Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [adv] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sighting of Mary Magdalene is affirmed by Peter and John discovering the Empty Tomb , the burial cloths neatly set to one side . |
| 2 | In the budget on 19 March 1991 the Chancellor announced that there would be extra Government grant to enable the community charge bills originally set by councils to be reduced by £140 for every individual ( or in the case of Wandsworth to reduce the bill to £0 ) . |
| 3 | Each of the four was an experienced police frogman , and each of them knew exactly what he was looking for — knew indeed the exact dimensions of the object and the positioning of the three great ruby eyes once set into it . |
| 4 | From left : climbing out from Guernsey with a visiting training sailing ship below ; Trislander over Alderney , whose airport may be seen in the background ; the island of Herm on a hazy autumn day , with Sark in the background ; Trislander 's single-pilot-panel — very functional , with mixture knobs oddly set on top |
| 5 | Under the standby arrangement first agreed in March 1990 , the IMF executive board on Nov. 15 approved the drawing of SDR27,400,000 ( US$35,500,000 ) leaving a balance of SDR40,900,000 to be drawn subject to achievement of the performance criteria originally set for March and June 1990 [ for details of Jamaica 's failure to meet these targets and resulting suspension of arrangement see p. 37817 ] . |