Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] set [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poster scheme also provides an excellent opportunity to expose large numbers of the population , who rarely or never set foot within a gallery , to contemporary art . |
| 2 | Guide those who shape the decisions of government that they may plan for the good of all society , and not set neighbour against neighbour , class against class , region against region . |
| 3 | Tens of thousands of Haitians responded to news of the coup attempt by taking to the streets where , armed with machetes and clubs , they paralysed the capital by building and then setting fire to barricades . |
| 4 | Changes in methods of firing and the growing popularity of Raku have altered all this , and whether you immerse the object in sawdust , and then set fire to the lot , or just sprinkle sawdust on the newlyfired and still hot piece , the subtleties in surface texture can be extremely rewarding . |
| 5 | A man who , for the sheer fun of it , intentionally torments and then sets fire to a cat , knowing full well what he is doing , is a paradigm example of what legal and moral opposition to cruelty to animals has meant historically . |