Example sentences of "be set [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 Simone 's Studios command fantastic views of the coastline of mainland Greece and Albania , as they 're set up on a small hill looking out over the bay of Benitses .
2 There is evidence that the present east gable is a replacement , made very soon , for another , likewise with a battle , which seems then to have been set up on a base in the sanctuary , its centre akroterion also .
3 This particular perversion , I notice , like every other , has been set up on a professional basis in go-getting New York .
4 Even afterwards at Four Winds , where a marquee had been set up on the lawn , and the guests mingled , Merrill still saw the affair as a disjointed series of impressions .
5 turnpikes or toll-bars have been set up on the several great roads of England , beginning at London , and proceeding thro' almost all those dirty deep roads , in the midland counties especially ; at which turnpikes all carriages , droves of cattle , and travellers on horseback are obliged to pay an easy toll … in no place is it thought a burthen … the benefit of a good road abundantly making amends .
6 I did Hope that Lord Nelson who was staying at Raby might come down to partake of the fayre which had been set out on a Royal Oak table decorated with a huge Wheatsheaf , Blue Bells and a small Green Tree that looked very much like Three Tuns .
7 Most of the books that had been set out on the last delivery had gone , and now more volumes were being added .
8 The terms and conditions of the policy are set out on the Certificate of Insurance .
9 Details of the amounts due to be billed and the properties concerned are set out on the attached sheet for your information .
10 The press played down these reverses , and they paled into insignificance when in spring 1943 word spread that a prisoner of-war camp was going to be set up on the outskirts of Fontanellato .
11 Models enable complex relationships to be set up on the computer in numerical form rather than in the form of subjective statements .
12 I have founded my judgment upon the grounds which I have already expressed , but I do not wish to be understood as thereby negativing the proposition that a defence might be set up on the alternative basis mentioned by Willes J. In my opinion this appeal should be allowed .
13 It is rumoured that an oil rig is to be set up on the local water meadows .
14 In theory , a limited partnership could be set up on the retirement of a working partner , where the continuing partners experience difficulty in acquiring the outgoing partner 's share by an immediate cash payment .
15 It was hoped that a small part of those works could stay in operation , renovating locomotives and rolling stock and that eventually a heritage museum could be set up on the site .
16 The main finishing dais will be set up on the cobbled William Brown Street .
17 And that was plucked out by its roots , and two rows were set up on the green ; boys and girls were in each row .
18 Notice boards were set up on the College house , and at the corner of the road .
19 Having established that they had no signs of any fatigue cracks on the rear spar chord , the left and right stabilisers from two different aircraft were set up on the test rig .
20 Many new shipping companies formed in the late 1800's were set up on the strength of the coal markets .
21 The sound of a glass being set down on a table , then a door closing .
22 For , all in the instant of his book and glass being set down on a nearby table ‘ You 're afraid of me , Fabia ? ’ he demanded to know in a straightforward , no nonsense manner .
23 The Compass System is set up on a pivot enclosed in a liquid filled ( kerosene ) chamber .
24 In one form — the earliest is usually attributed to the Boston Consulting Group , USA — a 3 × 3 matrix is set up on the two axes as in Figure 2.4 .
25 The consolidated p&l account is set out on the alternative format , with separate columns for continuing and discontinued operations .
26 It 's the result of a big process by individual departments , erm , it is set out on the basis of departments priorities .
27 Izvestiya of March 5 published a letter from Yegor Yakovlev , head of the Ostankino state television and radio company [ for its formation in December see p. 38655 ] , to CIS heads of state , proposing that an international broadcasting company be set up on the basis of the Ostankino company .
28 The ‘ Great Debate ’ , initiated by James Callaghan in 1977 , was set up on the premise that education was failing .
29 In a similar manner to the interview analysis technique , a record was set up on the database for each activity using the numerical codes as an identifier , and a second field used to type in all information needed or produced by that activity .
30 If more than one yacht visited , a barbecue was set up on the beach , and many a bleary Azorian dawn was witnessed as a result .
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