Example sentences of "set [prep] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst is a beautifully written , homoerotic novel set in the pre-AIDS gay male sub-culture of London in the early 1980s . |
| 32 | ROMANTIC mystery set in the American Civil War . |
| 33 | As the hot sun set beyond the glittering turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean , they would move inside to escape the mosquitoes and other creatures of the night . |
| 34 | But strange , because although Fender have chosen to include the full vintage set on the audience-orientated front side of the guitar , the spring cavity cover on the reverse side is still boring old white . |
| 35 | With its sights set on the worldwide Keno Gaming market , AWA Gaming Systems has announced the release of Kenix , a Concurrent Computer Corp , real-time Unix-based version of the computer system driving the popular gambling game Club Keno . |
| 36 | With a monochrome viewfinder. use ‘ auto ’ or remember to check that you are set to the correct preset . |
| 37 | For slip stitch the main carriage is set to slip so the cam lever is on S on Silver and Knitmaster machines , both Part buttons are in on Brother and the selection lever or dial is set to the central empty position on the Toyota models 901 and 950 . |
| 38 | This also makes our text much easier to align as everything will be set to the same leading . |
| 39 | The King of Ireland would take over the ceremonial duties of the Irish President , who is now nominally set over the Irish Prime Minister . |
| 40 | The report , which in previous years was called British Lifestyles , shows the trends set over the last ten years and predicts changes in the next decade . |
| 41 | One of the best preserved parts is Chesters Roman Fort , set among the ancient wooded valleys of Northumberland , overlooking the River North Tyne . |
| 42 | Preparing to test an underwater optical fibre cable joint on the 600kV DC test set at the new high voltage laboratory at Southampton University . |
| 43 | ( The upper limit of normal for each measure was set at the 95th centile ) . |
| 44 | If it is in one of the clinical subjects , graduates normally take Senior House Officer posts and prepare for examinations set by the relevant Royal College or faculty . |
| 45 | The price cuts were in line with conditions set by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and World Bank . |
| 46 | This was described as a step towards internal convertibility by 1992 , and to meet conditions set by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) . |
| 47 | The European Commission is to introduce legislation to force member countries to comply with minimum rules on safety , ship maintenance and training set by the International Maritime Organisation ( IMO ) . |
| 48 | Normally the top two finishers in each event would be named in the team provided they met the qualifying time set by the International Amateur Athletic Federation . |
| 49 | One of the preconditions set by the African National Congress ( ANC ) for negotiation was the lifting of the state of emergency in its entirety . |
| 50 | The pattern for these accusations had been set by the young Liberal Charles Masterman in The Heart of the Empire ( 1902 ) where he had thundered out his warning of inevitable decline as the result of the ‘ perpetual lowering in the vitality of the Imperial Race in the great cities of the Kingdom through over-crowding in room and in area ’ : What was never entirely clear was whether it was merely a physical deterioration that was eating away at the ‘ Imperial Race ’ , or if a moral decay was not also in evidence . |
| 51 | Those who argue for participatory democracy believe active citizenship can not be established within the limitations set by the existing liberal-democratic framework . |
| 52 | According to the study , some of the readings exceed levels set by the National Radiological Protection Board for environmental contamination . |
| 53 | I 'm afraid we did not measure up to the standards set by the well-hung Spanish men who drifted around with flies bulging to the point of bursting their buttons . |
| 54 | The dark cream also sets off the bright red roses well — had I chosen a white satin , card or fabric in a similar shade it would have been too bright and could have detracted from the frame . |
| 55 | Made from a mass of floral striped fabric , this pretty half-tester decoration sets off the exuberant floral bed line perfectly . |
| 56 | The primary aim of the project has been to utilise micro data sets in the rigorous empirical decisions in the presence of credit market imperfections . |
| 57 | At the same time this differentiation acts as agent of effective phrasing by tellingly setting off the two heterogeneous themes from one another provided the director is aware of Mozart 's signs and interprets them correctly with greater sharpness for the strokes . |
| 58 | Love , the second round leader , could not maintain the pace he set over the first two rounds and had to settle for a third round 71 . |