Example sentences of "[noun] [be] set [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some implements are set with the heads at different angles to make them easier to manoeuvre with one hand . |
| 2 | Night netting requires that your nets are set between the rabbits ' home ground and their feeding areas . |
| 3 | Beside the front doors of the houses at this mining settlement near Peterlee , slates are set into the walls . |
| 4 | The scene is set for the events leading up to the Crucifixion . |
| 5 | At sea the scene was set with the cutters Vigilant , Swift , Alert and Active patrolling about thirty miles offshore at midnight on September 16th to the west of Plymouth . |
| 6 | The cat was set among the pigeons in 1952 when , von Neumann notwithstanding , David Bohm constructed a specific example of a hidden variable theory which did agree precisely with conventional quantum mechanics in all its empirical predictions . |
| 7 | And in the big cities — to go from the relatively sensitive and ‘ socially conscious ’ reports of the District Leader of Augsburg-Stadt — the old attacks on the parasitic existence of Party functionaries gained new strength in wartime conditions ; the extravagance of Party buildings was set alongside the slums in which it was said the great mass of the population still had to live ; and ‘ especially unfavourable note is taken of the feudal life and dwelling of leaders of Party and State ’ . |
| 8 | His initials are set in the cobbles in front of the tower . |
| 9 | The cooking fires were lit and pots were set over the flames to boil . |
| 10 | The comedy is set in the men 's and women 's loos of a 1970s nightclub in Liverpool . |
| 11 | A large , double bowl sink served by pressure hot and cold fresh water is set in the fiddles peninsula with a trash bin beneath . |
| 12 | San Babila is set on the ruins of a fourth-century church , and that itself was built on the foundations of a pagan temple to the sun . |
| 13 | In an offer for sale a fixed price is set for the shares to be offered to the public by an issuing house for the company concerned . |
| 14 | But on the whole it is easy to value paintings by Japanese artists as they paint similar subjects , and new prices are set by the dealers ' auction which takes place once a month at the Tokyo Bijutsu Club , of which most big dealers are members . |
| 15 | Fees are set by the owners under Acts of Parliament , and vary widely . |
| 16 | The town gates were set in the walls where these principal thoroughfares made their exit . |
| 17 | A ⅜in dowel is set in the ends and the partition over the vent hole and a small brass screw holds a leather washer on to the post to act as a stop . |
| 18 | The following succession of chords necessitates a change from A to A ♯ and no more if the harp is set to the notes D , E ♯ , F ♯ , G ♯ , A , B ♯ , C ♯ , for they are then written thus : |
| 19 | The play is set in the mid-1950s , and it explores the themes of lust , jealousy and guilt in the melodramatic style of that period . |
| 20 | The body is undoubtedly ply , which has a sort of push-me-pull-you reputation in this department — the benefits of low cost being set against the disadvantages of poorer tone-producing capabilities . |
| 21 | The mortar is set before the frosts , and the roof will be on well before the snow . ’ |
| 22 | Yet these contexts are set by the parameters of political discourse in exactly the same manner as the conceptual vocabulary of academics and practitioners structures their own treatment of the same issues . |
| 23 | Bunks were set against the walls , kerosene heaters gave instant heat , while electric kettles enabled tea or coffee to be made . |
| 24 | His face is set with the decisions he 's made . |
| 25 | A visit to the castle at Loule , where the tourist information office is set in the remnants of the castle walls between two towers , elicited the answer to my enquiry whether there were Roman or Moorish sites on farms nearby . |
| 26 | Round the back , in the patio by the pool , a table was set with the remains of lunch . |