Example sentences of "set on a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Three days later , as the sun began to set on a cloudless horizon , we reached the ‘ comforts ’ of the highest permanent army outpost .
2 Set on a private beach of fine sand , facilities include three swimming pools , table tennis , bowls , mini-golf , volleyball , basketball , tennis courts and two outdoor restaurants .
3 He mixed her a dry martini from a collection of decanters on a silver tray — nothing so arriviste as a drinks cupboard or private bar — set on a small table .
4 Set on a high plateau some 2,900 feet above sea level , Hinterzarten enjoys a superb sunshine record and some of the freshest air we 've tasted .
5 Set on a convenient bus route to Amalfi ( three miles away and also served by the hotel 's mini-bus for a small charge ) there are many tranquil terraces and a cliffside swimming pool reached by private lift .
6 Set on a main road , the amenities here include a lounge-bar for relaxing in , a TV room , a sheltered terrace overlooking the swimming pool , two lifts , a covered car park and a good , air-conditioned restaurant .
7 In this tale , two weeds grew on a river bank ; one of them conserved its energy , and grew low and small and brown , with its sights set on a long life , while the other put forth all its strength into growing tall and into colouring itself a beautiful green .
8 If you have your hearts set on a joint endowment , you have two alternatives to cashing in the present one .
9 This modern Club is set on a pine-clad hillside and yet close to a lively and fashionable resort .
10 An easily controlled , relatively short rig is set on a two-spreader mast .
11 A small , friendly Club with an international clientele , set on a superb beach with a good choice of sports facilities .
12 Or do you strain every sinew to go for that elusive target set on a small plateau ?
13 ‘ I told her I 'd got my sights set on a high-born heiress and she damned near scratched my eyes out .
14 When the fuselage surfaces , the wings will still be under water — you know how low wings are set on a modern jet .
15 the top layer of blocks/copes are set on a suitable mortar bed such as Marshall 's M-fix as suggested by the manufacturer ,
16 It was so different from what Oxford might have been , with its gracious spires ; here there was only the nearby cathedral , set on a slight rise , with its graveyard stretching up the hill .
17 This is set on a sliding scale , depending on whether the school is primary or secondary , day or boarding .
18 Neumann 's statement about the air brakes is anyway very misleading , for they in fact can be set on a sliding scale , so that the speed of the machines can be gradually modified either up or down .
19 She had her eyes set on a bigger catch than me . ’
20 Thirty years later , I can still recall particular images — Alan Breck 's silver button set on a wooden cross and placed as a sign in the window of a but and ben ; redcoats prodding the heather with their bayonets while Breck and David Balfour sweltered out the day on the top of a huge granite boulder ; Breck lowering his belt so that Balfour could scramble up ; a chieftain 's hide-out somehow built using the trees .
21 So if you have got your heart set on a big wedding for the kids or a fast car when you retire , it is worth putting some money away as soon as possible to make sure the clouds of inflation do n't darken your horizon , adds Mr. Pinnell .
22 Note that the pump is set on a level plinth .
23 Opposite her was a small washstand with a coarse crockery toilet set on a fake marble top .
24 And yet that inn , the Hotel de perigord , being set down by the Dronne , is on the outskirts of Aubeterre. for Aubeterre is a hilltown , set on a chalky cliff above the river ( whence the name — Aubeterre , Alba Terra ) .
25 ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . )
26 I visualized Alison as living in a classic North Oxford mansion set on a bosky avenue amid the murmuring of innumerable dons , so I was surprised to find myself directed up the hill to Headington .
27 Pre-construction work is already underway on the first phase , a 328,000 sq ft building set on a 20 acre green field site within Edinburgh Park , due for completion in Autumn 1995 .
28 Henry II 's castle at Chinon , where the treasury of Anjou was situated , was the model for its generation , with its halls , upper chambers , tower , and curtain walling , set on a high point above a strategic crossing of the Loire .
29 Those of classical design and inspiration are infrequent , the most impressive being the tetrastyle prostyle temple set on a high podium and dedicated to Sulis Minerva at Bath .
30 There was Lodowyck 's universal language , for instance , in which a sign for a radical ( eg primitive verb , to light ) was set on a musical stave , with signs for augmentation leg that wherewith the thing is acted ) set adjacent to it .
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