Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [be] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bold stripes in any one of six colours are set against a crisp white background . |
| 2 | Feeling in the East End Bangladeshi community has been running high since Quaddus , 17 , was kicked and punched , suffering serious head injuries , after he and three friends were set upon . |
| 3 | The workroom was extremely tidy and four chairs were set in a row in front of the puppet theatre . |
| 4 | Two papers are set in each option so the options constitute one half of the final examination papers . |
| 5 | A period of seven years was set as the publication cycle for new editions ; the sixteenth edition thus appeared on time in 1958 . |
| 6 | On July 24 dates were set for elections to a unicameral National Assembly , in what would be Lebanon 's first general election since 1972 . |
| 7 | In the tables which follow , and which illustrate the distribution of dated items first by century , and then by decade within the twentieth century , the findings of the 1969–70 and 1970–71 surveys are set alongside those of the present Call-slip analysis exercise . |