Example sentences of "set [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put in the refrigerator to set for an hour or more . |
| 2 | They will be able to set off the tax credit against part of this liability . |
| 3 | As the sun began to set behind the Qutab Minar , I made up my mind to explore sometime soon what was once the most enormous complex of fortifications in all Islam . |
| 4 | To arrive at a salary that produces no income tax liability above the 25% rate , account has to be taken of the revised reliefs to set against the salary . |
| 5 | Still floppy from giggling they were careful to avoid catching each other 's eye , but there was warmth and repose enough there to set against the hardness of the day 's demands . |
| 6 | The ½in plywood partition is cut to 33⅝ × 15½in to set into the box 2in from the manifold side and 8in from the piston side . |
| 7 | During the summer months I can usually get away with leaving my boat conveniently tied up to the pier , but only if I am at home to keep an eye on the weather : in Shetland , even in summer , a gale can blow up from the south east , causing a swell to set into the voe . |
| 8 | Joy Larkcom dallies with dill , passes on a trap tip , saves space by sowing salads and encourages runner beans to set in the kitchen garden this month |
| 9 | That was no small gain to set in the balance against the more obvious Erastianism of the new system . |
| 10 | Leave them to set in the fridge until ready for serving . |
| 11 | Leave to set in the fridge . |
| 12 | In Tessa Boffin 's five figure Knight 's Move in a cemetery there is a female , somewhat butch , knight-in-shining-armour to set alongside the Knave , the Angel ( very female ) Casanova and the Lady-in-Waiting . |
| 13 | Calendars , it seems , have almost become McGairy 's stock in trade for here as openers there are the original watercolours for Great Ayton and Saltburn Beach both selling at £160 to set alongside the sepia reproduction of Gunnerside and Staithes and Cowbar from the ICI Kennelix Oilfield Calendar , also of 1992 . |
| 14 | Why am I using his work to set alongside the interview extracts ? |
| 15 | Was n't that a dainty dish to set before a queen ( king ) |
| 16 | Lady Diana Cooper ( then in her eighty-eighth year ) who attended the event , said in her inimitable way : ‘ Was n't that a mighty feast to set before a King ! ’ |
| 17 | For the best part of an hour Brazil produced a dainty dish to set before the Queen of the Netherlands , who may have felt that she had something better to do than sit out a sparring match in driving rain . |
| 18 | Leave to set on a wire rack . |
| 19 | As he touched it Ramlal imagined the great gleaming motor-pump that they planned to set on the river bank to irrigate their fields . |
| 20 | The writer has collected three instances of this practice : two in the Stowmarket district and one near Mendlesham where the farmer who recalled it made the comment after the cold and wet spring of 1963 : ‘ I do n't know how those owd bors who used to set on the seed-bed would get on today : I reckon they 'd get themselves right chilled . ’ |
| 21 | This is hardly the best example to set to an electorate that is constantly being urged to display pay and other financial restraints . |
| 22 | A grain of dust to set beside the mountain of several billion other deaths … |
| 23 | Rather , it is a metamorphism of compositional intelligence and performance implementation , of the creative/re-creative moment , of reflection and refraction , and Orionesque constellation of images and dreams to set among the stars ’ . |
| 24 | And people may be wondering why they 're going up by so much , when after all , the S S A , and that is the figure that we 're restricted to set by the government , is only going up by three point three percent , and half of this is for care in the community money , so that , all that care in the community money remember , pound for pound in that it 's added to our budget , is knocked off the budget of Social Security , that is not , not any extra money spent on people . |
| 25 | Archbishop William Temple when headmaster of Repton had a complete mental recall of Bradshaw and would set as an imposition for an errant boy the best way of travelling from Great Yarmouth to Exeter or Penrith to Ipswich without touching London , complete with changes and times . |
| 26 | Overleaf Set between the mountains and Lake Louise : the exclusive Canadian Pacific Hotel in the Rockies . |
| 27 | For example , what pass mark would they set for an examination they are about to sit ? |
| 28 | A single customs tariff ( set as a pre-condition by the European Communities for reaching a commercial accord with the GCC ) would come into effect by 1993 and there would eventually be monetary unification . |
| 29 | There has been much comment by Cleese , as well as others , about how being 6ft at the age of 12 ( he 's now 6ft 5in ) , and not being made a prefect at his public school , and being the only child of older , lower middle-class parents , set for a career as a solicitor , began the problems and embarrassments that inspire his comedy . |
| 30 | Management at the Redworth Hall hotel and country club near Darlington say they set for a record breaking year by using an aggressive marketing campaign . |