Example sentences of "[num] [noun] set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The façade is very fine , with typical Tuscan arcading in four rows to the top of the gable while below are three doorways set in a marble panelled and inlaid front . |
| 2 | To illustrate this , here 's a II/V sequence down a cycle of 4ths , dealing with one string set at a time . |
| 3 | The EPA claims that its study was hampered by pressure of time in meeting an August 1 deadline set by a federal court decree , imposed after the American Lung Association sued the EPA last October in an attempt to force a new review . |
| 4 | All four look set for a bright future . |
| 5 | However , the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars , while significant struggles and in the case of the latter conflict involving savage warfare in Manchuria anticipating the kind of warfare to be seen in Europe between 1914 and 1918 , did not constitute a confrontation between two superpowers set against a background of vitriolic suspicion and rivalry , as happened in 1950 . |
| 6 | A single pickup sits centrally in the body , with four poles set in a straight-across arrangement , unlike the later ‘ split ’ Precision pickup with its ‘ two poles per string ’ setup . |
| 7 | The Maréchal de Bassompierre , again a military man , after another brief embassy to London five years later , was given by Charles I " four diamonds set in a lozenge , and a great stone at the end " : this was said to be worth £7,000 and was perhaps the most valuable present ever given by any English ruler to a foreign diplomat . |