Example sentences of "be [adv] set on the " in BNC.

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1 With both Maazel and Karajan the point is readily made , but their eyes are clearly set on the internal music argument .
2 The best of these are now set on the interior of the west wall ( PLATE 41 ) .
3 More conclusive evidence comes from experiments in which the nucleus is removed from a fertilized egg , and is replaced by the nucleus of a cell which is already set on the road to becoming , for example , a gut cell or a skin cell .
4 The Hotel Metropole is prettily set on the water 's edge of Lake Como and its dining-room and terrace are specifically designed to take full advantage of this position , and give enchanting views across the lake .
5 The defeat of Labour was greeted with relief by health service managers , but critics said the NHS was now set on the road to privatisation and a two-tier service .
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