Example sentences of "and [noun sg] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Before these shrines , and the floridly-decorated prayer mats and suchlike which lie before them , a Harpy 's cage is swinging from a metal chain and hook set into the ceiling . |
2 | Ltd. , Crown jewellers since 1,843 , this , including an eight-piece Abercorn kettle and tea set on a silver tray , was ordered by Lutyens and its cost of £280 was paid in cash by Sir Herbert Morgan . |
3 | Leo McKern , Sara Kestelman and Ian Holm star in the BBC Screen Two presentation , The Last Romantics , on Sunday , a powerful story of love and betrayal set in the tranquil world of Cambridge University . |
4 | On a modest few hours climbing we had sampled two new crags and climbed fine routes — a melange of anxiety , adventure and delight set against a backdrop of a wild , lonely coastline . |
5 | CHESTERS ROMAN FORT AND MUSEUM Set in the ancient wooded valleys of Northumberland overlooking the River North Tyne , Chesters is one of the best preserved buildings on Hadrian 's Wall . |
6 | The 1970 Act , for example , gave local authorities power to install telephones and television sets in the homes of the disabled , but the social services departments have been bewildered by how to decide on priorities between services and between individuals needing services . |
7 | The grey eyes were serious and the mouth and chin set in a stern line . |
8 | The European Commission is to introduce legislation to force member countries to comply with minimum rules on safety , ship maintenance and training set by the International Maritime Organisation ( IMO ) . |
9 | Ralph Fiennes takes the hunky Heathcliff role in a story of love , passion and vengeance set in the wilds of Yorkshire . |
10 | The film included a suggestive ten-minute episode , set in an eighteenth-century brothel , in which a male customer chose a female prostitute , helped her undress in a bedroom and finally got into bed with her , and a frankly explicit ten-minute episode of a newly wed bride and groom set in a hotel bedroom . |