Example sentences of "set [adv] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set right in the heart of bubbling Benitses , it 's an ideal base for entertainment in the resort . |
| 2 | Set right in the centre of the Forte Village is the ‘ Terme del Parco ’ , an exclusive health and beauty centre which is an experience in itself . |
| 3 | Set mostly in America , it follows the plight of a poor Irish girl who marries into New York society and inherits a host of hostile relations . |
| 4 | Set somewhere in the puritanical North Country early this century , it is performed on a stage covered in a lorry-load of Fison 's border compost . |
| 5 | To his annoyance he found that the Treasurer 's office was now completely empty except for the four telephones set down in a row on the bare boards of the floor . |
| 6 | ( In this way they were of course only following the examples set down in the 1820s and '30s by British visitors to America such as Captain Basil Hall or Mrs Frances Trollope. ) ln 1850 the Teetotal Times recorded an ‘ atrocious outrage ’ . |
| 7 | But the success of the organisation lay in the men who ran it as much as in the formal orders ( set down in a minute of July 1942 ) . |
| 8 | To enable them to take all client groups , accommodation standards will be higher than those set down in the registration criteria . |
| 9 | However , in the late 1970s they stated quite categorically that they were not able to take an initiative on the priorities set down in national policy . |
| 10 | we set down in a passing-place and basked |
| 11 | The constitution is not seen in the rosy terms set down in Chapter 1 , but neither is democracy seen in the new gloomy terms set down in Chapters 2 and 3 . |
| 12 | The constitution is not seen in the rosy terms set down in Chapter 1 , but neither is democracy seen in the new gloomy terms set down in Chapters 2 and 3 . |
| 13 | Director of Studies : ‘ Could you relate these 3 criteria to the objectives set down in the syllabus … show us how the objectives fit them ? ’ |
| 14 | These principles expand upon the basic standards set down in the rules of Conduct and indicate the standards which members should seek to achieve in the interests of good practice . |
| 15 | But when diminishing marginal returns set in in 1983-4 , further increases in duty deterred consumption leading to falling sales and eventually lower tax revenue for the Treasury . |
| 16 | For example , stylist Errol Douglas , from Edmonds salon in London ( tel : 071–589 5958 ) , showed us how curlers set randomly in long , straight hair with no layers will create loose waves . |
| 17 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 18 | We set off in file moving along a narrow gauge railway in pitch darkness I was trying desperately to keep in contact with the Frenchman in front of me and cursing him when he stopped suddenly , causing me to bang my face on his rucksack . |
| 19 | The night was dark as we set off in file through the trees after checking our weapons . |
| 20 | Eventually , after one false start , when Edward assumed ( wrongly ) that Helen would not come , they set off in late November '95 for a short walk to Wimbledon , followed four days later by a trip to Croydon . |
| 21 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 22 | Just after nine we set off in a taxi and dropped Rozanov off outside his embassy in Kensington Gardens . |
| 23 | They set off in November 1923 and it took a year to set up the expedition . |
| 24 | Disapproval turned to horror when both boys set off in their Mirages for the Falklands . |
| 25 | From Scotland Yard , Nigel Cramer and six officers set off in two patrol cars , their sirens howling up Whitehall and down the Mall to pick up Park Lane and the road north out of London . |
| 26 | Men set off in a local bus commandeered to take them to the factories on the edge of the town . |
| 27 | The men set off in fear and trepidation , singing and whistling to bolster their courage . |
| 28 | ANGRY building bosses set off in a ‘ battle bus ’ yesterday — to confront Ministers at the Tory conference and demand action . |
| 29 | TWO boozy pals were caught by astonished police after they set off in a car — with BOTH of them driving . |
| 30 | But they set off in April — and forgot to tell the town hall . |