Example sentences of "[adv] set [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His raised voice was quite enough to set Kate off again . |
| 2 | He was also a builder and developer of culture , and worked endlessly to set Germany upon a firm governmental and financial footing after the internal struggles that had long divided the German territories against one another . |
| 3 | Lately however Alison , and sometimes Irina , had decided to walk in and join her , no doubt , as Franca felt , to cheer up the ‘ lonely old creature ’ ; and , in the case of Alison , perhaps to set scenes for some ‘ statement ’ which she felt that Franca might wish to , or indeed ought to , make . |
| 4 | It did n't take long to set things up . |
| 5 | Simple , inexpensive , exquisite , a symphony of pure , unspoilt flavours — gently set mousse flavoured with spiky , fresh horseradish root enveloping layers of astringent cucumber alongside a little puddle of tomato concasse again spiked with horseradish . |
| 6 | Questions set by the computer , which then supplies the answer for checking purposes after a randomly set time delay , seem to have a powerful motivating effect and are but one example of the effectiveness of the computer 's simulating the random elements which the pupil experiences in everyday life and work . |
| 7 | Once they are in place , you can have the shingle delivered — it can be dumped directly on to a drive site from the road , but you 'll need to barrow it to remote garden paths , so set planks on the lawn if you have to run across it . |
| 8 | Thus , as in development , the interplay between organism and environment during evolution is not a one-way process , by which environments constantly set challenges to organisms which they either pass ( reproduce successfully ) or fail ( die out ) . |
| 9 | Keeping in mind what the person can and can not do unaided , the nursing interventions to achieve the mutually set goals could then be selected according to local circumstances and available resources . |
| 10 | The base on which this is probably rightly set bears the signature of Antenor . |
| 11 | The generator revved up and down , providing power to the automatic launcher ; it had some sort of randomly set variation built into where it was aiming because the clays came out at a different angle and heading each time . |
| 12 | Of course , I 've only set eyes on him a couple of times . ’ |
| 13 | It tries to jump the gap and in doing so sets fire to y the surrounding material that the blanket is made of and that 's where you start to get problems on your fire blankets . |
| 14 | Last year , at the age of 54 , the great fell-runner Joss Naylor ran from Pooley Bridge to Wasdale , only setting foot on tarmac as he crossed Kirkstone Pass and Dunmail Raise — a total distance of 47 miles with 16,200ft of ascent . |
| 15 | Sabatini was only setting things up for another time . |
| 16 | Which only set Nigel off more , and it was some time before he could attempt an explanation . |
| 17 | They 'd just set foot back in the ship proper when the burst of machine gun fire rooted them to the spot . |
| 18 | Trucks did n't just set fire to themselves . |
| 19 | A spark can just as easily set light to your clothes as it can to a dryer full of washing . |
| 20 | ‘ THIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons finally set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains rising in fairyland fantasy before the rising sun . |
| 21 | When marginal revenue is less than price , profit-maximizing firms no longer set price ( and marginal consumer benefit ) equal to marginal cost . |
| 22 | He 'd scarcely set eyes on him since the night they 'd had dinner together at the house in Westwood . |
| 23 | Panel beater Gordon Reid ( 32 ) , had just set fire to rubbish in the old oil drum while clearing up at his car body repair garage at Fenton Barns . |
| 24 | A POLICEMAN was slashed with a knife when he tried to arrest a man who had just set fire to a £9,000 Volvo car , Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 25 | A POLICEMAN was slashed with a knife when he tried to arrest a man who had just set fire to a £9,000 Volvo car , Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 26 | As we have already set zeros to blanks ( in Step 7 ) the outcome of the match being false is that the cell is left blank . |
| 27 | More cost effective than any of its existing competitors , the A321 , with up to 36 more seats , is the perfect complement to the A320 which has already set sales records in the 150 seat category . |
| 28 | and describe , well seasoned you know and and then he got his lighter out and he just set fire to her |
| 29 | To put this right , Plowden proposed a new system of control that would force the Cabinet collectively to set limits to its ambitions , as follows : |
| 30 | The UK government yesterday set mid-July as the date for the sale of its remaining 22% holding in British Telecommunications Plc . |