Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They usually had a thick , armoured skin , as well as possessing advanced features such as predentary bone , and sometimes a complex set of teeth set in a horny mouth . |
| 2 | Supreme of chicken set on a casserole of devilled pimiento |
| 3 | Menu Clear beef and celery soup Supreme of chicken set on a casserole of devilled pimiento Crème brulée with exotic fruit |
| 4 | The starting position is that of eligibility set at a particular time . |
| 5 | The second objection was the problem of agenda setting in a participatory democracy . |
| 6 | The tenor Jose Carreras is to open a new outdoor festival of opera set in a castle grounds . |
| 7 | This had small panes of glass set in a large cast-iron frame . |
| 8 | He observes a set of violations set in a microcosm and the photographs resonate with an irony reminiscent of the manner in which the behaviour of Lilliputians was chronicled by Jonathan Swift . |
| 9 | A word or combination of letters set as a single unit . |
| 10 | The codename was chosen because rhyolite is a volcanic rock containing colourful pieces of quartz set in a mass of crystals . |
| 11 | It is a system with sights set on a preordained ‘ historical ’ task , to be realised by ‘ scientific ’ means . |
| 12 | InterCity 's dedicated Victoria-Gatwick Express push-pull service launched in 1984 made little difference to domestic services , employing ex-LMR Mark 2f coaches formed into trailer sets with a 1959-type 2-HAP driving trailer converted to a driving van at one end , and a Class 73 locomotive at the other . |
| 13 | But whatever the motives , the Government 's twin aims of handing back the control of unions to the individual members , and ensuring that trade unions act within bounds set by a democratic state , are ones that should have been promoted by the left . |
| 14 | The " largest-is-smallest " error is less common in questions set in a measurement context . |
| 15 | Such deposits would normally earn a rate of interest close to the equivalent of the average rate of discount at the most recent Treasury bill tender and would be called in amounts set as a percentage of eligible liabilities . |
| 16 | Debt reduction and rescheduling agreements with several of Poland 's Western creditor countries were dependent on conditions set by a 1991 agreement with the IMF . |