Example sentences of "and set [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Yet back in the 1950s there was the ‘ Teddy Boy ’ to alarm the public and to set against the allegedly poor but honest inter-war years when people could leave their doors unlocked .
2 Nothing else would change , though , the north geographic pole would n't move , and if we were to go outside to check up , the sun would still rise and set in the same place , and the Pole Star would appear at night over the local gas works .
3 Usually because it has arisen and set during the daylight hours .
4 The house was rosy and set into the hill .
5 By this time a new headquarter had been built in Vicarage Road , with a new engine and modern appliances , and set into the forecourt was proudly displayed in large letters " HALLING " , but with the outbreak of war this was blocked in with cement for security reasons , and as one walks across in front of the station today the same cement is still visible .
6 Each piece is individually made in solid gold and set with the world 's finest alternative to diamonds .
7 The most famous was composed , according to J. Clare Billing , by four natives of the town and set to the tune of a Scottish dance which was performed by the town waits .
8 The objective of this special orientation , and similar arrangements in several other Mesoamerican cities , were the points on the horizon where the Sun rose and set on the day it passed directly overhead .
9 The brains themselves only need the lightest poaching for a quarter of an hour before being lifted out of the court-bouillon and set on the beds of lettuce .
10 Push halved new potatoes , cut sides down , on to sticks and set on the hot surface .
11 Based on a novel by E M Forster and set at the turn of the century , this is an elaborate and visually handsome period piece .
12 Surrounded by hills and set at the mouth of the lush Foglia Valley , this is an attractive resort and an interesting town in its own right .
13 Opposite the door and set under the windows was an ancient oak desk with three right-hand drawers , one without handles .
14 The tooth , for example , is a living organ , at equilibrium with a complex biological environment and set in the mouth close to blood vessels , nerves , sense organs and salivary glands .
15 Although it seems unlikely , it does have a history of herbal use , being listed in Gerard 's herbal ; " the floures steeped in oil and set in the Sun , are good to anoint the body that is benummed , and growne very cold " .
16 Although the little hut at Trebyan was only a couple of hundred yards from the house and the pottery it was over the slope of the hill and hemmed in by gorse and hawthorn : a single large room with a verandah , built of lap boarding , raised on a brick base and set in the side of the hill .
17 And set in the centre of the hollow was a house that was a picturesque jumble of gables and tall chimneys , uneven roofs and latticed windows .
18 The play , written by André Birabeau and set in the Paris of 1919 , brought praise for the performances of Crawford and his co-star , nineteen-year-old Sarah Long , who had played the same role a year earlier when a different production was staged in Brighton and London .
19 The morning 's milk was poured , still warm , into a large pan and set by the fire because the temperature had to be kept around 93° .
20 It is now a grand little farmhouse forming part of a courtyard together with its outbuildings and set against the prevailing wind from the northwest .
21 The refund may therefore be spread over the remaining expected service lives of current employees who are members and set against the regular cost for those years .
22 Yet 18 months after its signing , and set against the political and economic backdrop of today 's Europe , the dangers of persisting with it are smaller than the dangers of scuttling it .
23 If a fire starts in a room ( and most hotel fires do ) , the smoke leaks through the door , rises to the ceiling and sets off the alarm .
24 Go for well-designed china that delights the eye and sets off the food .
25 This month Ken takes the plunge and sets about the daunting task of buying a new machine .
26 For the special Christmas episode , ‘ The Feast of Steven ’ , an episode never screened abroad , Camfield wanted to use the main actors and sets from the popular Z Cars series ( including Brian Blessed , Colin Welland and James Ellis ) in cameo appearances .
27 Because of the direction in which the Earth revolves , the sun always rises in the east and sets in the west .
28 What could be simpler than the ball carrier going in , turning and setting with the support player going in low and hard and stripping the ball as he turns ?
29 That means an educated working class , understanding the needs of socialism or communism and setting about the task of achieving it by getting rid of capitalism and introducing socialism , or communism .
30 The second point on which Tony Crosland gives a rare hostage to the future relates to streaming and setting within the comprehensive school .
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