Example sentences of "set on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this tale , two weeds grew on a river bank ; one of them conserved its energy , and grew low and small and brown , with its sights set on a long life , while the other put forth all its strength into growing tall and into colouring itself a beautiful green . |
| 2 | If you have your hearts set on a joint endowment , you have two alternatives to cashing in the present one . |
| 3 | This modern Club is set on a pine-clad hillside and yet close to a lively and fashionable resort . |
| 4 | An easily controlled , relatively short rig is set on a two-spreader mast . |
| 5 | A small , friendly Club with an international clientele , set on a superb beach with a good choice of sports facilities . |
| 6 | Or do you strain every sinew to go for that elusive target set on a small plateau ? |
| 7 | ‘ I told her I 'd got my sights set on a high-born heiress and she damned near scratched my eyes out . |
| 8 | When the fuselage surfaces , the wings will still be under water — you know how low wings are set on a modern jet . |
| 9 | the top layer of blocks/copes are set on a suitable mortar bed such as Marshall 's M-fix as suggested by the manufacturer , |
| 10 | It was so different from what Oxford might have been , with its gracious spires ; here there was only the nearby cathedral , set on a slight rise , with its graveyard stretching up the hill . |
| 11 | This is set on a sliding scale , depending on whether the school is primary or secondary , day or boarding . |
| 12 | Neumann 's statement about the air brakes is anyway very misleading , for they in fact can be set on a sliding scale , so that the speed of the machines can be gradually modified either up or down . |
| 13 | She had her eyes set on a bigger catch than me . ’ |
| 14 | Thirty years later , I can still recall particular images — Alan Breck 's silver button set on a wooden cross and placed as a sign in the window of a but and ben ; redcoats prodding the heather with their bayonets while Breck and David Balfour sweltered out the day on the top of a huge granite boulder ; Breck lowering his belt so that Balfour could scramble up ; a chieftain 's hide-out somehow built using the trees . |
| 15 | So if you have got your heart set on a big wedding for the kids or a fast car when you retire , it is worth putting some money away as soon as possible to make sure the clouds of inflation do n't darken your horizon , adds Mr. Pinnell . |
| 16 | Note that the pump is set on a level plinth . |
| 17 | Opposite her was a small washstand with a coarse crockery toilet set on a fake marble top . |
| 18 | And yet that inn , the Hotel de perigord , being set down by the Dronne , is on the outskirts of Aubeterre. for Aubeterre is a hilltown , set on a chalky cliff above the river ( whence the name — Aubeterre , Alba Terra ) . |
| 19 | ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . ) |
| 20 | I visualized Alison as living in a classic North Oxford mansion set on a bosky avenue amid the murmuring of innumerable dons , so I was surprised to find myself directed up the hill to Headington . |
| 21 | Pre-construction work is already underway on the first phase , a 328,000 sq ft building set on a 20 acre green field site within Edinburgh Park , due for completion in Autumn 1995 . |
| 22 | Henry II 's castle at Chinon , where the treasury of Anjou was situated , was the model for its generation , with its halls , upper chambers , tower , and curtain walling , set on a high point above a strategic crossing of the Loire . |
| 23 | Those of classical design and inspiration are infrequent , the most impressive being the tetrastyle prostyle temple set on a high podium and dedicated to Sulis Minerva at Bath . |
| 24 | There was Lodowyck 's universal language , for instance , in which a sign for a radical ( eg primitive verb , to light ) was set on a musical stave , with signs for augmentation leg that wherewith the thing is acted ) set adjacent to it . |
| 25 | Teatime telly treats : The Gingerbread Man , a 13-part animation series for under-8s , is set on a busy kitchen dresser . |
| 26 | Good reads among the new releases include Dick Francis 's COMEBACK ( Pan , £4.99 ) , his 34th racing thriller and as pacy as ever , Danielle Steel 's NO GREATER LOVE ( Corgi , £4.99 ) about the Winfield family whose lives are changed forever the night the Titanic sinks , and Mary Stewart 's STORMY PETREL ( Coronet , £3.99 ) , an atmospheric suspense story set on a Hebridean island . |
| 27 | My own feeling is that there is a great similarity and that there is a a base salary normally which is set on a competitive level with a target as in this case perhaps at the mid-point , perhaps at the sixty percent level or whatever it would be and that a significant uplift in compensation can be obtained by a bonus scheme , if the performance of the company as measured in earnings per share , return on capital , return on equity or any m other measure if those objectives are met . |
| 28 | Eva they decked out in the gold trimmings for a General , set on a pink velvet collar with a lace edge . |
| 29 | This hotel is set on a beautiful bay about half a mile from Diamante . |
| 30 | Just a little to the north , the sleepy resort of Cha Am is set on a beautiful stretch of secluded beach , boasting crystal-clear waters lapping onto pristine golden sands . |