Example sentences of "set [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HOW WOULD YOU REACT WITH A NINTENDO NES ACTION SET COMPLETE WITH LIGHT GUN AND GAMES ? |
| 2 | Shown here is the Garden Lamp Set complete with 100-hr lamps , shades , extension rods and support stakes so they can be placed anywhere around the garden . |
| 3 | But she fell in love with a gown set low over the bosom , and unadorned , but for a ribbon or two , in a soft peach that set off her copper tresses . |
| 4 | An insipid winter light dribbled in a thin gruel from a small pane of glass set low in the wall just above the camp bed on which he sprawled . |
| 5 | It was necessary for Ockleton to push an armchair out of the way to reach the cupboard he sought , set low in a corner wall . |
| 6 | It was in the stale stink of the sports hall at Pont Llanfraith leisure centre that he at last looked like a loser : hands thrust deep in the pockets of his best suit , face set solid with emotion , like a football manager who has just lost the Cup Final . |
| 7 | In the Hadrianic period the tiers of locks disappeared , and hair was simply drawn into a plaited bun set high on the crown of the head . |
| 8 | NEIDPATH On the western outskirts of Peebles , a medieval castle set high on a wooded bank above the Tweed . |
| 9 | Looking back at the town of Lourdes from the esplanade , you have an excellent view of its one historical monument : the fortress , set high on a rock above the river . |
| 10 | This former 16th century abbey with large farmhouse is approximately four miles from Gubbio , set high amidst glorious woodland , in a locality called San Martino in Colle . |
| 11 | I knew something about Catalonia but nothing about Andorra , except that it was a tiny independent principality , one of the world 's smallest countries , set high in the eastern Pyrenees . |
| 12 | I completed another tour of the mill and cottage , this time with Nigel in tow , trying to sound as objective as I could , as if I , too , saw mere possibilities , but as our tour progressed I could see that Nigel had warmed to it almost as much as I. He pointed out some ‘ interesting features ’ that I had missed , such as some of the wooden working parts of the mill machinery set high in the plastered walls , and told me what they had originally been used for . |
| 13 | We ca n't deny that the water 's a little colder , but during the summer , the alpine lake set high in the Austrian alps alongside this little village can look like somewhere on the Med . |
| 14 | I remembered the first days in New York when I ran like a wild animal set free from a cage . |
| 15 | The psalm refers back to the dreadful moment when the children of Israel , set free from Egypt , quarrelled with Moses about the lack of water , saying : ‘ Is the Lord among us or not ? ’ |
| 16 | Fortunately the unbiased historical study of the New Testament , set free from the crippling restrictions of dogmatic assumptions , could once more uncover the heart of the matter and present modern men afresh with the abiding message and enduring essence of Christian faith . |
| 17 | Mental handicap man set free from prison |
| 18 | For 13 years the forces of Hooraydom have stalked the land , set free by a government that slashed their taxes and showered them with Bollinger , BMWs and bijou terraced houses in the smarter parts of South London . |
| 19 | Its characteristics are personal acquisitiveness , set free by generous tax cuts for the rich and a licensed pursuit of the fast buck ; markets , including foreign exchange , left unfettered to bestow their dynamism on the economy ; a state rolled as far back as is electorally tenable ; and a participatory capitalism , based on profit rather than ownership , where almost anything is a commodity to be traded . |
| 20 | Only an agriculture industry set free within the framework of market forces operating more closely to supply and demand will have a secure and prosperous future . |
| 21 | A Halifax of 158 Sqn Lissett had both its port engines and fuselage set ablaze by night fighters . |
| 22 | An eerie orange glow lights up the devastation of Bijlmermeer — the Amsterdam suburb set ablaze by a crashing El Al plane . |
| 23 | It was during this process that a spark from the machinery set alight to a mass of fibre being blown through large pipes into storage bins . |
| 24 | It smoked because there was a length of tarry rope nailed up behind the gullet which Lucie set alight before going on stage . |
| 25 | Grey-black smoke rises from bonfires of tyres and rubbish set alight by gangs of youths who roam the streets , stop expensive cars like BMW or Mercedes , and siphon out the petrol . |
| 26 | In Woolwich , the Sikh temple was attacked in broad daylight and the ceremonial flag set alight by thugs . |
| 27 | A revolution set alight by students , snuffed out by communists |
| 28 | They have walked through this park in different states of mind and various styles of walking and staggering with Iain sometimes crying for no reason and Andrew 's face set resolute on the path ahead of him . |
| 29 | With Rex and Woodchip out of the picture and the forces of darkness set loose upon the land , how can we fail ? |
| 30 | What with the ‘ Shake 's Callahan breaking sweat and strings in bullish fashion and Stereolab set adrift on Sean O'Hagan 's organ-ic flights of fancy , this was perhaps the choice threesome of the entire bash . |