Example sentences of "[noun pl] set back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three sets of lights later , they came into the town centre , a wide boulevard that sloped up a hill with the shops and offices set back from the pavement . |
| 2 | In Mozambique , about 718 health clinics have been destroyed and health programmes set back . |
| 3 | There was a significant improvement on the other side of the viaduct , a Victorian class divide that had survived the years , and within two blocks he was walking down a tree-lined avenue composed of tall , detached houses set back from the road behind fair-sized gardens . |
| 4 | The Fitzgeralds had never known their neighbours very well , partly because Magdalen Street was wide , with houses set back behind small gardens and with steps to the front door , and partly because their big family made them self-sufficient . |
| 5 | The lower storey has thick walls while the upper one has thinner walls set back to form a terrace all round at first floor level . |