Example sentences of "and set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ceremony meant an unscheduled return to work for Christine as she had been off work with a broken hip , but was well on the way to recovery and set for a New Year return . |
| 2 | All eyes , assisted by lenses ground to various prescriptions and set into a range of tasteful frames , rest upon us . |
| 3 | Steam for 70 min , by the end of which time the pudding will be perfectly puffed up and set with a just-molten streak in the centre . |
| 4 | The heads of a bishop 's crozier and staff were often carved from ivory ( Plate G ) , as were the liturgical combs used by officiants at the altar on high occasions , and the episcopal ring would be made of gold and set with a precious stone . |
| 5 | The paper could be pasted up by amateurs , and set on a typewriter . |
| 6 | These teeth are also shorter and set at a different angle from the other teeth . |
| 7 | Nasa said the plutonium is in marshmallow-size nuggets , each encased in three layers of protective material and set in a ceramic honeycomb , in turn contained in a cylinder made of layers of metal and fibreglass ¾ in thick . |
| 8 | You approach the park down a long avenue , past lawns carefully tended and set in a girdle of trees . |
| 9 | A delightful modern hotel , the Moser is built in typical Tyrolean style and set in a quiet but central part of St. Johann . |
| 10 | That picture ‘ turned life a little under his very eye … all , through Frances ‘ s eyes , could be made static and beautiful and set in a pattern ’ . |
| 11 | Of course , in her father 's estimation , it was not much of a house , a warren of smallish rooms was how he saw it , and set in a damp situation on the side of a river valley . |
| 12 | It was much larger than the others and set in a grove of coconut palms above the beach . |
| 13 | Head large , with large eyes facing forwards and set in a flattened facial disc , whose feathers usually conceal the short hooked bill . |
| 14 | The animals were trained to find food reward in a large square arena ( 10.89m 2 ) containing sawdust ( 5cm depth ) and surrounded by a set of 1 white and 3 black curtains ( not shown ) and set within a perfectly square room with walls painted black . |
| 15 | Both activities are built around structured inquiries , which are persistent , deliberative , more or less organized , and set within a context of present knowledge , and which contain elements of interaction , dialogue , problem solving , creativity and criticism . |
| 16 | The draw ceremony was conducted seductively by Sophia Loren , operatically by Pavarotti , efficiently by Joseph Blatter , the Fifa general-secretary , and set against a background of studied chaos which would have done credit to a film by Fellini . |