Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] set " in BNC.
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| 1 | We descended to five hundred feet over the Exe Estuary ; with the regional QNH set there should be no problem with the low flying rule 5 . |
| 2 | In 1893 Scott set up in independent practice . |
| 3 | Although speakers mentioned the ‘ enormous potential ’ to boost the economy , only British Telecom set an operational target : investment of up to £20billion over 10 years . |
| 4 | At 17.50 Paul Grout , Professor of Economics , will address the question How does British Telecom set its prices ? |
| 5 | In the late 1830s Lister set up his foundry about 400 yards north of the Kitchings , and his operation became known as Whessoe Foundry . |
| 6 | This required LEAs to set up a careers service . |
| 7 | At about half past six Stephen set out to take the crinkle-crankle path up the fell , the way he had brought the policemen three weeks before . |
| 8 | A contemporary London setting for his new one . |
| 9 | Around 1500 James set about building a suitable royal palace beside David I 's Holyrood abbey and under the mighty presence of Arthur 's Seat . |
| 10 | The implementation of these concessions , made by the captive King John in London , was refused by the council in France , and late in 1359 Edward set out with a large army for France to see how persuasive a strong show of force could be . |
| 11 | Of a sudden Hector set up an extraordinarily excited yapping . |
| 12 | In 1917 Griffiths set up as a consulting chemical engineer in the City of London , a career which he pursued with increasing success until his death . |
| 13 | In 1984 Denison set up his own practice , Denison Peters Limited , to work on the first big project on the Leeds riverside , a housing scheme of part converted corn chandlers and part newly built flats . |
| 14 | Twenty-seven-year-old Philip set up his now flourishing landscape and garden maintenance business when he was just 19 using an old Mini to get around in . |
| 15 | White liberals , including the President 's wife , Eleanor , gave their support to the cause of the blacks , and in 1941 Roosevelt set up the Committee on Fair Employment Practices . |
| 16 | In January 1960 Macmillan set out on a tour of Africa , first stopping in Ghana : ‘ Nkrumah was an engaging character with much charm of manner and courtesy ’ , he writes . |
| 17 | Between 1944 and 1946 he contributed articles to the magazine , and when in 1946 Lehmann set up as a publisher , Vaughan initially accepted charge of design and production . |
| 18 | Continuing his studies , in 1921 George set about establishing himself in his chosen profession . |
| 19 | But the programme 's producer , Peter Kinkead , says it is more than a gimmick — despite the fact that there are only about 5500 Prestel sets in TVs 's catchment area . |
| 20 | In 1862 Smith set up in business on his own account . |
| 21 | Amalia Cardos de Mendez in the Art of Ancient Mexico sets out a simple plan for the language and goes to great length to explain the Maya calendar . |
| 22 | Sheffield , too , had such links ( even before reorganization ) formalized in an Industrial Development Advisory Committee , involving representatives of industry , trade unions , central government departments as well as the city council , and in the late 1970s Nottinghamshire set up an economic forum involving similar groups ( Johnson and Cochrane , 1981 , p. 171 ) . |
| 23 | Seeking retribution — an unwilling Williams sets off to get them back — but must first prove to The Lost Boys ( who now ride skateboards ! ) and to himself , that he is Peter Pan . |
| 24 | He could have stayed at home since , in the year of his journey , Famous Players-Lasky set up its own studio in Islington , to make films the American way . |
| 25 | A Hornby clockwork train and a Number 4 Meccano set , both of which had given far more pleasure to John Redburn than they had to his son . |
| 26 | But in 1908 Edison set up the Motion Picture Patents Company ( MPPC ) , which included among its aims an increase in the share of the US market taken by domestic productions . |
| 27 | Sir Guy had little or no Publicity ; he wrote books about Cotswold architecture and mixed with the arty-crafty Sapperton Set — the Gimsons , Barnsley and Norman Jewson . |
| 28 | In July 1816 Sewell set off for Vienna , Berlin and Hanover . |
| 29 | After receiving alarmist reports from the heads of both the Second and Third Departments , on 27 February / 11 March 1848 Nicholas set up a committee under Menshikov to recommend ways of limiting the circulation of unwelcome ideas . |
| 30 | In 1977 UNEP set up a co-ordinating committee to review research and calculate projections for ozone depletion . |