Example sentences of "their [noun pl] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what advice would he pass on to any young person with their sights set on a career in industry ? |
| 2 | Hightown also have their sights set on a double — they have already retained their national indoor title and are intent on securing a place in Europe . |
| 3 | Almost 800 schools throughout Great Britain and Ireland will have their sights set on a visit to St. Andrews in May for the International final of the Golf Foundation Team Championship for schools . |
| 4 | But do the public have their sights set on an Urbanizer ? |
| 5 | As he points out , the idea ( and a lot of the lines ) for ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ were around before Mister C. And The Shamen had long had their sights set on the charts . |
| 6 | With regret I decided it was too risky for a party of cadets to accompany me — any way the island boys had their sights set on the night life of Fort William . |
| 7 | Then they were formal again , and the company was trooping out of the courtyard and into the cold breeze that billowed down from the distant mountains , their faces set towards the east . |
| 8 | They were drunk , marchers and watchers , exalted out of themselves , their faces set in the rictus of certainty . |