Example sentences of "the [noun] set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when Cardiff looked at the upside-down dead eyes of that head as they reflected in the torchlight , when he saw the teeth set in a clenched and hideous grin … he recognised the face immediately . |
| 2 | From a crest above the hut we watched the sun set on a line of peaks : Kanchenjunga , Kabrru , Pandim , Rathong and more . |
| 3 | I like the sun setting on a calm sea — ’ His breath hissed through his teeth . |
| 4 | As the sun set on a great day , they all made their way home , awaiting the next challenge , so if anybody out there fancies their chances , just ring the Sheffield Pest Control branch . |
| 5 | The happy faces of many , the vacant stare of astonishment of others , and the alarm depicted on the countenance of some , gave variety to the picture ’ , was the scene set by an onlooker . |
| 6 | Top hair dressers flew in Paris salons of Carita and Alexandre ; Elizabeth Arden created a new make-up named Farah , to be given in kits to the guests ; Baccarat designed the crystal goblets ; Ceralene fashioned the place setting after a fifth century BC Persian ceramic ; Robert Hailland produced a cup-and-saucer service to be used just once by arriving guests ; and Porthault , one of the great French linen makers , made the private and state linens . |
| 7 | ( c ) A third approach is to divide the instruction set into a number of groups , and provide a different instruction format for each group . |
| 8 | We will usually be treating individual instructions or groups of instructions in terms of the facilities that they control , so it is worth saying a few words here about the instruction set as a whole . |
| 9 | Leave the rabbit to set for a few moments . |
| 10 | It was not an efficient rig in the modern yachting sense , and even with the headsail set to a bowsprit , it gave her next to no windward performance . |
| 11 | During taxi manoeuvres and take-off the pictures will show ground views to get those at the controls set for a flight to remember . |
| 12 | This amounts to finding clusters in the training set by an algorithm such as the one above . |
| 13 | Put in the refrigerator to set for an hour or more . |
| 14 | On July 13 , 1989 , the European Commission sent to the West German government a " reasoned opinion " that West German drinking water failed to meet the standards set under a 1980 EC directive . |
| 15 | Controversy was thus avoided and the tone set for a glittering festival of commemorative events , congratulatory speeches , and social gatherings spread over nine days . |
| 16 | Therefore it would be more effective to select a cross section of the tasks set within a programme of study from which evidence will be retained . |
| 17 | The focal symbol of sovereignty is the crown set on a sovereign 's head , the seat of perception and decision , during the rite of coronation . |
| 18 | They stopped for lunch in Bamburgh , where their table in the small restaurant had a view of the castle set on a crag above the village . |
| 19 | He 's hoping to ride two hundred miles in less than eight and a half hours , beating the time set by an eccentric Yorkshireman in 1831 . |
| 20 | The second general assembly found the stage set for a show discussion , a darkened hall with the five speakers and their chairman in a blaze of lights . |