Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [prep] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Productivity growth would then decline as the frontier set by the United States was approached . |
| 2 | But this year Jane Campion , a New Zealand-born director , was deservedly a joint winner of the Golden Palm with ‘ The Piano ’ , an ambitious period study set in the Antipodes in the 1850s . |
| 3 | In addition , an order has been received for 850 , fine bone china tea sets in the Cavendish pattern with the famous QE II crest which will be presented to Cunard world cruise passengers next year . |
| 4 | Forty-five minutes after agreeing to write this I was down on the bridge at Abingdon watching the sun set across the Thames . |
| 5 | European eyes are fixed on the first of these figures : public spending that is now shooting through the ceiling set in the EC 's self-denying ordinance of 1988 . |
| 6 | And Gordon has sold two books by award-winning children 's author Geraldine McCaughrean : a retelling of Shakespeare has gone to Judith Elliott at Orion , and a new novel , Gold Dust , a ‘ very sophisticated ’ surrealist fantasy set in a South American village which strikes gold , will be published by OUP . |
| 7 | A Fatal Inversion is a tale of psychological menace set in a Suffolk mansion . |
| 8 | Although it was hardly disputable that a West German contribution to NATO would be invaluable , especially as the other European members did not wish to , or could not , meet the new levels of requirement set by the United States , the American demand caused consternation and an agonising evaluation of its consequences in the capitals of Europe , and nowhere more so than in Paris . |
| 9 | In this case , the role effectively changes from one of service management to one of a franchise operation , with Colleges having the right to market the education product or service in a defined areas , constrained mainly by the overall strategic plan set by the LEA . |
| 10 | The two will collaborate on a tool set for the NetWare environment and application developers will also be able to work with Unix-based tool sets with which they are already familiar , enabling them to bring applications to market more quickly . |
| 11 | CONTINUING the Cockerton theme set by the Alma , Fountain of the Week digs deep into the flowerbeds of the village green and comes up with an historic geezer . |
| 12 | Jonathan Tan , a sixthform student at Manchester Grammar School , won the 1991 RSC award for the highest mark in the GCE A-level chemistry examination set by the JMB . |
| 13 | His TV play Rotten Apples , to be shown over Christmas , is a black comedy set within a Northern Irish police station . |
| 14 | It 's science fiction set in a London police box . |
| 15 | With the exception of Whitburn New the standard of effluent set by the Forth River Purification Board is the Royal Commission Standard ie BOD 20 mg/l which is dependent on at least 8 times dilution in the receiving waters to achieve a river water quality adequate to support fish life . |
| 16 | Victorian passion set against the Suffolk landscape in The Bridge |
| 17 | As the core reaches saturation the inductance falls to a low value and the current rises rapidly to a limit set by the DC resistance of the coil forcing the core well into saturation . |
| 18 | According to the Iszvestiya report of June 19 the deficit would stand at 27,000 million roubles and would thus be within the limit set by the IMF . |
| 19 | However , against this statutory backdrop , the professional bodies have developed a policy-making role and , following the example set in the USA , with the introduction of the Accounting Standards Board in 1990 we have seen the establishment of a standard-setting body which is neither government nor the accounting profession . |
| 20 | There have been urgent calls for action to end all production of ozone-depleters such as CFCs well ahead of the 2000 deadline set by the Montreal Protocol [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 21 | The 15 January deadline set by the UN was not met and Operation Desert Storm began . |
| 22 | Adding new levies to fuel and power bills could be justified as environmentally friendly following the trend set in the US by President Clinton , and European Community plans to tax consumption that contributes towards global warming . |
| 23 | Up to now , I would have directed anyone looking for these works , especially as played on ‘ period ’ instruments , to the Hyperion set by the London Fortepiano Trio ( ) . |
| 24 | Robert Hamer planned to follow Kind Hearts and Coronets with a sexually-charged film set in the West Indies , with Vivien Leigh in the key role , but this was cancelled two weeks before shooting began and he quit the studio in a huff . |
| 25 | Biosphere 2 , a huge glass and steel structure set in the Arizona desert outside Tucson , consists of a series of seven domes and spires , some five storeys tall . |
| 26 | Amongst the British films selected are DAKOTA ROAD , the new release from the prolific Working Title company , a tale of sexual awakening set in the East Anglian fens ; CLOSE MY EYES , Stephen Poliakoff 's second film as director , which stars Saskia Reeves who is also in THE BRIDGE , a new film which takes an impressionist painting as the starting point of a tale of illicit passion in the repressive Victorian era . |
| 27 | Time of Submission The time of submission of the application within the date set by the UCAS is not important ; all candidates are given equal consideration . |
| 28 | Cliffside setting for the Bristol |
| 29 | Three generations of the same family set for the London Marathon : Andy Andrews , Andy Fearn and Daniel Fearn |
| 30 | When the needle has centred , it indicates that you are on the centre line of the track set on the OBS scale . |