Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And dispersing the audience 's attention among nine separate TV sets is a sure way of dispersing any atmosphere you may have been lucky enough to set up . |
| 2 | It also demands that someone is skilled enough to set up the stylesheets in the first place unless you want to stick with the standard set provided by Xerox . |
| 3 | It is easy enough to set up an objective which really consists of two contradictory objectives : that is to say that to reach one you have to move away from the other ( for example , lowering prices on premium goods , designing a family sports car , designing tyres that do not wear out ) . |
| 4 | I do n't think I 'm good enough to set up on my own . |
| 5 | She 'd got a pathetic little bit in the Post Office — she helped us all out from time to time — but not enough to set up anywhere . |
| 6 | For all the talk of Welsh rebirth , Scotland 's performance ought to be good enough to set up the Triple Crown chance at Twickenham next month . |
| 7 | So either he would be confident enough to set out westwards again with nearly three times that number ; or else he might attempt a sortie against them . |
| 8 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 9 | UNLIKE those rich enough to set aside assets for a period of years in order to avoid tax , those dependent on income — particularly those subject to Pay As You Earn — have limited scope to fend off the taxman . |
| 10 | Those of us who feel we are too busy or not dedicated enough to set aside time for exercise periods can utilize our daily routine to provide at least some opportunities to keep fit . |
| 11 | But just before this happens , while the taste of melancholy on his tongue is strong enough to set off the sweetness of the place , and of his freedom to enjoy it , but not yet strong enough to overpower it , he sees the woman who is gazing at him from the balustrade of a terrace looking down on the street . |
| 12 | It is not necessary to go to the lengths of the British Airways new Four Corners shops , where the travel element can hardly be distinguished through an Ali Baba 's cave of irrelevant merchandise , but only to set up efficient systems run by people who know what they 're talking about and who can make time to understand what their travellers want , like Trailfinders with their honest bucket-shop approach , or the STA chain with its expertise in student travel . |
| 13 | She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning . |
| 14 | Most modern , written , constitutions seek not merely to set up and define the main organs of the state and to distribute public power amongst them , but also to state a range of constitutional guarantees for the subject , frequently limiting the power of organs of the state to this extent . |
| 15 | What is unusual is for a number of neighbouring schools to pull together to set up what Anne Mountfield describes as an ‘ education innovation trust ’ . |
| 16 | French plastic manufacturers and bottle suppliers have joined together to set up a recycling company , " Valorplast " , which intends to recycle around 1 billion plastic bottles by the year 1996 . |
| 17 | thing and that 's without a pump , so to set up it 'll cost me probably a thousand and a bit and I want and then I 'll need to have the rest of the money left over to survive |
| 18 | They help with the provision of housing , food and employment and give continuing support with money , perhaps to set up a business , go on a visit to Pakistan or to cope with unforeseen disasters . |
| 19 | This should enable individual members to get in touch with each other , perhaps to set up teacher-researcher groups where none exist . |
| 20 | Sixty seconds before the interval , Smith restored Hadleigh 's lead in a goalmouth scramble after a succession of shots had been charged down to set up a thrilling second-half . |
| 21 | I 'd better set off , or I wo n't be there at the station and he 'll think I 'm not coming . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'd better set off now before it gets dark , ’ he told the driver . |
| 23 | In other words these Guatemalan children show , as do Dennis 's institutionalized infants , that retardation during the first year or two of life is reversible , and that early experiences , however drastic at the time , do not necessarily set up patterns of behaviour that can not subsequently be modified . |
| 24 | You need only set up elegantly simple categories and logic will whisk you to whatever conclusion you have in mind . |
| 25 | It is difficult , therefore , to be dogmatic about the prospects for change ; one can only set out the patterns or trends which may come about . |
| 26 | I 'd only set out again — and again — so you will have to let me come . ’ |
| 27 | Foucault thus does not merely set up an alternative history , but contends that that alternative is part of a displacement that is in the process of replacing the history that preceded it . |
| 28 | We may merely set out to determine the main policies in the areas in which we are interested . |
| 29 | All these -isms together set up a serious fact/belief divide whereby facts are regarded as objective , reliable and unbiased , and values , principles and beliefs as subjective , unreliable and probably biased . |
| 30 | She was demure and dark-haired with deep blue eyes , and her full lips were constantly set firmly , giving the impression of sternness , although she was far from stern when dealing with her charges . |