Example sentences of "[subord] set [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it was possible with Paradise to talk about individual and personal responsibility , something which if set in a contemporary context would have had a preachy feel about it . ’ |
| 2 | Though set in a biblical past , the poem used the popular application of typology to indicate a present importance . |
| 3 | Here , too , the features were large , and clumsily applied : a nose like a ridge of clay , lips that recalled a Nubian 's , though set in a bitter line ; a protruding blue chin and ears so prominent that they covered half the sides of his head . |
| 4 | The argument is easier to appreciate when set against a non-monetarized society . |
| 5 | It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications . |
| 6 | Glass shelves are often particularly effective , especially when set in a mirrored alcove , and lit from above or below , or both . |