Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As will be discussed below , the treatment of detainees suspected of security offences is still open to serious questioning , but the operations of the penal system itself continue within the bounds set by the Statute of Rights . |
| 2 | We could see it as providing an insurance fund against loss caused by ( usually ) unintentional failure to keep within the bounds set by the principles of public law . |
| 3 | But whatever the motives , the Government 's twin aims of handing back the control of unions to the individual members , and ensuring that trade unions act within bounds set by a democratic state , are ones that should have been promoted by the left . |
| 4 | The weakest test of conformity with the no-arbitrage condition uses the bounds set by the transactions costs of arbitrage . |
| 5 | The doctrine of ministerial responsibility is thus a major explanation for the isolation of Whitehall departments , for their inward-looking nature and for their constant emphasis on keeping within the policy bounds set from above . |
| 6 | There are , two , not unsuccessful private-eye stories by British authors set in America such as Basil Copper 's Mike Faraday books about an authentic-seeming Los Angeles and , earlier , the books of the prolific James Hadley Chase with a whole variety of heroes . |
| 7 | She climbed the rickety steps set into the hillside and got up to the porch of the Katz house . |
| 8 | There were to be listening posts with recorded messages , sturdy steps set into inclines , handrails at strategic points and gates adapted for guide dogs . |
| 9 | Then she turned and eased herself over the lip , clambered down the old wooden steps set into the clay wall , and ran across towards the jetty . |
| 10 | The tribunal said it appeared that Ms Oruene had brought the complaint in the mistaken but genuine belief that graduates of English or Scottish universities who did not have passes in the compulsory subjects set by the faculty would still have been granted exemptions from the exams . |
| 11 | Like his father he was a great music lover and amongst the many works he published was a collection of over 300 songs set to music , entitled The Muses ' Delight ( 1754 ) . |
| 12 | But Soderstrom , introducing the songs set by set , was good company ; the recital hall at Blackheath , rescued from years of abuse by the government department that used to inhabit it , had a good sound and an airy Victorian grace ; and Roger Vignoles , the accompanist , was as clear and gifted as ever ; so the capacity audience wound up feeling happy , especially when treated to confident versions of Lehar 's Vilja Song or My Lips They Kiss So Hot . |
| 13 | whose watchword is awareness lest he fall into the traps set by those who follow darkness , |
| 14 | These form a larger group than fabliaux set in the country , largely in villages , although the latter group is still a substantial one . |
| 15 | She was in a cot in the back room with a row of night-lights set along the floor . |
| 16 | Prestige developments , particularly Abingdon Marina , which is now well advanced into its 5th phase offers a comprehensive choice of quality waterside homes set in idyllic tranquil surroundings . |
| 17 | 8 country-style shops set in beautiful gardens . |
| 18 | The attractions include the Roman walls , the castle , the cathedral , the racecourse , the zoo and the famous ‘ Rows ’ ( shops set in a seventeenth- and eighteenth-century environment ) . |
| 19 | The medieval bridge , built in 1392 and demolished c. 1856 , was a little distance south-west of the modern road bridge and is recorded as having been preceded by an earlier bridge on the same line ; it had ten waterways set between stone piers and a timber superstructure , a method of construction commonly used by Roman engineers . |
| 20 | It is built of sandstone with red bricks set between courses . |
| 21 | They had strengthened structurally weak areas around doors and windows with layers of fired bricks set into the mud walls . |
| 22 | Wallmounted lights ( including lighting bricks set into the wall ) are a good choice for steps , while post-mounted lights , bollard-type lights or low-level lanterns are good for paths . |
| 23 | Your program should not , of curse , subsequently try to use variables set before the clear statement . |
| 24 | However , the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars , while significant struggles and in the case of the latter conflict involving savage warfare in Manchuria anticipating the kind of warfare to be seen in Europe between 1914 and 1918 , did not constitute a confrontation between two superpowers set against a background of vitriolic suspicion and rivalry , as happened in 1950 . |
| 25 | Here were swords and rapiers hanging from sashes on panelled walls , delicate figurines set on marble pedestals , statues from across the far China seas , carved elephants and lions from Africa , Javanese dancing girls with jointed limbs , fierce ceremonial masks from the mountains of Indonesia . |
| 26 | The business plan 's solution is to transfer existing reserves set against pre-1986 liabilities into a central pot . |
| 27 | INSURANCE PREMIUMS SET TO ROCKET AFTER WORST STORMS IN HISTORY |
| 28 | The elegant plans , in indian ink on vellum , which he presented to his clients , showed his proposed alterations to the landscape , often with serpentine lakes whose ends were concealed in woodland , with single trees and clumps set in parkland and with tree belts around the boundary , often with a ‘ ride round the Improvements ’ winding through them . |
| 29 | The view from the Beech 99 explained everything about the area and its needs — vast numbers of small lakes set in an almost tundra-like expanse of scrub and woodland . |
| 30 | The former actor and TV documentary director had made his feature film debut with A Kind of Loving ( 1962 ) followed by Billy Liar ( 1963 ) , two modest pictures set in accurate British working-class surroundings , which introduced fresh , young players such as Alan Bates , Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie . |