Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some showed neatly dressed Annamese families smiling from the doorways of houses set in small gardens beside groves of rubber trees . |
| 2 | These spaces are normally ventilated by means of airbricks set in outside walls below the level of the damp course , but these can easily become blocked , cutting off the air flow beneath the floor and allowing rot to develop . |
| 3 | And IBM has a further round of announcements set for next Tuesday 16th which will see the AS/400 move into the open systems frame with new Posix functionality and possibly a future game-plan that would see it share Rios 2 — or beyond — chip architectures with the RS/6000 . |
| 4 | It was small , with a sloping ceiling and a pair of windows set in deep embrasures . |
| 5 | His search , mocked at every turn by events and other characters , sets up a tenuous connecting thread which links a whole series of episodes set in different places and periods . |
| 6 | They usually comprise a circle of stake-holes set into shallow trenches with stouter posts located at the doorways , suggesting a wickerwork construction with mud or clay daub walls and a thatched roof . |
| 7 | It is a wheel of vanes set at right angles to the sails , so that if the wind is not striking the sails , it must strike the fantail and turn the sails into the wind again . |
| 8 | The interior is unusual with columns set on circular plan but with flatter , straight sides to the exterior walls . |
| 9 | First , it legitimized retrospectively the grant penalties associated with targets set in 1981/2 and 1982/3 and set out the context in which expenditure guidance or targets could be issued in future years . |
| 10 | 12 buildings all with displays set in 2½ acres , including the oldest photographic studio in the country . |
| 11 | Windows 4GL 2.0 supports a range of databases at run-time , prices start at $1,000 with ships set for next month . |
| 12 | Following the submission of a Gallup report on the matter the BPI have decided to instigate a full investigation with hearings set for early September . |
| 13 | The salmon farmers want a change to rents set per square metre of sea cages , similar to the principle of farm rents . |
| 14 | Mr. Tony Banks , supported by Mr. Tom Clarke , Ms. Diane Abbott and Mr. Jeremy Corbyn , presented a Bill to make statutory provision for fixed term parliaments , compulsory attendance at polling stations , a public holiday on days set for general elections ; and for connected purposes ; And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Thursday 9 April and to be printed . |
| 15 | In Spain , the paradox of Europe is that it is both the whip to modernise Spain by destroying structures of corporatism , grandeur and clericalism that held back the country for centuries , and , at the same time , it demands enormous sacrifices paid by the poor as Solchaga and Gonzáles seek to achieve a capitalism and productivity equal to levels set in northern Europe . |
| 16 | No ban on novels set in primary schools ; a ten-year ban on secondary-school fiction . |
| 17 | Further north , near Cairns we take a spectacular railway trip through steep mountain scenery over all creaky bridges near rushing waterfalls to a shacksville for tourists set among lush rain forest . |
| 18 | Investigations in the residential area uncovered houses and caravanserais with rooms for travellers set round large courtyards . |