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set back
1. quiet and, frankly, pretty boring, providing a thin string of tavernas and bars set back
2. by the apartment complex that he could see set back against the fields and olive
3. He was getting slightly concerned by the apartment complex that he could see set back against the fields and olive groves
4. ’ I said, fixing my eyes on the source of the sensation – a small pile of rocks set back a metre or so to the left of the Well
5. houses, all set back from the road, and usually shielded by high
6. Maybe that would set back the progress of science, but he just didn’t want to deal with the flak
7. television set back in
8. Confliction, confrontation, are set backs that will always be within yourself but you are always greater than any outcome
9. “Why’s this rack red when all the others are grey or black?” asked Jenny, pointing to a rack of communications equipment that was tucked into the corner of the room and set back more than the others
10. He was a strange man, no question, but Kurt knew he was driven, goal oriented and that this set back would not deter him from his life objectives
11. We set back off to the village leaving the dead Turks lying where they fell as we arrived back we found an advance Platoon of Lancashire Fusiliers already established there
12. Should have been easy enough to check, but wasn"t, and consequently set back Soviet biological research by decades
13. ” This was another set back for me and I would have liked to see the lads for a chat but I wasn’t going to let the news get me down
14. And knowing you like I do, you’re about to leak this fucked up fairy tale to the press and ruin the life of an innocent woman and set back this investigation where it may never get solved
15. Placing the handset back on the cradle Dawn stood up, shucking the duvet around her shoulders and taking a deep breath
16. Wood‘s enormous talents have ―suffered‖ a recent set back, his ―denial‖ is merely defensive posturing common among many successful athletes whose skills have diminished and are no longer able to perform on a level many have grown accustomed or who simply find themselves in the throes of a protracted slump
17. Bush also set back disarmament treaties by pushing, as Reagan had, for a missile defense system
18. Set back off the street, modest in appearance
19. Elizabeth skirted the main street through Zapieskowa and led Colling to a cottage set back from the road among a stand of trees on the southern edge of the town
20. We found what seemed to offer everything we were looking for in a traditional chalet set back a few yards from the main road, where the car could not be seen
21. And later, on the right, there came a huge house, set back in a tidy lawn
22. Through the growing white haze ahead, two menacing red forms came lumbering out to cross the trail, a smaller yellow flicker of movement behind indicated a further smaller beast was set back
23. The non-violent civil disobedience movement of Gāndhiji had many failures and set backs in South Africa and later in India
24. The largish old fashioned house was set back from the
25. The moto drove for ten minutes and entered a large resort set back on its own
26. The two-story colonial with its rose-colored brick, black shutters and graceful column set back on a five-acre landscaped lot with crape myrtles and lace pines
27. Walter placed the handset back on the cradle and sighed
28. “Alright I understand,” Robert Smith said quietly then put the handset back on the cradle
29. The fatigue would set back in and the ground would return to its wave-like motion
30. �I better go and pee then before you go, oh and by the way it's the one with the faded red door that's set back a bit from the rest, eleven doors up on the other side of the road
31. Just before I did move back southside I was ripped off by the AFP of cash and drugs which was another set back and a whole different story
32. �The one that's set back a bit from the rest; with the faded red paint door and those big square bay windows, on the other side of the road
33. The Old Man River is typical of many prairie rivers with high-eroded banks set back from the present streambed
34. of this crass set back, I smiled to myself
35. It was out of the heat of each day’s sun, now darkened, set back in an alley, therefore, much quieter than that of the main street; it was perfect for the needed rest that John and I were looking forward to
36. Let me set back and reflect a minute as to the growth of each of us, especially me
37. Each time they got close, it was as if they were set back even further
38. "I mean, haven't you ever run across a wall during an investigation? This is a minor set back
39. "A minor set back?" Mave interrupted
40. ) The most interesting feature of the “long paddock” is that, quite frequently, campers and travellers will find extensive, cleared areas set back from the highway, suitable for overnight camps
41. "The rebels caused a few set backs in the building of it, but we have our way of dealing with them
42. Some rooms were set back into the rock face, and others seemed to hang out over the canyon floor
43. before sunset back on State Highway 23 as Alvin came up over the
44. For Yin, there must be empty areas, shadowed eaves, set back structures and elevations in the back
45. Much of the history of a great nation is slow steady improvement, set backs and then how a people recovers from those set backs
46. set back in horse racing history, back in the eighties with the fee-
47. After that, the real Jeremiah set back
48. What was that button you pressed that made the alien disappear? Did anyone else see or hear the blast or commotion? What’s in your metal door closet back there? Is it a giant human-scorpion hybrid monster? Can there ever be -”
49. The church’s front door was set back behind a shallow porch, which held four supporting wood beams on either side
50. or work with the Dalai Lama and has set back chances that