Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roy Hankin of Sheffield won in 4 hours , 29 minutes and 31 seconds , 15 minutes faster than his time the previous year , beating Bradford 's Melvyn McCann into second place , but not breaking McCann 's record time of 4 hours , 25 minutes and 53 seconds set in 1984 . |
| 2 | Gordon Richards , champion jockey twenty-six times between 1925 and 1952 , surpassed Fred Archer 's annual record of 246 winners set in 1885 with 259 in 1933 and then 269 in 1947 . |
| 3 | The plain exterior circular walls partly supported the covering conical roof but , inside , six columns set on elliptical plan , assisted in this support . |
| 4 | Renowned for its authentic Italian cooking , it comprises three buildings set in beautiful gardens with breathtaking lake views . |
| 5 | Her three novels set in late seventeenth-century England , with James Scott , Duke of Monmouth [ q.v. ] , |
| 6 | Far from the slush of Hollywood 's romantic fifties films set on Balinese shores , this tropical island has a magical culture and scenery which enchant all who visit . |
| 7 | This has a total of nine teeth set in three rows , and could well have come from a lock fitted to the door of a villa . |
| 8 | For example , if the figure was a line diagram of a room with four windows set at different heights , the programme would ask me whether a line of sight from the far corner of the room would enable me to see a particular point outside the window nearest to me , a point that shifted on the screen at speed . |
| 9 | It has three private beaches , windsurfing , four pools set in lush gardens , two tennis courts , and , just outside , a riding stable . |
| 10 | It had been built in the late eighteenth century , two storeys high , shallow slate roof , red brick , seven windows set in ashlar along the upper floor , six below and the front door set centrally under a portico and pillared porch . |