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 | Set furthest away from the road is the house . |
| 3 | " 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Her feet seem to me to be set more firmly upon the earth than theirs … . |
| 7 | A special period should be set aside solely for the purpose of carrying out an inspection . |
| 8 | However that may be , and for whatever reason , he lost his balance , the window being set hazardously close to the floor , and toppled out . |
| 9 | Jagatan 's yurt was set well away from the others of the clan . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | → The string oscillation is probably due to pickups being set too close to the strings . |
| 13 | ‘ It will be set very firmly in the 1930s , as this is 1993 , and we ca n't suggest these things are still happening . ’ |
| 14 | With his amused , unshocked expression , his bush-hat set so jauntily on the back of his head , this American was difficult to take . |