Example sentences of "set [prep] the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overleaf Set between the mountains and Lake Louise : the exclusive Canadian Pacific Hotel in the Rockies . |
| 2 | In all the exchanges of information during the design stage , frequent reference should be made to the objectives set for the project and the standards of the various components . |
| 3 | Such may possibly have been the motive behind the creation of the muftilik of Cyprus , but the case for the argument seems stronger in isolation than it does when set against the fact that by 979/1571 the creation of such joint muderris/muftiliks appears to have become quite a common practice . |
| 4 | Curricular considerations are also cited as reasons for using the text , ‘ provides lots of material for discussion ’ ; ‘ discussion work on relationships possible ’ ; ‘ set in the war so plenty of related work ’ ; ‘ recent TV version gives added interest ’ ; ‘ regional dimension adds further scope ’ . |
| 5 | They were set for the garlic and the prawns , if they made it quick . |
| 6 | This is a larger block set between the arch and the capital to provide a broader supporting top for the arcade above . |
| 7 | All round the church are chapels at two levels , set between the buttresses and in the immense thickness of the walls . |
| 8 | Throughout the morning on which Morse was addressing his audience in Bath , and stripping away the deceptions and the half-truths which hitherto had veiled the naked truth of the case , there was much activity at the Trout Inn , a fine riverside hostelry set between the weir and the Godstow Lock in the village of Wolvercote , only a couple of miles out on the western side of North Oxford . |
| 9 | This was set against the teaching and learning which the Inspectorate had observed in their school sample . |
| 10 | And obviously some compromise must be struck as , for example , in the case of transport , where undoubtedly the need and desire for mobility and the distances involved in travel have to be set against the knowledge that roads pollute and fast cars kill . |
| 11 | You will need to warn management of the potentially adverse effects of refusing to appear or to comment and this will need to be set against the fact that having a valid argument does not always guarantee a sympathetic audience . |
| 12 | There is , however , no evidence that Ali Kuscu succeeded Molla Husrev , and Uzuncarsili 's statement that he had been transferred to the Ayasofya medrese ( which is not mentioned in the needs to be set against the report that Ali Kuscu accompanied Mehmed II on the campaign against Uzun Hasan ( began Shawwal 877/March 1473 ) and was appointed to the Ayasofya medrese only on their return ( mid-878/autumn 1473 ) . |
| 13 | And to look at the colourful display of begonias , geraniums and fuchsias set against the trees and shrubs , the unusual rockery plants , the miniature acres in their raised beds , linked pools and waterfall , emptying into a small bog garden , and the greenhouse brimming with plants raised from cuttings and seed , you would think the Doughtys spend hours every day keeping it all in trim . |
| 14 | Young , Arthur was playing with his tool set under the table and during a lull in the conversation was heard to say : ‘ Now , where 's my tenon saw — oh course , I lent it to Harry Acton — that bloke never brings anything back . ’ |
| 15 | Conveniently set above the town and sea , the village commands wonderful views . |
| 16 | She climbed the rickety steps set into the hillside and got up to the porch of the Katz house . |
| 17 | This is a simple , friendly pensione set into the hillside and run by the Cappiello family . |
| 18 | These sloping tables were often set into the ground and were then known as buddles , but there were circular convex and concave huddles which were mechanical . |
| 19 | One slight disappointment is in the fret finishing : the frets seem properly set into the fingerboard but some of the ends on the treble side are sitting ( or have lifted ) slightly off the fingerboard , allowing the top E to occasionally catch underneath them . |
| 20 | The Artificer commonly goes clad like the Yeoman : the Yeoman like the Gentleman : the Gentleman as the Nobleman : the Nobleman as the Prince : which bringeth great confusion , and utterly overturneth the order which God hath set in the states and conditions of men . |
| 21 | the cauldrons at their backs , great stone tubs set in the floor and covered with some sort of green scum on either side . |
| 22 | There was even a fireplace set in the wall and , seated at the head of a long polished table , was the Lord Bruce . |
| 23 | She crossed the room in a few quick strides , grasped the handle of the door set in the wall and pulled . |
| 24 | Quiss looked up to see an overhead cable-car system of what looked like lengths of knotted string and bits of chain , running through little metal wheels set in the ceiling and carrying , on small hooks , cups and mugs and plates ( so that was why they had a hole at the edge ) , forks and spoons and knives of every description . |
| 25 | I 've read books that are set in the country and , of course , poems , and I 've lived in towns near the country and gone into the country on Sundays or when there was no school . ’ |
| 26 | The poem is set in the night and opens with ‘ … lonely Mira with her Head reclin 'd , / And mourn 'd the Sorrows of her helpless Kind ’ [ vol. 1 , p. 273 ] . |
| 27 | Tell a story set in the past and decide where you will stop to let the class take over . |
| 28 | Across the room was the table with its powdery dried flowers and next to it the fireplace with the companion set in the hearth and the two tasteless china dogs on the mantel . |
| 29 | Some kind of realism is important whether the movie itself is ‘ realistic ’ in reflecting the real world more or less as we perceive it or believe that other people do , or whether it is clearly a fantasy of some kind , set in the future or the distant past or another galaxy or in a present where some of the rules have been changed or abolished , eg time travel is possible , robot androids pass for human , most of the population are zombies , animals speak English , people mix with cartoon characters , or what you will . |
| 30 | For films that need unusual cityscapes , especially those set in the future or in special situations ( such as extensive destruction ) , miniatures must be made if matte paintings are not sufficiently 3-D and convincing , or do not permit the required camera movement . |