Example sentences of "set it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is prudent , however , to set it on a level plinth , and in the case of a fountain assembly it is vital that the jet unit be just above the maximum water level . |
| 2 | In order to discuss the analysis of Musgrave and Musgrave , it is helpful to set it in a four-quadrant diagram , similar to that used by Sandler and Tschirhart ( 1980 ) . |
| 3 | The aim here is to look at its political and social repercussions and to set it in the wider context of central-local administrative relations . |
| 4 | Luke begins his account of the birth of Jesus by trying to set it in the context of world history . |
| 5 | I agree with what [ the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland president ] said in a recent issue of CA about the importance of non-financial performance measurement , and you 've got to set it in the context that managers and the board ca n't exist on just an analysis of the general ledger . ’ |
| 6 | It is always necessary to set it against a more general background or to establish the conventions and limitations adopted by the makers of these small and almost two-dimensional objects . |
| 7 | Mr Cruickshank has spent just over three years in charge of the Scottish health service and has helped set it on the Government 's controversial road to self-governing hospitals and fund-holding family doctor practices . |
| 8 | Another housemaster in describing what he would ideally like to do also set it in the context of his sense of powerlessness . |
| 9 | Yeah you ca n't set it by the book |
| 10 | Just choose the correct printer , and set it as the default printer from the menu option and you , your Star printer , and Windows will all be best of friends . |
| 11 | She filled the big , black kettle and set it over the burner . |
| 12 | She put his tea down on the table in the lounge , sought out the Scotch and set it beside the cup . |
| 13 | Still , set it beside the earliest of the quotations , from the Webbs ' A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain , dating from 1920 , and we can see how far the Empirical Socialist view had changed . |
| 14 | She watched him roll back his sleeves , then fill a bowl with water and set it beside the knives . |
| 15 | Kim took the book back , then set it beside the others on the shelf . |
| 16 | Set it for a moment beside one of those white Greek goddesses of beautiful women of antiquity , and how would they be troubled by this beauty , into which the soul with all its maladies has passed ! |
| 17 | Drag something out of the rave crowd 's past — in this case Trumpton — and set it to a bangin' tune . |
| 18 | If I set it to the same frequency as the only Mark I Super C64 in existence , I might just be able to contact an old friend of ours . ’ |
| 19 | It is always possible that some ingenious modification of its protective belt will lead to some spectacular discovery that will bring the programme to life again and set it on a progressive phase . |
| 20 | He filled the kettle and set it on the hob , then went through to the front room , closed the shutters , and tried radioing on the frequency Caspar had given him for the US Embassy in Belpan City . |
| 21 | You set it on the way back . ’ |
| 22 | She grunted assent , and he filled the coffee percolator , set it on the stove and then rooted around in the refrigerator for the ketchup , while he wondered how to approach the subject of his going to New York . |
| 23 | Lavender filled it half-full of water and carried it , together with a glass , into the classroom and set it on the teacher 's table . |
| 24 | Though he 'd never used it , the Bowl was reputedly the most accurate prophetic tool known in the worlds , and now — sitting amid his treasures , with a sense growing in him that events on Earth in the last few days were leading to some matter of moment — he brought the Bowl down from its place on the highest shelf , unwrapped it , and set it on the table . |
| 25 | He filled the kettle carefully and set it on the gas stove but in spite of his care he slopped water . |
| 26 | She drank from her cup , then set it on the table . |
| 27 | She grasped each one by its golden nipple and set it on the scales . |
| 28 | Davide , called by his father to the piano , took up a sheet and set it on the mahogany lyre stand . |
| 29 | Curled up in a corner of the sofa , Alex took the Concorde ticket out of her bag once again , and set it on the cushions beside her . |
| 30 | With the authority of a man used to calling hounds to heel he 'd taken the arm from the dog , wrapped it in a towel and set it on the draining board . |