Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast , the bird mentioned in ( 19 ) must be one selected from a group present to the mind of the speaker in the situation of utterance ; this adjective can not be non-restrictive : ( 19 ) the largest parrot made a good supper for the expedition that evening The extraction set in this case might be the parrots we had shot that day . |
| 2 | Some computers provide several so-called processor modes , distinguished by the allocation of a separate accumulator set to each mode ; one mode ( the problem mode ) is further distinguished by having privileged instructions disabled , while the others are all supervisor modes entered under different interrupt conditions . |
| 3 | 2-week tot set for new heart |
| 4 | David Sole extends his record as Scotland 's captain to 22 matches , three more than the figure set by British Lion Ian McLauchlan . |
| 5 | Where the new season 's races have taken place , all have been on strips of man-made snow set into dun-coloured grass . |
| 6 | Here , too , were knick-knacks and glossy magazines stolen from some of the other rooms : a leather belt with a carved brass buckle that shone like gold when polished with a cloth , a brooch set with brilliant red and yellow stones , an airman 's badge , a pen-knife , a fountain pen . |
| 7 | Here some of the assembled company sat watching the sun set in rosy Technicolor behind a jagged peak . |
| 8 | Essex boy set for life-saving operation |
| 9 | I decided to try the Power Tool in two ways : the first using a stack , with the amp set to full shred ; the second with a Vox AC30 on full tilt , but with the Power Tool bringing down the volume to bedroom level . |
| 10 | It 's a five mile long artificial reservoir set among spectacular scenery in the Berwyn Mountains south of Snowdon . |
| 11 | The Hotel is a group of bungalows , like a village set among luxuriant vegetation , with quaint alleyways running down to its private sandy beach . |
| 12 | For example , whilst many of the papers published in Scottish Journal of Geology are geochemical in nature , the core set of journals in geochemistry may well not contain it , and so researchers may well choose to publish in the core set for their sub-field , rather than the core set for Scottish geology . |
| 13 | Bardul has a small stove with a chimney set into one flue here , where he brews Lustrian coffee ( he has many sealed tins of this here ) and cooks whatever he can find to eat . |
| 14 | The sound will then be re-recorded in binaural stereo using a dummy human head with a microphone set in each ear . |
| 15 | The impression that the being would take home is that Earthlings are making reasonable progress in rudimentary aspects of space science and technology ; that the world is keen to spread the benefits of such studies from the industrialised to the developing world ; and that all work in space science and technology follows the lead set by farsighted government bureaucrats and politicians . |
| 16 | After all , he reminded himself , he was Prior William now and had his eye set on further promotion . |
| 17 | They echo the theme set in last year 's CBI Business Agenda for the 1990s with the emphasis on controlling inflation , public spending , strengthening the Department of Trade & Industry and giving it responsibility for the National Economic Development Council and opposing a national minimum wage . |
| 18 | Type is often set with extra space ; eg 9 point set on 10 point . |
| 19 | It hit the wall , and the enamel tray on the top shelf set with stainless-steel dressing dishes and bowls , slid off . |
| 20 | The possibilities for integration , that do not exist in a segregated , all-age special school , are many — as students begin to mix , sometimes for the first time , in a community setting with other adult learners . |
| 21 | Herald 137 cm by 190 cm sprung-edged divan set with individual pocket springs |
| 22 | Herald 137 cm by 190 cm sprung-edged divan set with individual pocket springs |
| 23 | Herald 137 cm by 190 cm sprung-edged divan set with individual pocket springs |
| 24 | For example , models in the IBM 370 range have a basic instruction set for general data manipulation and transput control , an optional floating-point instruction set for scientific calculation , and an optional decimal digit string instruction set for business data-processing . |
| 25 | No sheet of Olympic-proportion aqua-blue but a curving arc of pale green water set in natural stone with palm-frond umbrellas shading rustic wooden tables round the edge . |
| 26 | Manufacturers — such as Compaq Computer Corp , which rushed to discuss its Pentium plans in general terms , say they expect their first Pentium machines to list for as little as $4,500 , half the price set for early model 80486 machines in 1989 . |
| 27 | Manufacturers — such as Compaq Computer Corp , which rushed to discuss its Pentium plans in general terms , say they expect their first Pentium machines to list for as little as $4,500 , half the price set for early model 80486 machines in 1989 . |
| 28 | Council building reaped the benefit of the price set by private enterprise . |
| 29 | The World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) has said that current proposals for a powerful new multilateral trade organisation ( MTO ) are not compatible with the goal of sustainable development set by last year 's Earth Summit in Rio . |
| 30 | The 23-year-old played Calypso in Channel 4 's steamy story set during Second World War . |