Example sentences of "set on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set on the beautiful promenade — Hotel Palace |
| 2 | Set on the beautiful sandy beach at Negambo , the modern Browns Beach Hotel is notable for its cuisine and entertainment . |
| 3 | Set on the maximum temperature we were able to quickly loosen three stubborn hinge screws . |
| 4 | Set on the main road — 15 minutes walk from the resort centre , local buses stop nearby . |
| 5 | Set on the main coast road , the hotel is just 10 yards from its own private sandy beach , with bar and waiter service , and has a wonderful shady patio garden looking out onto the pedestrianised heart of the historical centre of Laigueglia . |
| 6 | Wade , the Commonwealth 800 metres record holder since 1985 , has her sights set on the 1500 metres in the Olympic trials meeting in Birmingham at the end of next month and is ready to test her form against top-class opposition after recovering from a knee injury which threatened to ruin her summer plans . |
| 7 | The tone was set on the first day out of London when Kinnock confided to a class of six-year-olds at Staple Hill primary school in Kingswood , Bristol : ‘ Glenys is a teacher in real life : this is just pretending . ’ |
| 8 | The model is attached to a node at the origins of the reference space , with the second attached to a point set on the first . |
| 9 | Built in the early 1960's , comprising a modern split-level maisonette with accommodation set on the first and second floors . |
| 10 | This is called the fill light , and it is set on the other side of the camera to reduce the depth of the shadows and to soften the modelling of the subject . |
| 11 | But strange , because although Fender have chosen to include the full vintage set on the audience-orientated front side of the guitar , the spring cavity cover on the reverse side is still boring old white . |
| 12 | She had polished the glasses and checked there were seven Capstan in the cigarette box set on the low table beside the settee . |
| 13 | With both Maazel and Karajan the point is readily made , but their eyes are clearly set on the internal music argument . |
| 14 | Poland 's next general election is not due until 1993 , but there are local ones on May 27th — and meanwhile the government is already well set on the capitalist road . |
| 15 | Are your eyes set on the right holiday horizon ? |
| 16 | Push halved new potatoes , cut sides down , on to sticks and set on the hot surface . |
| 17 | A church set on the rocky bluff by the Celtic sect of the Culdees ( ‘ Companions of God ’ ) later submitted to Roman usage and to the transformation of its survivors into Austin canons . |
| 18 | It wants the Interim Advisory Committee , which will determine the profession 's pay increase for the 1990-91 year , to be allowed to remedy the error by using new money over and above the £600m limit the Government has set on the global sum available for any increase . |
| 19 | Hartlepool then comprised 6,000 people , no longer a simple fishing village since dock facilities had recently brought it into the coal-export and timber-import trades ; but Jackson 's sights were set on the adjacent hamlet of Stranton , with a population of 350 . |
| 20 | The cottage is set on the highest ridge of the Chiltern Hills and is surrounded by the most glorious countryside . |
| 21 | Voix du Zaïre radio said that enraged students set on the junior education minister , Issalu Isangi , who was badly beaten up . |
| 22 | There is a private beach club with a bar , set on the sandy beach 300 yards away , across the main road . |
| 23 | Because the front bed is now the main bed , the main tension is set on the front carriage . |
| 24 | With its sights set on the worldwide Keno Gaming market , AWA Gaming Systems has announced the release of Kenix , a Concurrent Computer Corp , real-time Unix-based version of the computer system driving the popular gambling game Club Keno . |
| 25 | Never before had events within Scotland been so firmly set on the international stage . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's what we 've been working for all season , ’ said the delighted Whitham , who now has his sights set on the international scene for 1994 , either in Superbikes or the 500cc Grand Prix series . |
| 27 | Isobel was ambitious , and had her sights set on the national news media ; unfortunately , so did every other young news-hustler in every backwater station in the country , and few of them were having to contend with sinuses that felt as if they 'd been stuffed with pillows . |
| 28 | Haya de la Torre rejected the Comintern premise that Latin America was set on the same course of development as the European industrial nations . |
| 29 | The cockpit is well protected by a deep coaming set on the teak-laid decks , although there is nothing to stop items falling through the aft end of the cockpit , something that may become a liability when sailing in a relaxed fashion with books , Walkmans and bottles of suntan lotion lying on cockpit seats . |
| 30 | Set into the floor near the entrance is a brass strip running the width of the building to a sundial set on the left wall . |