Example sentences of "set [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the nineties , we could be set for the first Oscars awarded to synthetic actors . |
| 2 | Many young Germans , with that strong national instinct for cameraderie , regarded their periods of recuperation at rest camps , set amid the glorious woods and hills of Alsace and spent in the company of those with whom they had shared the common experience of Verdun , as among the more idyllic moments of the war . |
| 3 | the small characters set below the normal letters or figures . |
| 4 | Crow Wood is set below the north-western flanks of the Cleveland Hills , with a clear view to Roseberry Topping , a strangely menacing peak rising straight out of meadows and woodland . |
| 5 | For example , one might face a situation in which the fact that water more readily gave the desired values of the governing parameters ( its lower kinematic viscosity is often advantageous in this respect ) had to be set against the practical difficulties of containing it in an arrangement with movable probes . |
| 6 | The TGAT Report ( DES 1987 ) on testing within the National Curriculum has suggested that parents be helped by having schools ' published test results set against the socio-economic circumstances of the pupils . |
| 7 | Hourly work effort in the latter part of the 1980s has increased by some 5% compared with the average between 1973–79 , and by more than 7% when set against the recessionary years of 1980/81 . |
| 8 | But on second thoughts , that comparison also seemed obscenely trite when set against the greater contrasts in values affecting millions of fellow-inhabitants of this planet . |
| 9 | More typically , the Unionist belief in the Empire was set against the Liberal plans to break up the United Kingdom , as in the leaflet Under which flag ? of July 1914 : this made the comparison between Unionists who had fought in South Africa and Liberals who had been pro-Boer and who would now shoot loyal Ulstermen . |
| 10 | Charming emerald islands set amongst the lapping waves . ’ |
| 11 | Well I think I , I mean I do agree and I think that the that er that pressure is now getting on to these , these city institutions , but erm , but I still come back to the basic thing that , that really , you know what appears to me is happening is we 've we 're having literally millions of pounds taken out in , in issuing these massive massive writs you know , a hundred and seventy eight page writs are sort of being and really the money for those is coming out of the remaining money in our pension funds and really I feel that what wou what is happening is this , as far as I 'm concerned , is all due to the self-regulatory body being set under the Financial Services Act , and in a way I feel that you know we 're being made to pay for sorting out a mess that somebody else is making . |
| 12 | It was a handsome face , a model 's face , he thought , with its high cheekbones , long , slightly concave nose , wide , full lips and dark , angry eyes deeply set under the strong brows . |
| 13 | the small characters set above the normal letters or figures . |
| 14 | Numerous poles were set into the mossy cobbles of the yard , connected at a height of six feet or so by thin cords . |
| 15 | He indicated the twelve carved thrones at the edges of the clearing , set into the immense Trees . |
| 16 | This shows accuracy , however , not prejudice : most of his work is set before the English navvies and engineers descended on Normandy . |
| 17 | The Papal State lay wedged like a nut within a giant imperial nutcracker — a small insecure state set within the imperial towns and communes to the north and the tightly-governed Regno to the south . |
| 18 | The three doors are covered with a fine brass grille to enable display of books set upon the four shelves . |
| 19 | It is a familiar theme in Latin American fiction , and something of the flavour of this part of Panama can be gleaned from Garcia Marquez 's One Hundred Years Of Solitude , set in the forgotten swamps of Colombia ( of which Panama once formed part ) . |
| 20 | Written in verse , the play was set in the Middle Ages and told of a soldier back from seven years in the wars who wanted to die and a beautiful witch who wanted to live . |
| 21 | The organization of competitive pupil participation thus avoids excesses of boredom and inattention especially where false questioning trails can be set in the early stages and the ‘ answer ’ or ‘ point ’ of the lesson delayed so that pupils have to work hard to discover it . |
| 22 | The new tone was set in the early hours of Friday when a broken-hearted bearded man of radical inclinations tore down his Labour posters and replaced them with a single bleak statement which , curiously , he must have had printed before the election . |
| 23 | One episode with disasters aplenty was Episode Four of ‘ The Keys of Marinus ’ , the episode set in the polar regions of that planet . |
| 24 | Relevant costing features in many of the questions set in the Financial Decisions paper at Conversion Course , and it is often these questions that receive the poorest answers . |
| 25 | A fascinating example of the dehistoricization of history is provided by the two novels published to date by the poet Roberto Pazzi , Cercando l'imperatore ( Looking for the Emperor 1985 ) and La principessa e il drago ( The Princess and the Dragon 1986 ) , both set in the last years of Tsarist Russia . |
| 26 | But as they did so , they unknowingly broke the invisible beam linking two electronic eyes set in the surrounding trees . |
| 27 | The Contingency Reserve has always existed as a cushion to meet unexpected demands for spending without breaking the overall planning target for public spending set in the White Papers . |
| 28 | Despite their rousing calls for a cinema that was ‘ vital , illuminating , ’ and their polemic against a national cinema divorced from contemporary realities , they turned to a series of novels set in the English provinces for material out or which to make their first movies . |
| 29 | Outside , set in the beautiful surroundings of the forest park , is the hotel 's sun terrace where snacks and drinks are served , a good size heated swimming pool , 2 tennis courts , a volleyball court and mini gold . |
| 30 | The fabulous Chewton Glen Hotel , set in the beautiful surroundings of Hampshire 's coastal region , hosted the end of season Embassy National Team Conference ( NTTC ) , the Pack of Four , in December . |