Example sentences of "set [prep] the [noun] of " 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 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 .
3 A grain of dust to set beside the mountain of several billion other deaths …
4 As yet , OmniPoint is still in its first release , with OmniPoint 2 set for the end of 1994 .
5 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 .
6 Set against the background of inflation this rise is less impressive than it looks at first sight .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Set in the heart of the Lagan Valley Regional Park , this house also provides the Parks Department 's main information and education centre .
10 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 .
11 Set in the heart of the country , mid way between Pescara and Rome , Ovindoli remains relatively undiscovered and completely unspoilt .
12 Set in the heart of Rome , there is a summery breakfast room and a small lounge-bar .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 The figures are both shocking and tragic , but set in the context of 19th-century political convulsions in France they are relatively mild .
16 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 .
17 Set in the outskirts of Zell am See in Schüttdorf , is this well furnished hotel with a local reputation for good food .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 SET AT THE mouth of the mighty River Nile , Cairo is a convenient departure point for safari tours to see the wildlife of the Eastern Sahara Lake District .
25 This self-reliance gives them a competitive edge when the base rate ( set by the Bank of England ) , is high , while when it is low , societies can switch to these wholesale funds to cut costs .
26 A second reason is to show how recent British security developments are based on precedents set during the containment of the Irish conflict .
27 Editor , — As R Buckland points out , the clinical terms project is set as the foundation of the NHS 's information technology strategy and is supported by professional bodies .
28 the timetable which was set for the tasks of the project , and
29 A £2,000,000 target had been set for the Battle of Britain Wings Appeal in the full knowledge that our sister charity , the RAF Benevolent Fund was launching its £20,000,000 ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal , and that the Association would be offering as much support as possible to that .
30 And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation .
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