Example sentences of "a [noun] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as your detective , however comic , needs a basis of solid fact , so does a story set in the comic mode . |
| 2 | The embarrassments of first love and sexuality , and particularly the nature of violence and cruelty , become bearable or ‘ handlable ’ in a story set in the past . |
| 3 | Tell a story set in the past and decide where you will stop to let the class take over . |
| 4 | The latter has a lyric set round an argument which Bob not so much gives in to , but agrees to differ on … |
| 5 | My old dream of a play set in a boxing-ring , he wrote . |
| 6 | Intertel Communications Inc , currently legally a Canadian company , says from its Teleport Denver Inc base in Colorado that it plans to swear allegiance to the flag and become a naturalised American : it will reincorporate in the US to meet a condition set by the Federal Communications Commission , which gave plenty of ammunition to the Europeans that say that the US market is not as open as Uncle Sam likes to think , by insisting that only American companies could hold earth satellite station common carrier licences — there is no comparable restriction on US companies applying for licences in the UK . |
| 7 | She walked across the cobbles and pointed to a plaque set in the wall of the Library . |
| 8 | The official date of the starting is 1387 , as shown on a plaque set in the wall at the south-west corner of the building : El Principio il Domo di Milano fu nel Anno 1386 . |
| 9 | A plaque set in the wall at shin height , painted cream with the lettering picked out in black . |
| 10 | Scott , revealing details of the 500-page bid document for the first time , insisted the big selling point was the proximity of the sports venues to the competitors ' village , which would be in a canalside setting in the heart of the city . |
| 11 | The church had a narthex set at an oblique angle to one of the outer octagon sides ; it is believed that this was not the original narthex , which would have directly faced the eastern apse ( 195 ) . |
| 12 | His real problem , though , is with the film 's director , Alan Parker , who once made a thriller set against the American black civil rights struggle — with two white heroes . |
| 13 | The program begins with the target position ( in steps ) loaded into COUNT and a POINTER Set at the address of the first delay value , ACCST . |
| 14 | ‘ A village set within a village ’ Aldea de Benahavis enjoys a genuine Spanish setting while remaining within fifteen minutes drive of the world famous marina Puerto Banus and Marbella 's finest golf courses . |
| 15 | The most dramatic direct action was taken at Luxulyan , a village set in a beautiful farming area with a local population mix of traditional farmers , well-heeled professionals and not so well-heeled smallholders . |
| 16 | It came from a scene set in a bar not unlike ours , and was said just after everyone in the bar had turned pale at the sight of a particular young man , a regular , entering the bar after a week 's absence ; the thing was , they were all wondering how they were going to break the news to him that there 'd been a terrible suicide , they were all wondering who was going to be the one to take this boy to one side and tell him what had happened to his friend , and why . |
| 17 | During the summer months I can usually get away with leaving my boat conveniently tied up to the pier , but only if I am at home to keep an eye on the weather : in Shetland , even in summer , a gale can blow up from the south east , causing a swell to set into the voe . |
| 18 | Run a stringline from the top of the bank to a post set at the foot of the bank , checking for square . |
| 19 | The prisoner , a woman who had refused to confess her adultery to the Inquisitor , was brought out in chains and bound to a post set in the ground . |
| 20 | The main focus of their sponsorship is totally to re-equip the department 's studio with state-of-the-art electronic flash and tungsten lighting equipment ; in exchange , KJP have a distribution site on campus , serving the Lothians , and a showpiece setting in a real studio situation . |
| 21 | The model is attached to a node at the origins of the reference space , with the second attached to a point set on the first . |
| 22 | Bernice , on the Doctor 's heels , saw the glowing blue curve of a planet set against the darkness of space . |
| 23 | With respect to die development ( and these comparisons are based on studies of a die set for the most complicated body panel ) , the time between the release of the first rough part drawings to completion of tryouts was 14 months in Japan versus 25 and 28 months in the US and Europe , respectively ( see Figure 3 ) . |
| 24 | Curved steps are set out using a stringline or batten from a peg set at the centre point . |
| 25 | Left : A shelf set above a radiator under a window will deflect warmth into the room , instead of letting it escape . |
| 26 | The study room has a couple of armchairs , one heavy wooden chair set at a writing desk , a bookcase set against the east wall by the door , ornaments and furnishings , and a set of five masks ( as described below ) mounted along the north wall . |
| 27 | Accidentally he touches a staple set into the wall . |
| 28 | In the burning pages , he imagined his electro-acoustic instruments sparking and self-destructing like a spaceship set at the end of a low-budget science fiction film . |
| 29 | The two will collaborate on a tool set for the NetWare environment and application developers will also be able to work with Unix-based tool sets with which they are already familiar , enabling them to bring applications to market more quickly . |
| 30 | It looked like a mock-up set in a middle-class soap opera , shining with domestic trivia , very clean . |