Example sentences of "[is] set [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 2 | The Holiday Inn is set right on the white sandy beach of Batu Ferringhi , about 20 minutes drive from Georgetown . |
| 3 | The Compass System is set up on a pivot enclosed in a liquid filled ( kerosene ) chamber . |
| 4 | In one form — the earliest is usually attributed to the Boston Consulting Group , USA — a 3 × 3 matrix is set up on the two axes as in Figure 2.4 . |
| 5 | Comprising two lakes , each of about three acres and generally from 12 to 18 feet deep , the fishery is set attractively on the edge of the Breckland forests and adjacent to the River Lark . |
| 6 | The consolidated p&l account is set out on the alternative format , with separate columns for continuing and discontinued operations . |
| 7 | It 's the result of a big process by individual departments , erm , it is set out on the basis of departments priorities . |
| 8 | Reviewing Pincher Martin , Amis once mildly reproached Golding for failing to ‘ turn his lifts of originality , of intransigence , and above all of passion to the world where we have to live ’ , since the novel is set remotely on an island in the Atlantic . |
| 9 | The Pope , a conservative whose grip on the reins of power has never been firmer , is setting off on a tour of the Far East on Friday . |
| 10 | This is the life down on the Copacobana beach in Rio … sun shining … waves crashing in on the sand … and its here that Liz Macdonald from Gloucester is setting off on the second leg of the British Steel Challenge … she 's on board the Nuclear Electric yacht … from Rio they round Cape Horn and head for Hobart … they 'll be racing for six weeks … |