Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] set [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there are still problems : cash limits will only be ‘ successful ’ if the government has the political will to set effective limits in the first place , and subsequently to keep to them . |
| 2 | The history of brief , rapid , nervous fluctuations , by definition ultra-sensitive ; the least tremor sets all its antennae quivering . ’ |
| 3 | We ca n't deny that the water 's a little colder , but during the summer , the alpine lake set high in the Austrian alps alongside this little village can look like somewhere on the Med . |
| 4 | While the normal alphanumeric codes closely follow the standard ASCII set all the control codes , pre-defined graphics and BASIC tokens must be intercepted . |
| 5 | But look closely through those softly parted , glossy lips and you 'll notice the perfect teeth set hard and fast in a calculating smile . |
| 6 | Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle . |
| 7 | Setting up of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell had been agreed in October 1945 ; approval to build the first British atomic pile for the production of plutonium had been given in December ; the Chiefs of Staff had stated their requirement for a British manufactured atomic bomb in January 1946 ; William Penney ( later Sir William ) had begun to plan the Atomic Weapons Section of the Armaments Research Establishment , of which he was Director , in mid-1946 ; the Air Ministry placed its first requisition for an atomic bomb on the Ministry of Supply in August ; and Lord Portal , the wartime Chief of Air Staff , who had become Controller of Atomic Energy in the Ministry of Supply , sought a mandate from the Prime Minister to set atomic bomb development in train during the autumn of 1946 . |
| 8 | The ancient Israelites set great store by proper burial . |
| 9 | In Woolwich , the Sikh temple was attacked in broad daylight and the ceremonial flag set alight by thugs . |
| 10 | The typical emigrant , huddled together with his like in the strange new environment which received him coldly enough — the militant xenophobia of the ‘ Know-Nothings ’ was a native American response to the influx of starving Irish in the 1850s — fell back naturally on the only human setting that was familiar and could provide help , the company of his countrymen . |
| 11 | There is no reason to suppose that he was sufficiently interested in the Copernican system to set biblical authority against it . |
| 12 | Frankfurt : The DAX index rose 14.69 points to end at 1,658.12 , within 20 points of the record high set last month . |
| 13 | The fastest lap of 118.085mph by Tracy in his Chevrolet-powered Penske easily beat the 117.790 mark set last year by Michael Andretti . |
| 14 | The third focus sets particular inequalities inside schools within the context of unequal life chances and access to resources generally . |
| 15 | NEIDPATH On the western outskirts of Peebles , a medieval castle set high on a wooded bank above the Tweed . |
| 16 | In April 1988 , just before A-Day a top dealer set new standards of ruthlessness . |
| 17 | The gift of genius Find a brilliant inventor to set loose in the laboratory and your problems are solved ; the new products will start to roll off the line immediately . |
| 18 | That at Wakerley consisted of a day-lined furnace set 2½ feet into the limestone bedrock . |
| 19 | I have a rare device to set Dutch windmills Upon New-market Heath , and Salisbury Plaine , To draine the Fens . |
| 20 | In the Hadrianic period the tiers of locks disappeared , and hair was simply drawn into a plaited bun set high on the crown of the head . |
| 21 | THE LAST week of the campaign began strangely — like a pas sage from Alice in Wonderland : the Prime Minister on his soapbox one minute , in a space-age film set another . |
| 22 | I remembered the first days in New York when I ran like a wild animal set free from a cage . |
| 23 | A realistic plan sets achievable targets against which progress can be monitored . |
| 24 | Martin leapt after it , clawing his way up the face of an ancient tombstone set close against the wall . |
| 25 | ‘ If we get good ball then we have an attacking team to set this game alight , ’ said Barbarians secretary Geoffrey Windsor-Lewis . |