Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a partly automatic system is better , in which the time for regeneration is set by the operator after tests to determine the water hardness . |
| 2 | Boswednack Manor is set between the Penwith Moors and the wild Cornish coastline , and combines natural history with meditation and organic food . |
| 3 | Dessert cutlery is set above the place mat ; butter knife is on the side plate . |
| 4 | This modern Club is set on a pine-clad hillside and yet close to a lively and fashionable resort . |
| 5 | Because the front bed is now the main bed , the main tension is set on the front carriage . |
| 6 | Is a prisoner serving a life sentence entitled to make representations before his tariff is set by the Secretary of State ? 4 . |
| 7 | Lanhydrock is set on a hillside facing north-east over the valley of the River Fowey . |
| 8 | The student may come to appreciate that each concept , or theory or professional practice is set within a particular framework of thought or action . |
| 9 | Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her . |
| 10 | Magee College is set on a hillside overlooking the River Foyle in a mainly residential quarter to the north of the old walled city of Londonderry , the second city of Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | Magee College is set on a hillside overlooking the River Foyle in a mainly residential quarter to the north of the old walled city of Londonderry , the second city of Northern Ireland . |
| 12 | The voltage gain of the amplifier is set by the ratio of resistor R1 to R1 at 11 times . |
| 13 | The action is set in a south London council flat of hideous squalor over the Easter weekend of 1990 , and it begins with a young man effing and blinding in a crescendo of impotent , inarticulate fury , before picking up a television and hurling it across the room . |
| 14 | The action is set in the kind of country house , all wood panelling and flickering firelight , that normally provides the setting for a creaky stage thriller . |
| 15 | When government delegates meet every two years to decide which species to add to or delete from the appendices , the scene is set for a battle between non-governmental conservation organisations , such as the World Wildlife Fund , and representatives of the pet industry and the fur trade , with both factions desperately trying to sell their points of view . |
| 16 | But the two crews are likely to meet again at Henley and the scene is set for a classic confrontation . |
| 17 | The scene is set for a Courage League National Division Two showdown West on March 14 Newcastle victory moved them to within two points of their North-East rivals . |
| 18 | THE scene is set for a Courage League National Division Two showdown West on March 14 Newcastle victory moved them to within two points of their North-East rivals . |
| 19 | The scene is set for the events leading up to the Crucifixion . |
| 20 | The scene is set with a ‘ Bruit de guerre ’ and an instrumental ‘ Air de triomphe ’ illustrating the account of a battle which the Greeks lose because Achilles will not fight , angry at losing his beloved Briseis at the hand of a fellow Greek . |
| 21 | The Italian Village is set in the open plain where the new town centre of Spitak is supposed to be . |
| 22 | This shows accuracy , however , not prejudice : most of his work is set before the English navvies and engineers descended on Normandy . |
| 23 | His interest in the British empire was stimulated by a schoolmaster 's setting for a Latin essay prize a subject involving imperial federation . |
| 24 | A complete candidate string is only allowable if the end-of-word flag is set at the node in the tree for the last letter of the string ( see flowchart D2 in Appendix D ) . |
| 25 | If all such letters are found , the algorithm checks whether the resulting string is a word ( i.e. the end-of-word flag is set at the tree-node reached by the search ) . |
| 26 | Castellabate is set along a beautiful bay on the Gulf of Salerno — the perfect base for exploring wild mountain scenery and unspoilt villages . |
| 27 | Liverpool Town Hall is set for a new look |
| 28 | Imagine an economy in which the wage rate for half its workers is set at the end of every even period to cover the following two periods , while the wage rate for the other half is set at the end of every odd period , again to cover the following two periods . |
| 29 | This glorious late medieval home is set in the beautiful Usk valley , midway between Abergavenny and Brecon . |
| 30 | At the other end of this same wall of the church , beside the old graveyard , the movingly small sarcophagus of a child is set into a niche , with a heavy stone on top of it , under its own small arch and with some variously worn decoration of the stonework . |