Example sentences of "set [adv] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contemporary with the alterations to the main east-west road , at least one or perhaps two possible public buildings were constructed immediately to the south on Sites 1 and 2 , each with a frontage carried on four columns and set so close to the road that the new roadside drains had to be diverted . |
| 2 | Further down yet , the terracing ceased and became pairs of large semi-detached houses set well back from the road with the front gardens mostly paved and dedicated to parking space . |
| 3 | Oger is a small hamlet , its few houses set well back from the D10 towards the Forêt d'Oger , and barely noticeable from the road . |
| 4 | Inside , the room is richly decorated with a fine scrolled plaster overmantel , dated 1572 , and a little musicians ' gallery which looks down into the hall through a row of arches set high up in the cornice . |
| 5 | Set furthest away from the road is the house . |
| 6 | " Hotel " is defined by s.139(1) as meaning ( a ) in towns and suburbs a house containing at least four apartments set apart exclusively for the sleeping accommodation of travellers , and ( b ) in rural districts and places of a population of less than 1,000 according to the most recent census a house containing two such apartments . |
| 7 | There seem to be no discoverable rules about the shape of market places , why some take the form of a large open square — often set rather apart from the main flow of traffic — and some a swelling , a sort of aneurism , in the main artery of trade . |
| 8 | However the cost to DPR of providing this facility was only between $60 and $90 and the stop loss level was set so close to the market price that many contracts were very quickly wiped |
| 9 | Her feet seem to me to be set more firmly upon the earth than theirs … . |
| 10 | A special period should be set aside solely for the purpose of carrying out an inspection . |
| 11 | However that may be , and for whatever reason , he lost his balance , the window being set hazardously close to the floor , and toppled out . |
| 12 | Jagatan 's yurt was set well away from the others of the clan . |
| 13 | The layout of the aircraft was unusual in that the fuselage was set well back on the wing , that his the nose was very short in relation to the length of the rear fuselage . |
| 14 | Fencing , which had been set well back from the bank , now dangled over the gulf created by the all-swallowing river . |
| 15 | The application does nothing to retain the existing trees on the site , it was a , it is , a mature garden with some mature trees , and all those trees are to be removed , it certainly does n't do anything to retain the rural character of the na of the village , and certainly does n't enhance the character of the adjoining small er rural cottages , i in fact it would be , it could be argued that it damages the rural environment , because the development is such that it is more suited for an urban development , almost a city centre , because the comment has been made that there is only about a metre between the dwellings and indeed there is only a metre between the dwellings and the adjoining boundaries , surely there is a need for screening , it is in a in a very very prominent position , it can be seen clearly as you enter the village from the Farnsfield area , the present proposal does n't provide sufficient room for screening , and and like the screen which is adjacent to this building , which are set well back from the road , and provide an opportunity for screening the single access to the site and the fact that the frontage to these two properties is completely taken up with garaging and with vehicle access does n't even provide an opportunity to screen . |
| 16 | Vocatives in general are an interesting grammatical category , again underexplored , Vocatives are noun phrases that refer to the addressee , but are not syntactically or semantically incorporated as the arguments of a predicate ; they are rather set apart prosodically from the body , of a sentence that may accompany them . |
| 17 | And even if the weather is passable , low level walks will take you to places you 'd perhaps never have tried if you 're one of the many walkers whose sights are normally set pretty firmly on the heights . |
| 18 | → The string oscillation is probably due to pickups being set too close to the strings . |
| 19 | ‘ It will be set very firmly in the 1930s , as this is 1993 , and we ca n't suggest these things are still happening . ’ |
| 20 | With his amused , unshocked expression , his bush-hat set so jauntily on the back of his head , this American was difficult to take . |
| 21 | Enjoying a fantastic location in Kos town , you 'll find the Hotel Catherine set just back from the lively , bustling harbour , right in the centre of town and ideally placed for both the beach and nightlife . |
| 22 | The fringed ends of her serape flying behind her , Ashley set briskly off past the motorhomes . |
| 23 | It was a small shed , rather like a Dutch oven in shape , set well up into the prow to remove it as far as possible from the passengers ' cabins . |
| 24 | The following morning , Arty was taken by ambulance to the huge Victorian red-brick pile on the edge of town — a massive structure set well back in the fields and surrounded by a high wall to protect the sensibilities of the sane from too close a confrontation with one of society 's more disagreeable problems . |
| 25 | This treatment was also applied to the smaller door , reached via a short flight of external stone steps that previously served the upper-level hay-loft , so that the new infilling panel of clear double-glazing , set well back from the external face of the wall , helps to light a sitting room while a ‘ door ’ , which can be swung like a shutter to seal this opening , is fixed back against the face of the adjoining flintwork . |
| 26 | Mr. Oswald Stoll — who was subsequently knighted — began to erect , in 1911 , one of his ‘ Empires ’ , a theatre of entertainment , in Chiswick High Road , situated between the ‘ Old Packhorse ’ on the corner of Acton Lane , and the family butchers , ‘ Caughts ’ which had its own slaughter house , as well as a shop set well back from the main road , just west of Essex Place Square . |
| 27 | On the Lagos Government Railway , simple white two-storeyed stations with an upper veranda supported on the columns of the lower , set well back from the tracks , were standard . |
| 28 | Newman slowed down , stopped outside a cottage set well back from the road so Paula could read the name . |
| 29 | Not to be confused with air vents is the owl-hole , a nearly square or circular opening 150–230mm ( 6–9in ) across , set high up in the gable of the barn . |