Example sentences of "set [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such may possibly have been the motive behind the creation of the muftilik of Cyprus , but the case for the argument seems stronger in isolation than it does when set against the fact that by 979/1571 the creation of such joint muderris/muftiliks appears to have become quite a common practice . |
| 2 | THEY said the sun would never set on the Gateway to Wallasey . |
| 3 | He hanked the head of the spinnaker to the spare forehalyard so that the sail would set outside the jib . |
| 4 | One evening , I sat on the rocks at Land 's End , watching the sun set across the ocean , when I felt a sudden urge to find a standing stone circle which I 'd read about that day . |
| 5 | Forty-five minutes after agreeing to write this I was down on the bridge at Abingdon watching the sun set across the Thames . |