Example sentences of "and set [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The final meeting took place on Nov. 21 in Havana , Cuba , of the Joint Monitoring Commission ( JMC ) on south western Africa , comprising representatives from Angola , Cuba , Namibia , and South Africa and set up under the Brazzaville Protocol of Dec. 13 , 1988 [ see p. 36380 ] to oversee the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 435/78 , on Namibian independence and the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola .
2 At sixteen he ran away from Harrow , and set up as a film director , work which took him to central Europe and east Africa , but proved financially unrewarding .
3 In 1889 he left the lace business in search of larger fortunes and set up as a stockbroker in Nottingham .
4 In 1799 , having decided that strict attention to work was undermining his health , Edwards turned his business over to R. H. Evans [ q.v. ] and set up as a gentleman collector .
5 He fled to Cyprus without his wife and set up as a storekeeper and contractor .
6 For example , if you use what was the dining room for a work room/study as well , you should either have a round table which can be piled with books when necessary , a table set off-centre , or a drop-leaf table that can be pulled out and set up in the centre of the room as required .
7 Its audience was familiar with the statue which Charlemagne had brought from Italy and set up in the courtyard at Aachen .
8 He imagined himself to be in the centre of the city now , surrounded by its magnificent old crumbling buildings , its churches and palaces , villas and castles filled with the rich trappings of the centuries and set about by the bustle , the noise , the filth , squalor and abject poverty of the streets .
9 ( 5 ) Wherever , in ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) above , the order requires one or other court to consider whether it ought to try the case or whether it ought to transfer it ( pursuant to the powers of transfer under ss 40(2) , 41(1) or 42(2) of the 1984 Act ) that court must have regard to the criteria laid down in art 7(5) and set out at the start of Chapter 13 .
10 It was a long haul with my heavy bag to the bus stop at the top of town next day , but I made it and set out on a bus journey westward from Roscommon to Galway .
11 The two exiles fall in together and set out on the adventure of becoming a suburban couple .
12 Within six months , however , he had left the Party and set out on the road that led to the formation of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 .
13 In the audience was Paul Palmer , a geophysicist , and it was from this that Jones became involved with solid state fusion and set out on the road that led to his interactions with Fleischmann and Pons .
14 With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory .
15 In 1980 McDevitt and an accomplice dressed up as Federal Express employees and set out for the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls , New York .
16 He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse .
17 I parked my car at around midday and set out towards the Press tent .
18 Randolph , smiling from ear to ear , quickly dressed into warm clothes and set out towards the toy factory .
19 Restored with food and warm drinks , we set off down Brewers ' Gullet , portage our final canal lock and set out down the river .
20 But at last they reached the top and set out along a ridge under the clear blue sky , valleys running steeply to left and right of them .
21 So the next morning at dawn the poor wife took her baby in her arms and set out along the shore .
22 At two o'clock Wycliffe collected the dead man 's keys from the duty officer and set out along the wharf .
23 When the sun began to sink and the evening grew cold , they stripped their clothes from the thorn trees , collected together their pans and bamboo brooms and set out across the bridge for home .
24 I watched as Norman handled the rope with competent familiarity , and set out up the centre of the slab .
25 Quite suddenly she felt a generous relief , as though she 'd given science and herself new hope of heaven , and set out through the gathering dark , home , home across the dragon-haunted park .
26 If you have a grievance relating to your employment , please refer to the procedure agreed by the Council and set out in the document attached to this statement of particulars .
27 Zak waved , retreated and set off down the corridor , flat-footed almost at once after his bounce in the dining car , and already with drooping shoulders consulting his notebook about what he needed to do next .
28 She returned indoors to fetch stout shoes and anorak , tied a headscarf over her bobbed brown hair to stop it flying about in the wind , and set off down the lane .
29 Only he had watched , fascinated , as the pool of blood collecting around the spilt innards suddenly burst its confines and set off down the road , finding its way slowly and with difficulty , its bright fresh surface soon matted with dust and drowning insects .
30 The 1958 Cadillac Eldorado swept out from the garage and set off down the road from Cromcruach .
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