Example sentences of "set [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This well run and friendly hotel is set right in the centre of the resort . |
| 2 | The manor is set right in the middle of Horncastle and has a large and colourful garden , much admired by passers-by who can not help but pause at the usually open corner gate in the garden wall . |
| 3 | Hannah Dooley knew a bloke in Birmingham who had been set on by a group of small ‘ pod-like ’ creatures while out walking his dog . |
| 4 | Panic has set in as the league 's Draconian restructuring unfolds with four clubs relegated from Division One and seven from Division Two . |
| 5 | Let's get inside , the rain 's set in for the day . ’ |
| 6 | Rain had set in after the heatwave and there was an infestation of jelly fishes in the Moray Firth . |
| 7 | Putrefaction had set in around the nose and mouth , the skin felt cold and soggy as Corbett gently turned the head to look at the fatal weal round the neck , a broad , purple black gash with little round indentations which made it look like some ghostly parody of a necklace . |
| 8 | Their books are usually set nostalgically in the past — the Thirties and Forties are favourite periods — and often feature the perennial characters of fairy tales and nursery rhymes . |
| 9 | The geostationary communications satellites placed high above the Pacific to link the banking and trading centres of South-East Asia , Japan and Australasia with those of North America preside over a ‘ window ’ of the planetary territory of geometrically fixed size — rather as if a cone , a dunce 's cap , the height of which is equivalent to the altitude necessary for a satellite 's geostationary orbit , had been set down over the ocean . |
| 10 | The sound of a glass being set down on a table , then a door closing . |
| 11 | Hammond moved from the doorway , picking up the map Kim had set down on the table . |
| 12 | Of even greater strategic importance to the review was a condition set down by the Chancellor at the very beginning . |
| 13 | In the ever changing conditions of real life the clinician would adjust any regimen to the patient 's particular needs ; in contrast , the researcher would do his or her best to make the patient conform with the standard set down by the protocol . |
| 14 | The sedan chair was set down in a space of its own , and the curtains drawn aside . |
| 15 | Thus , a whole range of decisions would not be left merely to the instinct of the doctor , good though he or she may be , but would be set down in a form which is at the same time authoritative , yet flexible and able to change if circumstances demand . |
| 16 | She was hazily aware of being set down in a chair , then her head was pushed none too gently between her knees . |
| 17 | I er , move the motions set down in the order paper and , does anybody else wish to speak on this ? |
| 18 | A further 3 would be set down before the century 's end . |
| 19 | The sun would still rise and still set regardless of the fact that she would never see him again . |
| 20 | It is set annually by the Government and can not rise by more than the rate of inflation . |
| 21 | The NFFO will be set annually by the Department of Energy ; it aims to guarantee that new electricity distribution companies in England and Wales use a certain amount of renewable souces to generate power . |
| 22 | In various parts of the Bible all these offerings are said to " alone " — to cover sin — indicating that any act of worship was set squarely in the context of God 's forgiving grace . |
| 23 | The church seems to be slightly set away from the village , and is very elusive as you drive through , being only reached either through a farmyard or down a lane off the road to Wansford . |
| 24 | A third dummy was in a seated position on the fourth chair which was set away from the table . |
| 25 | The rails were set flush with the concrete and he negotiated them carefully . |
| 26 | Such an edge should be set just below the level of the turf so that a machine can run smoothly over the top — simply neaten up once a year with a half moon iron or spade and save that chore of hand edging . |
| 27 | By contrast , the films made to exploit the vitality , comic talent and phenomenal singing voice of Grace Fields are at their best when set not against a showbusiness background , but in the midst of depressed working-class communities where Fields stands as a beacon of cheerfulness and hope . |
| 28 | Within an hour Allan , Donald the smith , and the Logan brothers had set off down the strath to Weem with the petitions in a leather wallet , to add to the already thick bunch in James 's strong-box , and Cameron and James had got horses from a sympathizer in the village and rode off towards the narrow glen of Keltney . |
| 29 | Stephen had already set off down the path . |
| 30 | Did she then grow impatient , and concerned at the pasty cooling in the wickerwork basket , lighted a candle and bravely set off up the tunnel determined that her daddy would have a hot meal ? |