Example sentences of "set [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set right on the Grand Canal this hotel is at the heart of Venice . |
| 2 | Set somewhere in the puritanical North Country early this century , it is performed on a stage covered in a lorry-load of Fison 's border compost . |
| 3 | The heavy pine door of room 301 stood ajar , numerals depicted in hand-painted tiles set flush with the white-stucco wall . |
| 4 | Both parties enjoyed freedom to contract or not to contract and both parties exercised that freedom by contracting on the terms set forth in the written agreement and on no other terms . |
| 5 | At the instigation of the Council , the Commission have proposed a legislative programme of some 48 measures to implement the principles and aims set forth in the Social Charter . |
| 6 | In more and more grounds , fences and grilles have been built around the ‘ ends ’ and the areas set aside for the visiting supporters , further highlighting the sense of territory . |
| 7 | By making necessary height adjustments to the camel 's feet , the pier would set firmly over the natural irregularities of the foundation . |
| 8 | A MAFF spokesman said that the survey was unnecessary : " Pollution controls are set locally to the nuclear sites . |
| 9 | The Holiday Inn is set right on the white sandy beach of Batu Ferringhi , about 20 minutes drive from Georgetown . |
| 10 | Built in 1990 , the Hotel Rina is a modern , well-furnished property set away from the main road . |
| 11 | Just as with word processing type can be set flush with the left-hand margin , centred or justified . |
| 12 | an accent mark which is set separately from the main character and is then placed either over or under it . |
| 13 | Counsel 's action of course does not resolve the question whether some or all of these statements ought or ought not to have been disclosed earlier and it will now be convenient to state the accepted procedure with regard to statements , as described in the respondent 's case , and the relevant principles as set forth in the Jamaican authorities . |
| 14 | I keep sending memos urging them to make a decision now regarding the next one in four year 's time and asking that BBC2 be set aside on the appointed dates for Ryder Cup coverage . |
| 15 | A new pension scheme was to be set up after the sale of a business , and an actuary was to decide the portion of the funds from the old company 's pension scheme to be set aside for the new company 's scheme . |
| 16 | As expenditures on arms decline with the ending of the cold war , there may be more money available for aid , but democratic politics being what they are , few would care to bet on it ; certainly not on any percentage saved being set aside for the developing nations . |
| 17 | Tithes were simply proportional taxes levied on the output of the land and herds and used to support the Levites or to be set aside for the poor — widows , orphans , etc . |
| 18 | Interim Flight Authority arrived on August 11 , 1992 and the 17th was set aside for the great day . |
| 19 | She did n't have enough money set aside for the simultaneous cost of rent , an unexpectedly high fuel bill and Christmas expenses , so borrowed money to pay : loan instalments added another £12.05 to her weekly outgoings . |
| 20 | In addition , a special photographer 's area ( including the whole of the former Down platform ) has been set aside for the serious cameraman who wishes to record the event for posterity . |
| 21 | More than 35pc of accommodation under the scheme will be set aside for the homeless . |
| 22 | The Brazilian Government have recently declared that 94,000 sq kilometres will be set aside for the Yanomami Indians . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the allotment is good and can not be set aside under the above provisions . |
| 24 | It has been agreed that the changing rooms at the Stratton Bates playing field needs to be replaced and £10,000 has already be set aside in the current budget towards the cost , which is anticipated to be in the region of £55,000 . |
| 25 | It could be conveniently set aside in the changed circumstances after James V 's death , when the real issue became clear . |
| 26 | The intention is that the members of the household should have an opportunity to communicate with each other , to sense their unity as a family , and to enjoy time set aside from the normal rush of daily life . |
| 27 | Local initiative and pluralism , growth of decision-making centres , and space for individual/group autonomy would promote an active citizenry as opposed to individuals set apart from the authoritative state which has grown under the Conservatives in the last twelve years . |
| 28 | Like Baudelaire in Courbet 's painting of the artist 's studio , Minton is set apart from the central group both compositionally and by his introspection . |
| 29 | Through these discriminations of time , space and substances , they are to make themselves a holy people , set apart from the unholy people and things . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , Terling society was highly stratified ; by the later seventeenth century the ‘ better sort ’ were becoming increasingly set apart from the labouring poor . |