Example sentences of "be set [adv] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Charlie obviously had some running arrangement with the night manager , getting the use of some part of the hotel that stood empty and could all be set straight again before morning .
2 Though Came , with its moderate , manor house proportions , may seem on the small side to be set so grandly in a park , Sir John Damer certainly did n't skimp on employing the very best craftsmen in all London .
3 In a scheme expected to take between six and 12 months to set up , 30 per cent of the capital would be set aside exclusively for Romanian nationals in five private ownership funds .
4 A special period should be set aside solely for the purpose of carrying out an inspection .
5 Awards can usually be set aside only for an error of law on the face of the award or for misconduct on the arbitrator 's part ( Meyer v Leanse [ 1958 ] 2 QB 371 ; [ 1958 ] 3 All ER 213 ; and Leung v Garbett [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 436 ) .
6 ‘ It will be set very firmly in the 1930s , as this is 1993 , and we ca n't suggest these things are still happening . ’
7 Her feet seem to me to be set more firmly upon the earth than theirs … .
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