Example sentences of "set [adv] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 2 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 3 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 4 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 5 | set off before the last grunt of the dinosaurs |
| 6 | It was suggested earlier that the agencies set up during the nineteenth century to implement social policies were often ad hoc bodies . |
| 7 | But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey . |
| 8 | as if in recognition of the inherent limitations of the appeals system in this respect , the Magistrates ' Association issued a set of national guide-lines , in 1999 , which set out for the first time a scale of recommended penalties covering the 25 commonest offence types likely to come before the magistrates , together with guidance on the approach to be adopted for different degrees of seriousness . |
| 9 | In conclusion , tutors are again reminded of their great responsibilities for achieving the high aims set out in the first paragraph . |
| 10 | 2.16 " the Shop Covenants " means the covenants set out in the fifth Schedule |
| 11 | The question is which form will be compatible with the general curriculum aims set out in the last chapter . |