Example sentences of "[adj] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No 3227 Set by George Cowley Can we please have imaginary entries for the ‘ This England ’ column — stories that you think ought to have happened , but somehow have n't yet . |
| 2 | No 3221 Set by Naomi Marks You were asked for Which -style guides to everyday objects — like cookers , fridges , etc — written in kulcher-babble . |
| 3 | Murray 's new all-comers ' mark was one of six set on Saturday — along with Olympic champion Maksim Tarasov 's 5.81m pole vault , Jon Edwards 's 17.16m triple jump and Michael Johnson 's incredible 400m in 45.14 , which could have been a world record if he had not eased up . |
| 4 | No 3222 Set by Lew Bellringle You were asked to produce a song written by a convert to an unlikely cause : for example , Bob Dylan supporting the Ku Klux Klan . |
| 5 | Their values must , therefore , lie between 128 ( bit-7 set to 1 ) and 191 ( bit-7 and bits 1 to 5 set to 1 ) . |
| 6 | TV rights for the book Sweet Sixteen set in a national newspaper , have been sold . |
| 7 | The amateur record of 68 was set in the Monthly Medal of May 1986 when Club member Michael Orris broke the Club and his own previous record of 69 set in October 1983 . |
| 8 | The eclipses of May 21 , June 4 and November 29 set in motion changes that could put you in a new professional space by 1994 , if not before . |
| 9 | From the outset , Nigeria and Iran sought quota improvements and in the late 1980s there arose some aggrieved discussion of the UAE 's insistence on setting its own unilateral quota ( 1.5 million as against the 0.948 set by the Vienna conference in 1987 ) and vehement debate with both Iraq and Iran , neither of which was willing to accept a lower quota than the other 's . |
| 10 | There were only two easy chairs , one set on each side of the fireplace ; a compact brown chair in torn leather with a patchwork cushion , and a grubby , more modern chair with fitted pads . |
| 11 | In fact the Governments " minute of appointment " in 1961 set as the Committee 's terms of reference to report on and review the pattern of full-time higher education in Britain " in the light of national needs and resources " . |
| 12 | Skilfully detailed miniature landscapes , including working trains of the 1930s set in the wilds of Dartmoor and farms and cottages grouped in a typical village from the Vale of White Horse . |
| 13 | No 3228 Set by Watson Weeks |
| 14 | Entrance fees to foreigners with less than two years service on British ships were in 1889 set at £pound20 with the obvious intention of making the cost of membership prohibitive . |
| 15 | Mansell 's time , using race tyres , outstripped Brazilian Ayrton Senna 's pole time of 1:14.041 set in 1991 on qualifying rubber . |
| 16 | The large crowd bore witness to its popularity although the course record of 68 set by Des Ballintine in 1984 was broken on the tough Prehen course . |
| 17 | She was the only witness among many people at the party who alleged she 'd seen the four set upon Mr Johnson with knives . |
| 18 | His aggregate was four better than the old 90-hole record of 329 set by Andrew Magee and DA Weibring in the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational . |
| 19 | No 3225 Set by Watson Weeks Following the TV exposé of the horrors/miracle of being at the school founded by A S Neill , could we have a Speech Day address by the principal of Summerhill ; an explanation by a parent of why they have chosen it ; or a statement by a former pupil of the advantages gained by a Summerhill education . |
| 20 | No 3225 Set by Watson Weeks We asked you , following the TV exposé of Summerhill , for a Speech Day address by the principal , an explanation by a parent of why they sent their child there , or a statement by a former pupil of the advantages of a Summerhill education . |
| 21 | Their values must , therefore , lie between 128 ( bit-7 set to 1 ) and 191 ( bit-7 and bits 1 to 5 set to 1 ) . |
| 22 | Qu Yunxia ran a sensational 1,500 metres of three minutes 50.46 seconds at China 's national games in Beijing today , beating the previous world mark by fully two seconds of 3:52.47 set by Tatiana Kazankina of the Soviet Union 13 years ago . |
| 23 | No 3224 Set by Margaret Rogers Can we have a lament in verse , or an epitaph for Punch , please ? |
| 24 | No 3224 Set by M Rogers |
| 25 | Her best time is 4:23.08 set in 1986 , and it must be admitted that the indoor mark she broke on Saturday was a soft one . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The prospect of London 's Big Bang in October 1986 set in train a process of consolidation among banks ( British and foreign ) and City stockbrokers . |
| 28 | No 3223 set by Katie Mallett |
| 29 | No 3226 Set by Margaret Rogers |
| 30 | No 3226 Set by Margaret Rogers |