher education . |
| 6 | Your uncle must be years and years older than she is , and anyway , I rather gathered she 'd got her sights set on some fellow whose name she would n't tell me . |
| 7 | Carl Llewellyn , again riding Party Politics , has his sights set on Red Rum 's record of three Grand National victories . |
| 8 | Kylie however has her sights set on another star , and another decade , the 1940s . |
| 9 | By adopting this methodical approach you should avoid the pitfalls and successfully answer any questions set on this subject . |