Example sentences of "sets [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem that consciousness sets for the materialist is well known . |
| 2 | Some eight hours later , and for the next four days , it sets about the task of ejecting its companions from the nest . |
| 3 | If CND sets about the job properly , it may find it easier than we suppose . |
| 4 | All this tasteful opulence sets off the large-armchair electrically adjustable seats to a tee . |
| 5 | Most smoke alarms have a test button which sets off the alarm when pressed . |
| 6 | If a fire starts in a room ( and most hotel fires do ) , the smoke leaks through the door , rises to the ceiling and sets off the alarm . |
| 7 | It ionizes , causes the current to be completed and then that sets off the alarm . |
| 8 | Go for well-designed china that delights the eye and sets off the food . |
| 9 | By the time it sets off the smoke detector , the corridor is blocked . |
| 10 | The moon comes up during the day time it 's up in the day time it sets during the day time . |
| 11 | Television and readership surveys in Britain are conducted under the umbrella of two national bodies — JICTAR ( Joint Industry Committee for Television Advertising Research ) , which meters a representative sample of television sets throughout the nation , and JICNARS ( Joint Industry Committee for National Readership Surveys ) , which conducts , and reports on , 30,000 interviews annually , covering over 100 different publications . |
| 12 | I imagine them all now , as the sun sets behind the dome of the Salute . |
| 13 | Why not enjoy a quiet drink there as the sun sets behind the forest class mountainside , and decide at which of our three excellent restaurants you would like to dine ? |
| 14 | Some firms that make TV sets like the idea of the tree and branch system because it means that profitable electronics must be built into the receivers which they sell . |
| 15 | Moving breathing apparatus sets from the store in the laundry building at Hunterston A to Hunterston B and back again has always been a hassle in the past . |
| 16 | There 's loads of TV sets in the window and I du n no which one to look at . |
| 17 | Because of the direction in which the Earth revolves , the sun always rises in the east and sets in the west . |
| 18 | The sun always rises in the east , sets in the west and reaches its highest point at midday . |
| 19 | You go from er Hopeworths , Mason and Burnhams , John , Gill and Russells , Walker Brothers it was er a terribly industrial , well you could fi Road used to be all granite sets in the road , there was n't the , because there was so much traffic went up and down er it was all made of granite sets when I , when I was a kid , but my , shall I tell you what I used to do when I was a kid for my Saturday morning ? |
| 20 | The spectators were all either lining the 18th hole or watching the drama on one of the hundred or so TV sets in the Hospitality Units . |
| 21 | The tournament had attracted the media of Spain , Germany , and the United States , whilst in Japan and Australia golf addicts would be watching their TV sets in the middle of the night to see how Otaki and Coleman were doing . |
| 22 | There were five television sets in the house now : one for the nursery , one for the nanny 's room , one for her and Brian 's bedroom , one for their sitting-room and one for the room off the kitchen . |
| 23 | Leave onion sets until the end of March or early April when the soil should be warmer . |
| 24 | I gaze about myself as I go , glancing through open doorways into clean white wards where patients sit erect in their beds eating trays of stew and potatoes , watching television from swivel sets on the wall . |