Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus was shared space introduced to Germany , with a new traffic sign indicating a rest and play area , new priorities , changed parking arrangements , speed limits set at walking/running pace and a street design using similar principles and infrastructure to the now familiar array used in the Woonerf So popular have these approaches to residential area layout become that some variant of restraint is now the norm in newly constructed housing areas . |
| 2 | Exercises give practice in answering examination questions set by professional bodies . |
| 3 | There were thus two examination systems set on diverging courses for membership of the same Division . |
| 4 | The pavements were narrow , granite slabs set at ankle-wrenching angles , so that in the Sabbath quiet it was pleasanter to walk in the road . |
| 5 | No British university , in any case , is or ever has been socially exclusive , and the myth of an undergraduate Brideshead of champagne lunches set among gothic quadrangles is little more than an effect of Evelyn Waugh 's selective social recollection . |
| 6 | Elsewhere , buildings were entirely of timber-framed construction , either with their sills set into prepared trenches ( E ) or resting upon the ground surface ( F ) or based upon timber posts set into individual pits ( G ) or in linear trenches ( H ) . |
| 7 | Her first glimpse of it was through elaborate iron gates set between two large stone pillars surmounted by rampant lions . |
| 8 | The emission standards set for new vehicles gave due consideration to the technological feasibility and economic cost of compliance by the vehicle manufacturers and the standards which emerged were similar to those already adopted by California . |
| 9 | The dashed curves trace the results of a full access frequency load to 100 per cent packing , while the unbroken curves show the effect of adding records of average activity from the packing densities set into each curve . |
| 10 | Prestige developments , particularly Abingdon Marina , which is now well advanced into its 5th phase offers a comprehensive choice of quality waterside homes set in idyllic tranquil surroundings . |
| 11 | Furthermore , these figures have been used in penalizing Local Authorities for exceeding expenditure targets set by central Government and for rate-capping . |
| 12 | Explore the villages of the Cotswolds with their distinctive warm honey-coloured stone buildings set in beautiful rolling countryside . |
| 13 | Our accommodation is in holiday apartments set in pleasant grounds about 250 to 400 years inland from the sailing beach , and about half a mile south of the town centre . |
| 14 | These developments have fostered a proliferation of corpus compilation projects , with some of the more recent ones having target sizes set at 100 million words , e.g. : |
| 15 | The bars admit to standing room only ( early birds perch on stools ) , and the extensive lounges with their arm chairs set in fours soon fill to capacity . |