Example sentences of "set on [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flat string of squares flickered slightly just sufficiently to show it was a projection , nothing real ; but although it was apparent the line of squares itself was merely an image , on its surface sat seemingly real and solid wooden chess pieces made from black and white wood , and set on that strange line like tiny isolated guard towers on a chequered frontier wall . |
| 2 | WEATHER-beaten Constantinos Kaloude has one of those lived-in faces that could have seen the sun set on 30,000 different horizons . |
| 3 | Women sailors who might not have their sights set on such lofty goals — or , for that matter , those who have — will be interested in a seminar about women 's sailing to be held in February . |
| 4 | It abolished the limits set on secondary educational expenditure in 1902 , and removed the exemptions to the requirement to attend school between the ages of 5 and 14 . |
| 5 | Or a priest of some unknown religion who strides towards us , implacably set on some atavistic rite ? |
| 6 | One way in which the flexibility of microprogramming can be used is in providing several different computer architectures and instruction sets on one basic hardware . |
| 7 | Wordsworth , looking out of the low , latticed window , said , ‘ How beautifully the sun sets on that yellow bank ! ’ |