Example sentences of "set [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " 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 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 .
4 The sun would still rise and still set regardless of the fact that she would never see him again .
5 It is set annually by the Government and can not rise by more than the rate of inflation .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 A third dummy was in a seated position on the fourth chair which was set away from the table .
10 The rails were set flush with the concrete and he negotiated them carefully .
11 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 .
12 This appears not to have happened in the case of Samuel Pepys 's uncle ; writing in his diary for 6 July 1661 , he related the incident of ‘ My uncle 's corpse in a coffin standing upon joint stools in the chimney in the hall ; but it began to smell so I caused it to be set forth in the yard all night , and watched by my aunt . ’
13 Any questions with respect to the application of the word " deployed " as used in the last sentence of paragraph 3 of Article 5 will be decided by the government of the united Germany in a reasonable and responsible way taking into account the security interests of each contracting party as set forth in the preamble .
14 The degree of abnormality leading to disqualification and the measures to be taken by breeders , are set forth by the Breeding Committee .
15 ‘ The paintings are set directly into the ceiling of an octagonal staircase , ’ Rab explains .
16 The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke .
17 The relationship is unusual in that Scrope 's men were set directly under the duke .
18 Any provision made against the minority debit balance should be set directly against the minority interest amount in the p&l account and in the balance sheet .
19 Second is a single rate poundage which will be set nationally by the government rather than local councils .
20 Parts of Tunstall and Rendlesham forests , in Suffolk , are being set aside as a reserve for the woodlark , one of Britain 's rarest birds .
21 Furthermore , the whole list of injuries is set aside as a sort of sub-section , marked by three asterisks at the top and three at the bottom , so that the change of topic or scene is explicitly signalled to the reader .
22 In May 1965 £100 from the Society Stewards ' accounts was set aside as the beginning of a Building Fund , the purpose of which was either to extend the existing halls or to build new ones .
23 A marriage contracted by a person so insane at the time as not to appreciate the nature of the obligations of the married state may be set aside at the suit of either party .
24 Such injunctions are normally immediately set aside on the publisher 's application or lifted by the Court of Appeal .
25 When the appellant received notice of the order , he applied for the order to be set aside on the grounds that he had no notice of the proceedings and had nothing to do with it .
26 The defendants successfully applied to the English court for this service to be set aside on the grounds that personal service by the agent of a foreign litigant without the approval of the Swiss authorities was a criminal offence under the Swiss Penal Code and could not be regarded as valid service , as no English court could authorise service which was contrary to the internal law of the country in which service was to be effected .
27 Secondly , although the doctrine of frustration applies to agreements for lease , it would be only in quite exceptional circumstances where an agreement would be set aside on the grounds of frustration and it is suggested that the parties should provide in the agreement for either party to rescind the agreement in the event of substantial damage to the premises or the site prior to completion .
28 Capricorn applied for the service of the writ to be set aside on the ground that the London address did not consitute a place of business in Great Britain or that if service was good , Capricorn sought a stay on the ground of lis alibi pendens in Ohio .
29 The board applied for that order to be set aside on the ground that there was no jurisdiction to make it .
30 In this case the court was concerned with the question whether the transactions between the bank and the wife should be set aside on the ground of undue influence exerted over the wife by the husband .
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