Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Here , too , metal reinforcements set in the concrete have rusted because the concrete contained too much calcium chloride . |
| 32 | The mills are also breaking pollution levels set by the local NRAs which WEN claims are inadequate in the first place . |
| 33 | There were double firing slits on three sides and a metal door set in the side nearest to me . |
| 34 | They slipped like shadows through the great doorway of the Lady 's Tower , and along a dark stone passage to a low oak door set in the inner wall . |
| 35 | Rule 5 The module version has been nominated for a greater period than the nomination latency set in the configuration file . |
| 36 | The club failed to meet a Thursday midnight deadline set by the High Court for payment of £22.8 million to Cabra for the purchase of Stamford Bridge . |
| 37 | If she looked at her father with tolerance on that first night it was because his flattering of Giovanna had resulted in the table being elaborately laid on the terrace , fresh candles put in the brass candlesticks , and flowers in a big green and white pottery jug set in the centre of the table . |
| 38 | Make repairs using glue in a period when no one will be using the stairs , to give the glue time to set without the joint flexing . |
| 39 | Two rounds after the door is opened , the floor between the doors to 76 and 78 retracts and the passage becomes a pit , 4 yards deep , with jagged iron spikes set into the bottom . |
| 40 | Cati 's heart twisted , then withered inside her , like a paper taper set to the fire . |
| 41 | From where she stood , working access to the most inner room had been via remote control arms and full-sized plastic window-suits set in the wall with their own flexi-corridors that stretched out behind the deeper the technician moved into the room . |
| 42 | BLADE RUNNER : Director 's cut of Eighties sci-fi classic set in the year 2020 , starring Harrison Ford , Sean Young and Rutger Hauer . |
| 43 | two apple trees set in the lawn |
| 44 | His responsibility is to ensure that a particular package has achieved the quality standards set by the project which is using it . |
| 45 | His responsibility is to ensure that a particular package has achieved the quality standards set by the project which is using it . |
| 46 | She had polished the glasses and checked there were seven Capstan in the cigarette box set on the low table beside the settee . |
| 47 | Small hospitals incinerators do not have to comply with the latest emission standards set by the Department of Environment until 1996 . |
| 48 | Biosphere 2 , a huge glass and steel structure set in the Arizona desert outside Tucson , consists of a series of seven domes and spires , some five storeys tall . |
| 49 | Overlooking details like the visual incongruity of the rectangular '50s radio-set control panel set into the smooth , undulating curves of the Golden , and indeed the general decorative overkill , this is a lovely guitar , with an uncanny ability to impress and delight . |
| 50 | Looking over the wall corner , the crater of Cow Pot is revealed and should be left severely alone ; instead , turn south to a cluster of boulders around an iron manhole cover set in the ground . |
| 51 | With a quick reflex action he caught the tompaw , a short stout wooden handle with a steel claw set in the end , and thumped it into the first deal of the day . |
| 52 | The building of the second boat — the Spanish feel they have not time to build three — will begin in March with a launch date set for the autumn . |
| 53 | Actions for damages ( as opposed to injunctions ) have not so far figured largely in litigation against individuals caused by industrial action ; the limits to union liability set by the 1982 Act are low in relation to the loss that may be suffered and the very large fines imposed for contempt by disobedience to injunctions have probably been a more powerful sanction . |
| 54 | In the West its enormous popularity was as a love story set against the epic background of the Revolution and its aftermath . |
| 55 | Franco was expected to seek congressional approval for a two-step reform to simplify the tax system and to counter tax evasion , in order to meet performance targets set by the IMF in the January 1992 agreement [ see pp. 38719-20 ] for the disbursement of credits . |
| 56 | A council does not have the ability to help because of the spending limits set by the poll tax and the severe controls set by government . |
| 57 | Today North West industry meets all the Mercury quality standard and load discharge limits set by the regulatory authorities and the UK fulfils all the requirements of the EC mercury directive . |
| 58 | The ‘ cost pass-through ’ mechanism is designed to override the five yearly profit limits set by the director general , called the K-factor . |
| 59 | There , on a promontory into the Atlantic , you can walk over the same cobblestones once walked on by Price Henry the Navigator , and see the stone compass rose set into the courtyard with which , it is thought , he taught the early Spanish adventurers how to navigate across the oceans . |
| 60 | Joy Larkcom dallies with dill , passes on a trap tip , saves space by sowing salads and encourages runner beans to set in the kitchen garden this month |