Example sentences of "set [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Still floppy from giggling they were careful to avoid catching each other 's eye , but there was warmth and repose enough there to set against the hardness of the day 's demands . |
2 | That was no small gain to set in the balance against the more obvious Erastianism of the new system . |
3 | Leave them to set in the fridge until ready for serving . |
4 | For the best part of an hour Brazil produced a dainty dish to set before the Queen of the Netherlands , who may have felt that she had something better to do than sit out a sparring match in driving rain . |
5 | A grain of dust to set beside the mountain of several billion other deaths … |
6 | ‘ All set for the get-in at the Variety tonight ? ’ |
7 | As yet , OmniPoint is still in its first release , with OmniPoint 2 set for the end of 1994 . |
8 | The company , it seems , has no stomach to fight religious wars any longer and has meetings scheduled with Unix System Labs this week , and the Open Software Foundation next , at which some kind of rapprochment is likely — though not an SVR4 kernel development — with product announcements set for the end of the month . |
9 | Set against the background of inflation this rise is less impressive than it looks at first sight . |
10 | Set against the background of the 300-year old home of the Duke of Buccleuch , the event attracted top competitors from all over the world including British National champion , George Bowman of Penrith . |
11 | Set with the pointer on the block in line with the scribed mark on the pump base . |
12 | Set into the floor near the entrance is a brass strip running the width of the building to a sundial set on the left wall . |
13 | The Monkey-boy , hastily found acceptable clothes , was up on the box , his dressing-case — the inherited , wealthy proof of his existence — set inside the coach like an ark , an altar . |
14 | Set in the gardens of a private estate in Cisternino , the Villa Cenci is a large , 350-year old farmhouse with dining-room , TV room and bar . |
15 | Set in the heart of the Lagan Valley Regional Park , this house also provides the Parks Department 's main information and education centre . |
16 | Set in the heart of Newmarket , the horseracing capital of the world , the recently extended museum 's six galleries are packed with exhibits that will take you back to the origins of racing … when Charles II rode in matches across the glorious heath . |
17 | Set in the heart of the country , mid way between Pescara and Rome , Ovindoli remains relatively undiscovered and completely unspoilt . |
18 | Set in the heart of Rome , there is a summery breakfast room and a small lounge-bar . |
19 | Set in the centre of the altar stone 's upper surface was a small depression that was just the right size for a normal-sized version of the device . |
20 | Set in the grounds of a William and Mary Mansion , the three acres of ornamental gardens include a Yew Walk , Rose Gardens , Water Gardens and Herbaceous Borders . |
21 | The figures are both shocking and tragic , but set in the context of 19th-century political convulsions in France they are relatively mild . |
22 | But what an officer will know of his colleagues ' districts compared with his own will tend to be particularistic — of salient pollution problems — set in the context of an undetailed and generalized apprehension of the kind of patch a colleague looks after . |
23 | Set in the outskirts of Zell am See in Schüttdorf , is this well furnished hotel with a local reputation for good food . |
24 | THEY said the sun would never set on the Gateway to Wallasey . |
25 | Set beside the works of Marquez et al , those of Angus Wilson must have looked distinctly unexotic , weighed down with sociological observation and liberal-humanist philosophising . |
26 | Set beside the estuary of the river Dovey in Cardigan Bay , it is a 6,445-yard par-71 , but naturally Wee Woosie goes round in the mid-60s . |
27 | Set on the fringes of the Cambrian Mountain chain , the valley was flooded to satisfy the thirst of Victorian Birmingham and incidentally create a picturesque ‘ feature ’ , a series of artificial lakes connected by dramatic waterfalls . |
28 | Set on the shores of Lake Lugano , the hotel 's public rooms include an elegant lounge for relaxing in , a bar , an open-air garden terrace , with restaurant , and a second indoor restaurant offering a wide variety of local specialities on the menu . |
29 | Set on the banks of the Danube in the former historic Donau Kaserne , or barracks , the museum opened with a collection of 120 works , planning to exhibit the sculpture outdoors on the river . |
30 | Set at the height of Victoria 's rule , the story revolves around three Oxford undergraduates who have nothing better to do than court young females , have parties and be awfully brassic . |