Example sentences of "set [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , she 'd spent most of her life flying solo , protecting herself from the rest of the world behind high barriers ; now , after risking and losing all in one fell swoop , she 'd simply have to set about the painful business of re-erecting those walls . |
| 2 | That would mean 54 or 55 MPs out of 650 , to set against a proportionate entitlement of 76 or 77 . |
| 3 | The next section traces the traditional arguments for and against health care markets to set against the peculiar hybrid that was introduced into the NHS . |
| 4 | Before the main feature , however , there were a couple of important sideshows to set before the drenched assembly in the shape of the Plate and Bowl finals . |
| 5 | Three days later , as the sun began to set on a cloudless horizon , we reached the ‘ comforts ’ of the highest permanent army outpost . |
| 6 | Make repairs using glue in a period when no one will be using the stairs , to give the glue time to set without the joint flexing . |
| 7 | Set between the main road and the lake front promenade , the hotel is about five minutes walk from Malcesine 's centre . |
| 8 | Set between the shuttered window of the best room and the lower edge of the yard wall , the chamber sank back into the building like a huge stone tunnel . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll let that set for a little while , then X-ray it again to check that it 's nicely lined up . |
| 10 | The ceremony meant an unscheduled return to work for Christine as she had been off work with a broken hip , but was well on the way to recovery and set for a New Year return . |
| 11 | HILARY GILES of Dunstable and her husband Charles are all set for a super day out at York today , as guests of the Daily Mirror . |
| 12 | All set for a festive lunch at Grampian Transport in Aberdeen are driver Frank Evans and his colleague Neil Warden , who were being served by CCG 's manager , Isobel Walker . |
| 13 | Cruising Altitude passed the pacemaking Floyd as they crossed the final hurdle and he looked all set for a comfortable victory . |
| 14 | However , at the classroom level there may be specific objectives set for a particular session or activity . |
| 15 | STING has a new single , album and dates set for the New Year . |
| 16 | This is the point where a number of difficult areas converge : society 's ambivalence about sexuality and people with learning difficulties ; a tradition of segregation ; a lingering concern about eugenics ; a shameful history of ( enforced ) sterilisation ; a proper concern about vulnerable children ; and their right to due protection from neglect and abuse — set against an increasing recognition that people with learning difficulties should enjoy the same rights to an ordinary life in our society as anyone else , including the rights to be parents . |
| 17 | Set against the verdant tracery of mature trees , and the glinting spread of a glassy lake in the background , the house took on a warm roseate glow in the fading light of the evening sun . |
| 18 | Set against the neat rationality of these advantages must be the particular difficulties of planning in education . |
| 19 | Set against the enduring strength of the city 's architecture and way of life , the film reflects an attitude that you would recognise even now in Marchmont and the New Town . |
| 20 | Set against the high side-window of the open car and the evening sky , the effect was extraordinary , the portrait , Flavia thought she saw , of Isabella d'Este . |
| 21 | Set against the British Rail 's as yet unapproved plans for a single specially constructed high speed line between the Channel Tunnel and London look rather modest although work is underway to electrify the three main trunk routes between London and Glasgow to take trains at up to 225kph . |
| 22 | Set against the sweeping backdrop of adventure on the high seas , TREASURE ISLAND charts a boy 's search for treasure in a time of danger and piracy . |
| 23 | Set above a handsome forecourt , the stone house has four well-spaced bays , mullioned windows , parapets and gables . |
| 24 | Just as your detective , however comic , needs a basis of solid fact , so does a story set in the comic mode . |
| 25 | Set in a rural aspect , perfectly located for visiting England 's Historic Heartland with Warwick and Leamington Spa close at hand . |
| 26 | ‘ Set in a small town Indiana suburb , Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt play Nick and Lily Laemle , a young married couple whose dedication to self betterment , domestic order and keeping up appearances amounts to an obsession . |
| 27 | Set in a peaceful cul-de-sac in this popular residential location in Botley , west Oxford , this extended semi-detached property is presented in excellent decorative order throughout . |
| 28 | Set in a Mallorcan hotel room on the night of England 's World Cup semi-final against West Germany in 1990 , the action follows both the game and the disruption of Bill and Monica 's marriage . |
| 29 | The pride of the village is the swimming pool : set in a lovely area of grass and trees , the pool is large and heated , complete with waterslide . |
| 30 | Set in a residential area , 10 minutes walk from the beach and the resort centre , this hotel has a friendly and relaxed atmosphere nurtured by its owners , the Guisto family . |