Example sentences of "set [adv prt] in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 2 | He left by the gatehouse , openly , and took the road along the Foregate , in case anyone happened to notice and check that he set off in the appropriate direction . |
| 3 | Sandison himself set off in the opposite direction , towards his pensione . |
| 4 | He also sped off across Dartmoor in search of Tamara but , totally confused , after running wildly around , set off in the wrong direction , heading north between gently wooded hills to reach the Atlantic . |
| 5 | Petitions were fastened to a statue of Julius Caesar set up in the Roman Forum , and appeals for justice were made to statues of emperors in later antiquity . |
| 6 | A year and a half ago , Hotspur thought , this fierce faun was surely no more than seventeen years old , and married off , like many another , to an old miser three or four times her age , for the sake of a noble name and a set of paltry quarterings , and the hope of a grandson set up in the landed estate . |
| 7 | However , while the views of my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashton-under-Lyne ( Mr. Sheldon ) on Europe have not always been similar to mine , I was pleased to hear him say that he could not see how it was possible for 12 Finance Ministers in ECOFIN — about which we hear a great deal these days — to control a European central bank established on the model set out in the present draft treaty prepared by the Dutch Government . |
| 8 | We should build up the Western European Union as the defence pillar of the European union , but the treaty embodies the view set out in the Anglo-Italian proposal two months ago , and endorsed at last month 's summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation that whatever we do at European level must be compatible with NATO . |
| 9 | Of course it was challenged in the discussions , but the outcome is that set out in the Anglo-Italian paper . |
| 10 | These mechanics for transfer are strictly not dealt with through the post but the Filing and Record Department which is at Room 81 , Royal Courts of Justice , London WC2A 2LL although it is prepared to make an exception provided all of the documents , so far as applicable , set out in the above Practice Direction are sent to it by post ( an unofficial proforma provided to solicitors in fact repeats the list ) ; though in lieu of the proforma no doubt a letter referring to the items in the list would equally suffice . |
| 11 | Balanced growth incidence requires that , and from these equations it is possible to examine the effect of different combinations of taxes , taking account of the equivalence set out in the preceding paragraph . |
| 12 | The Garden 's main objective , set out in the Natural Heritage ( Scotland ) Act of 1985 , is to carry out research in plant sciences , and the particular branch which Edinburgh specialises in is plant taxonomy — the classification of plants . |
| 13 | Their cheeks were blanched and drawn as the party set out in the driving rain , armed with ropes and fresh lanterns . |
| 14 | Given the philosophy set out in the previous section it is essential that the Senior Administrative Assistant have able and experienced Principal Officers who they can turn to and that such Principal Officers should not be overstretched by dealing with individual cases but are available to direct and manage operations . |
| 15 | He wanted people to get on with the urgent business of living the good life set out in the Eightfold Path , and not to waste time or energy in speculation and debate . |
| 16 | In such cases the procedure set out in the Senior Master 's Practice Note of 14 April 1988 should be followed . |
| 17 | Therefore , on 13 February 1991 , I tabled a written question : ’ To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners in previous years , in complying with his wishes to move to use computers , applied for a grant for the installation of a computer system that was above the figure of payment set out in the published computer cost reimbursement schedule . ’ |
| 18 | " Over the years , the voluntary regulations controlling cigarette advertising grew stricter " , writes John Salmon , executive creative director of CDP These regulations , set out in the British Code of Advertising Practice ( the CAP Code ) run to seven pages in the 1985 edition . |
| 19 | Although there is some experience of contracting in such services as catering and cleaning , the scale of the programme set out in the White Paper is of a different order . |
| 20 | A growing recognition that services should be adapted to the needs of individual users to sustain independence underlies present community care policies , set out in the White Paper " Caring for People " ( DOH 1989 ) . |
| 21 | The effect of this is a reduction which is clearly at odds with the 8.9 per cent set out in the original bill . |
| 22 | In December of each of the years set out in the hon. Gentleman 's question , the figures are 97,800 , 79,900 , 64,100 , 72,900 and 95,600 respectively for male unemployed . |