Example sentences of "set [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set between the main road and the lake front promenade , the hotel is about five minutes walk from Malcesine 's centre . |
| 2 | Set between the shuttered window of the best room and the lower edge of the yard wall , the chamber sank back into the building like a huge stone tunnel . |
| 3 | The ceremony meant an unscheduled return to work for Christine as she had been off work with a broken hip , but was well on the way to recovery and set for a New Year return . |
| 4 | HILARY GILES of Dunstable and her husband Charles are all set for a super day out at York today , as guests of the Daily Mirror . |
| 5 | All set for a festive lunch at Grampian Transport in Aberdeen are driver Frank Evans and his colleague Neil Warden , who were being served by CCG 's manager , Isobel Walker . |
| 6 | Cruising Altitude passed the pacemaking Floyd as they crossed the final hurdle and he looked all set for a comfortable victory . |
| 7 | However , at the classroom level there may be specific objectives set for a particular session or activity . |
| 8 | STING has a new single , album and dates set for the New Year . |
| 9 | This is the point where a number of difficult areas converge : society 's ambivalence about sexuality and people with learning difficulties ; a tradition of segregation ; a lingering concern about eugenics ; a shameful history of ( enforced ) sterilisation ; a proper concern about vulnerable children ; and their right to due protection from neglect and abuse — set against an increasing recognition that people with learning difficulties should enjoy the same rights to an ordinary life in our society as anyone else , including the rights to be parents . |
| 10 | Set against the verdant tracery of mature trees , and the glinting spread of a glassy lake in the background , the house took on a warm roseate glow in the fading light of the evening sun . |
| 11 | Set against the neat rationality of these advantages must be the particular difficulties of planning in education . |
| 12 | Set against the enduring strength of the city 's architecture and way of life , the film reflects an attitude that you would recognise even now in Marchmont and the New Town . |
| 13 | Set against the high side-window of the open car and the evening sky , the effect was extraordinary , the portrait , Flavia thought she saw , of Isabella d'Este . |
| 14 | Set against the British Rail 's as yet unapproved plans for a single specially constructed high speed line between the Channel Tunnel and London look rather modest although work is underway to electrify the three main trunk routes between London and Glasgow to take trains at up to 225kph . |
| 15 | Set against the sweeping backdrop of adventure on the high seas , TREASURE ISLAND charts a boy 's search for treasure in a time of danger and piracy . |
| 16 | Set above a handsome forecourt , the stone house has four well-spaced bays , mullioned windows , parapets and gables . |
| 17 | Set in a rural aspect , perfectly located for visiting England 's Historic Heartland with Warwick and Leamington Spa close at hand . |
| 18 | ‘ Set in a small town Indiana suburb , Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt play Nick and Lily Laemle , a young married couple whose dedication to self betterment , domestic order and keeping up appearances amounts to an obsession . |
| 19 | Set in a peaceful cul-de-sac in this popular residential location in Botley , west Oxford , this extended semi-detached property is presented in excellent decorative order throughout . |
| 20 | Set in a Mallorcan hotel room on the night of England 's World Cup semi-final against West Germany in 1990 , the action follows both the game and the disruption of Bill and Monica 's marriage . |
| 21 | The pride of the village is the swimming pool : set in a lovely area of grass and trees , the pool is large and heated , complete with waterslide . |
| 22 | Set in a residential area , 10 minutes walk from the beach and the resort centre , this hotel has a friendly and relaxed atmosphere nurtured by its owners , the Guisto family . |
| 23 | There you are , the diamond solitaire ring , set in a white gold . |
| 24 | Set in a WWI officer 's prisoner of war camp it shows the last veneers of a chivalrous , civilised Europe being ripped away by the black talons of mechanised war . |
| 25 | This may not seem much in terms of Hong Kong 's caseload of more tha 40,000 Vietnamese , but set in a historical context it is an achievement . |
| 26 | Set in a commanding position , this is an excellent hotel with pool , refined , elegant public rooms and a welcoming atmosphere . |
| 27 | Set in a paved courtyard , the Hotel Villa Delle Rose is a small , friendly property of traditional character . |
| 28 | Set in a beautiful location above two fabulous sandy beaches , this Scandinavian-managed hotel offers good standards of accommodation and efficient service . |
| 29 | Set in a beautiful landscape , Chepstow has been a strategic fortress for hundreds of years . |
| 30 | Set in a beautiful garden , this was once a private villa and retains a homely atmosphere . |