Example sentences of "set [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ One ’ was a word of the Chelsea set for the first person singular , and one might perhaps venture the thought of a pun in the words of the inscription .
2 Founder member of the National Aeronautical Collection , the Cody Biplane set against the excellent World War One era supporting display .
3 One lady who 's gone for the 90's set in a big way is Lisa Stansfield — her sleek , kiss-curl style has been replaced with this fabulous mass of casual curls by a stylist in Paris .
4 TV rights for the book Sweet Sixteen set in a national newspaper , have been sold .
5 So , a story set in contemporary Britain is likely to be easier ( for British pupils ) than one set in a different period of history or in a different culture or environment .
6 That is over a metre beyond his previous best , also set in the Victorian capital .
7 John Dickson Carr , stalwart of the Golden Age of the detective story , set some dozen of his books in past times , with particularly to be recommended Devil in Velvet , set in the Regency period , and Bride of Newgate set in the seventeenth century .
8 As the sun set on a great day , they all made their way home , awaiting the next challenge , so if anybody out there fancies their chances , just ring the Sheffield Pest Control branch .
9 They set on a big conveyor belt .
10 When he presented a new Kwik-Cricket set to the Barbadian Secretary of State for Education , the minister promptly moved desks , bookshelves and even delayed leaving for a cabinet meeting so that he could play the game in his office .
11 Sculley said he did not believe anyone had been able to build an HDTV set at a reasonable price .
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