Example sentences of "[noun] set on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They were low domes set on tall , narrow drums , possibly based in design upon the wooden Cathedral of S. Sophia at Novgorod ( destroyed by fire 1045 ) . |
| 3 | In the United States 35 states have legislation requiring all hospitals to provide a standard data set on each patient treated . |
| 4 | Joseph Chamberlain , not Sidney Webb , was the man of her dreams ; but though she has been credited with overcoming romantic desire for the sake of her own independence , it is clear that she desperately wanted him to propose , with her eyes set on his becoming prime minister . |
| 5 | Ludus is strictly for women with their eyes set on newsagents ' mid-shelves |
| 6 | Ruth looked , and saw Adam had at last reacted to something ; he was crouched low in his corner , eyes set on Jake . |
| 7 | She had her eyes set on a bigger catch than me . ’ |
| 8 | When you decide to get married , fix yourself up with someone of the old school , not one of those feminist flibbertigibbets of the kind Jim and I have landed ourselves with — undomesticated , never there , eyes set on further career mountains to be climbed . |
| 9 | But Ireland 's new track queen Sonia O'Sullivan also has her eyes set on the prize , and she has the taste for mega-bucks after her 3,000m win in Brussels earned her four one kilogram gold bars worth about £33,000 . |
| 10 | Are your eyes set on the right holiday horizon ? |
| 11 | An extra planetary gear set on the end , together with a new rear casing , provides the extra , overdriven ratio . |
| 12 | Ltd. , Crown jewellers since 1,843 , this , including an eight-piece Abercorn kettle and tea set on a silver tray , was ordered by Lutyens and its cost of £280 was paid in cash by Sir Herbert Morgan . |
| 13 | Glenn Hoddle 's got his heart and mind set on promotion . |
| 14 | A prisoner who refused to join in a boycott of prison food had his cell set on fire by fellow inmates . |
| 15 | A lively family Club set on the most beautiful beach in Majorca , offering simple accommodation and a wide range of facilities for everyone . |
| 16 | The table settings would not have disgraced a banquet : fine Baccarat crystal , gold-crested porcelain and solid silver cutlery set on damask cloths . |
| 17 | Old coaching Inn set on site of 14th century jousting ground with Minstrel Gallery bar . |
| 18 | The interior is unusual with columns set on circular plan but with flatter , straight sides to the exterior walls . |
| 19 | The plain exterior circular walls partly supported the covering conical roof but , inside , six columns set on elliptical plan , assisted in this support . |
| 20 | And will you be able to resist desserts such as Black Velvet Pie — a smooth chocolate mousse flavoured with rum and dotted with chocolate chips set on a chocolate biscuit base , topped with creamy mousse and flakes of chocolate ? |
| 21 | WEATHER-beaten Constantinos Kaloude has one of those lived-in faces that could have seen the sun set on 30,000 different horizons . |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia on Aug. 18 warned that it would increase its own output by 2,000,000 bpd unless an OPEC ministerial conference was convened immediately to revise quotas within the 22,500,000 bpd overall ceiling set on July 27 . |
| 23 | Huy noticed a jug with wine and beakers set on a table made of white , polished wood and inlaid with river-horse ivory and gold . |
| 24 | Supreme of chicken set on a casserole of devilled pimiento |
| 25 | Menu Clear beef and celery soup Supreme of chicken set on a casserole of devilled pimiento Crème brulée with exotic fruit |
| 26 | He says they caused considerable damage to property , hedgerows were burned out , buildings affected , farmers ' own equipment set on fire and their own crops . |
| 27 | Compare it with a late kouros ( fig. 72 ) , a larger work set on a grave in central Attica , of one Aristodikos , and beautifully preserved through having been taken down and buried when it can not have been standing very long , perhaps to avoid desecration by the Persian invader . |
| 28 | This can take the form of a ramp , or a heap of round boulders set on a shelf and breaking the surface of the water . |
| 29 | Thus , individuals socialised into the working classes will suffer from status frustration , and will adopt an outlook set on turning the middle-class value system on its head . |
| 30 | On the little altar to his ancestors beside the mirror , lighted candles stood amidst tiny dishes of fruits , pork , fish and rice , and behind him incense burners and small brass pans of aloe wood set on a low lacquered table sent perfumed smoke drifting in gentle spirals towards the ceiling . |