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 . |