Example sentences of "and [noun pl] set [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The elegant plans , in indian ink on vellum , which he presented to his clients , showed his proposed alterations to the landscape , often with serpentine lakes whose ends were concealed in woodland , with single trees and clumps set in parkland and with tree belts around the boundary , often with a ‘ ride round the Improvements ’ winding through them . |
| 2 | Starting from a recognition of the constraints and opportunities set by human and natural resource endowments , one might assume that they then define a broad set of goals for the future . |
| 3 | In the gents loo , an old guy sits doing the Daily Record crossword while the red-faced clubbers wearing a mixture of sportsgear , the odd Happy Mondays G-Mex sweatshirt , ponchos and flares set to work on their hair with free gel and mousse . |
| 4 | For her it was the accompaniment of cottage gardening with the domestic buildings which was especially noted and assimilated into a garden style : lavender and hollyhocks by an old weather-boarded barn , snapdragons along a brick wall , cottage porches with roses , ferns in dipping wells , patterns of brick and millstones set in garden paths . |
| 5 | Rayleigh and Jeans set to work to calculate this spectrum . |