Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have thus found the study of pupil deviance a fertile valley for optimism to set beside the forbidding mountain-like permanence of theories of gender reproduction . |
| 2 | Will Major and Hurd be able to neutralise the timebomb set by the social chapter amendment ? asks Chris McLaughlin |
| 3 | There is a swimming pool with terrace set amidst the sunny garden . |
| 4 | Intertel Communications Inc , currently legally a Canadian company , says from its Teleport Denver Inc base in Colorado that it plans to swear allegiance to the flag and become a naturalised American : it will reincorporate in the US to meet a condition set by the Federal Communications Commission , which gave plenty of ammunition to the Europeans that say that the US market is not as open as Uncle Sam likes to think , by insisting that only American companies could hold earth satellite station common carrier licences — there is no comparable restriction on US companies applying for licences in the UK . |
| 5 | The Home Secretary 's remarks on PR , made to party workers in Stroud , are the most strident so far used by a senior Conservative against electoral reform , which is the condition set by the Liberal Democrats for their support in a hung Parliament . |
| 6 | One episode with disasters aplenty was Episode Four of ‘ The Keys of Marinus ’ , the episode set in the polar regions of that planet . |
| 7 | A Section of statute set in the European legal hypermedium |
| 8 | They are comic crime and its cousin , farce crime ; romantic suspense ; historical crime and its near relation , crime set in the immediate past ; and finally , the crime short story . |
| 9 | And do n't you think , he 'd like to score a happy marriage to set against the other one ? ’ |
| 10 | But I had the amp set with the treble full on , the presence full on and the bright switch kicked in before I could get close to what I 'd call a classically nasty Telecaster bridge pickup tone . |
| 11 | As the hot sun set beyond the glittering turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean , they would move inside to escape the mosquitoes and other creatures of the night . |
| 12 | The sun set behind the opposite slope . |
| 13 | Preparing to test an underwater optical fibre cable joint on the 600kV DC test set at the new high voltage laboratory at Southampton University . |
| 14 | The self-catering apartments form their own little village set around the palm-fringed swimming pool . |
| 15 | But The Cutting Edge ( Cert P.G. ; General ) , a sort of Dirty Dancing on ice set in the competitive world of international skating , left me cold . |
| 16 | His real problem , though , is with the film 's director , Alan Parker , who once made a thriller set against the American black civil rights struggle — with two white heroes . |
| 17 | Leo McKern , Sara Kestelman and Ian Holm star in the BBC Screen Two presentation , The Last Romantics , on Sunday , a powerful story of love and betrayal set in the tranquil world of Cambridge University . |
| 18 | CHESTERS ROMAN FORT AND MUSEUM Set in the ancient wooded valleys of Northumberland overlooking the River North Tyne , Chesters is one of the best preserved buildings on Hadrian 's Wall . |
| 19 | EVEN if the sun sets on the ailing TV show Eldorado , it will be good news for star Buki Armstrong , the beauty who plays Gerry in the sangria soap opera . |
| 20 | One evening after the kind of soft autumnal day that is an echo of the summer gone , when the sun sets in the western sky to cast great pinks ant reds across its distant clouds , Creggan was peaceful at his stance , dreaming of his own homesite . |
| 21 | When he reached the top , he stopped on the landing for a moment to allow his eyes to adjust ; there was illumination of a kind , coming down from a grimy skylight set into the angled ceiling , and it showed nothing much more than three old-fashioned doors and a bare wooden floor . |
| 22 | The cockpit is well protected by a deep coaming set on the teak-laid decks , although there is nothing to stop items falling through the aft end of the cockpit , something that may become a liability when sailing in a relaxed fashion with books , Walkmans and bottles of suntan lotion lying on cockpit seats . |
| 23 | Easily Accessible : Chepstow is an interesting and historical town set in the outstanding natural beauty of the Wye Valley . |
| 24 | But strange , because although Fender have chosen to include the full vintage set on the audience-orientated front side of the guitar , the spring cavity cover on the reverse side is still boring old white . |
| 25 | Made from a mass of floral striped fabric , this pretty half-tester decoration sets off the exuberant floral bed line perfectly . |
| 26 | When deflation set in the previous gains were wiped out and more . |
| 27 | Just as your detective , however comic , needs a basis of solid fact , so does a story set in the comic mode . |
| 28 | In announcing the appointment , Collor said Perri 's foremost task would be the implementation of the sustainable development agenda set by the UNCED summit . |
| 29 | Fraulein Winkelmann was sitting at one end of a small kitchen table , separated from a big colour set at the other end by a cup of coffee and a plate of cream cakes . |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia and other members also disagreed over the interpretation of the ‘ marker ’ crude price set at the previous year 's OPEC conference in Bah , with a resolution so widely phrased that each member could do whatever it chose . |