Example sentences of "be set on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because you 're set on a course of self-destruction , that 's why , Lizzy . ’ |
| 2 | On the top terrace was a line of cypress leylandii trees , quite small as yet , eight rhododendron bushes — obviously fairly recent plantings , and on ground level a grinding stone four feet across which had been set on a granite plinth and made into a table with slate seats supported on bricks at right angles to it . |
| 3 | Mr. Pegg believes that his tariff may have been set on the basis that the attack was premeditated , and thus that the tariff period should be reduced . |
| 4 | No formal time limit appeared to have been set on the US military presence , although Bush was reported on Dec. 4 as saying that he wanted the troops out by Jan. 20 , 1993 , when he was due to leave office . |
| 5 | This indicates whether automatic DC assessment has been set on the module or not . |
| 6 | This indicates whether automatic DC assessment has been set on the module or not . |
| 7 | When the experience itself arrives , the hazards will be attenuated because they have been made familiar by being anticipated , and the individuals will already have been set on the path of healthy coping responses . |
| 8 | Such plans will henceforth be subject to approval from CCMLR ; , A limit of 1.5 million tonnes has been set on the amount of krill that can be caught . |
| 9 | Angol , whose sights are set on a tilt at the vacant WBO crown against Yuri Vaulin , recently gave up the British title but is still Commonwealth champion . |
| 10 | Many of the chalets are set on a hillside reached by steps — not ideal for the infirm or very young children . |
| 11 | When the fuselage surfaces , the wings will still be under water — you know how low wings are set on a modern jet . |
| 12 | the top layer of blocks/copes are set on a suitable mortar bed such as Marshall 's M-fix as suggested by the manufacturer , |
| 13 | I hate to see ‘ Guernica ’ in a museum whose sights are set on the future , having left once and for all its mausoleum in the Valley of the Fallen , to prove to the world what it is : an extraordinary composition suffocated by an excess of sentimentality , distorted by the deranged howls of the media . |
| 14 | At low capacity , prices will frequently be high since they are set on the vertical part of the short-run marginal cost curves . |
| 15 | His sights are set on the British Supercup and British Championship in 1993 , riding an ex-Niall Mackenzie 250 Yamaha , which has been purchased by Charlie Smiley of Carrickfergus . |
| 16 | The Empire was to be set on a ‘ new course ’ by a process of increasing the parliamentary content of the constitutional structure with a view to producing a more ‘ liberal ’ regime . |
| 17 | ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . ) |
| 18 | A problem may be set on a statute as well as on a case . |
| 19 | Targets can , in such cases , be set on a unit basis because the tradesmen can utilise previous experience as a guide . |
| 20 | Neumann 's statement about the air brakes is anyway very misleading , for they in fact can be set on a sliding scale , so that the speed of the machines can be gradually modified either up or down . |
| 21 | The consultation paper outlines how objectives for water quality could be set on a statutory basis and determined by actual use , for example fisheries , sport or water supply . |
| 22 | It was the custom when a foreign invader stepped on French soil for the relics of Denis and his companions to be set on the altar , from which they personally conducted the defence of the realm . |
| 23 | Although the numbers will not apparently be limited at the briefings , a notional limit may be set on the number of climbers admitted to the range on any one occasion . |
| 24 | While the local residents might tolerate the noise and disruption from an occasional late night party , some limitation needs to be set on the number of such functions that can take place . |
| 25 | You were set on a different road : you could even become — who knows ? — a schoolteacher . |
| 26 | It was clear that both parties were set on a collision course , and I could not see the possibility of an out-and-out win for Mrs Castle . |
| 27 | For the first time , the students whose sights were set on a CNAA validated degree were sufficient in numbers to set the pace and the mood . |
| 28 | Most of the graphs were set on a steep , ascending curve , apart from the Husayn twins ' ; they started in the top left hand corner and were headed , inexorably , for the far right end of the bottom line . |
| 29 | Hartlepool then comprised 6,000 people , no longer a simple fishing village since dock facilities had recently brought it into the coal-export and timber-import trades ; but Jackson 's sights were set on the adjacent hamlet of Stranton , with a population of 350 . |
| 30 | For the first time limits are being set on the number of hours which may be worked continuously . |