Example sentences of "[is] set [prep] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And then we learn that the wife is a townswoman , a merchant 's wife , not a fine lady , and the stage is set for the fabliau drama by the absence of the husband on business . |
2 | St Gilgen is set on the north west shore of the Wolfgangsee . |
3 | The large fish tank is set into the back wall most tastefully . |
4 | Dessert cutlery is set above the place mat ; butter knife is on the side plate . |
5 | This new play , directed by Brenda Winter , is set in the withdrawal unit of a Belfast school in 1991 and explores the lives of four contemporary school girls who realise the parallel between their lives and those of their counterparts 150 years earlier . |
6 | The Outsiders is set in the East Side of a fictional town . |
7 | Frighteningly true-to-life , and very funny , it is set in the fashion business and stars Joanna Lumley as a coked-up magazine editor and Jennifer Saunders as a drunken PR woman . |
8 | The wage is set by the union executive to maximize the expected utility of the median voter . |
9 | This register , the condition code , is set by the testing instruction to reflect the result . |
10 | The Ware Standard is set by the Potato Marketing Board in order to guarantee the quality and size of potatoes offered for sale . |