Example sentences of "and [noun pl] set in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The elegant plans , in indian ink on vellum , which he presented to his clients , showed his proposed alterations to the landscape , often with serpentine lakes whose ends were concealed in woodland , with single trees and clumps set in parkland and with tree belts around the boundary , often with a ‘ ride round the Improvements ’ winding through them . |
| 2 | He gave her a delicate necklace of amethysts and pearls set in Scottish gold . |
| 3 | In evolving the final arrangement of elements for The Wealth of Nations the artist began with a series of drawings and models set in relations to the building . |
| 4 | The lower part of the walls are faced with 1345 semi-precious stones of Bohemian origin , such as cornelians , amethysts , chalcedonies , jaspers , chrysoprases and agates set in gilded plaster . |
| 5 | The sun must have cleared the hill beyond Grandtully , its light showed them weapons bristling above a river of faces , small boys with cudgels , women with stockingsful of stones and shards , men with shot-guns and blades set in poles . |
| 6 | I think that a chief , or perhaps a leading group would after a while be decided on and priorities set in a way more mature than the boys , but girls would be less imaginative when it came to building shelters and lighting fires , and also less physically able to lift heavy objects and build things . |
| 7 | For her it was the accompaniment of cottage gardening with the domestic buildings which was especially noted and assimilated into a garden style : lavender and hollyhocks by an old weather-boarded barn , snapdragons along a brick wall , cottage porches with roses , ferns in dipping wells , patterns of brick and millstones set in garden paths . |
| 8 | A continuous exhibition with demonstrations and shows set in a giant marquee in the Manor grounds . |