Example sentences of "set [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have also attempted to set down priorities for the Council . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , families still manage to set aside £40.90 a week for leisure goods and services . |
| 3 | This had little practical effect , however , until the 1890s , when public pressure forced the government to set aside areas of forest that could not be sold off to logging companies . |
| 4 | They offered the essentially optimistic message that nature was strong enough to resist destruction by human agencies — the climax could easily be restored if humankind chose to set aside areas for conservation . |
| 5 | Ministers have agreed to set aside resources totalling £4m over the next three years to enable the Library to plan and execute fire safety and precaution works , though formal approval of the figures is still awaited . |
| 6 | Where a writ is served after its original period of validity has expired , even though its renewal period has not expired , the defendant may apply to set aside service and the order for renewal , which would of course have been made ex parte . |
| 7 | He no longer has to enter a conditional appearance , since that practice was abolished when acknowledgements of service were introduced , but must file his acknowledgement and give notice of intention to defend and then issue his application to set aside service and the renewal order within 14 days . |
| 8 | Am I right , for any of these er nominations , you have to set aside part of the pension you would normally receive so that you actually receive a lower pension because you are making this provision . |
| 9 | It must certainly be true , however , that any Company competing in product markets requiring significant technological inputs to product development needs to be able to set aside funds for this purpose . |
| 10 | The ESRC initially agreed to set aside £8,000 per annum . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | By way of pay-off , each of the workstations need to set aside 10Mb to 15Mb of disk for log and work files , while the master machine needs to reserve 200Mb . |
| 13 | On both the family and the part-time farm it was difficult often for the husband to set aside time to go to all the training courses he would like to attend . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I was prepared to set aside time at a future meeting for full discussion , but the clubs felt they did n't want to even talk about the issue any further . |
| 16 | Do you prefer to sandwich your exercise in along with your daily activities or to set aside time exclusively for exercise ? |
| 17 | To achieve a lasting weight loss , you are going to need to set aside time for preparation and consumption of food , and that may mean altering your lifestyle . |
| 18 | It is obviously more difficult to set aside time for meal planning if you happen to be going through a heavy time at work . |
| 19 | It would be a very good investment for you to set aside time for yourself each day , even if it 's just time for a bit of personal planning and some gentle exercise . |
| 20 | Further , from the outset , they were encouraged to set aside time during meetings to devote to a training topic . |
| 21 | One possibility is for you to set aside time to train yourself ( as you 've probably done in the past ) , with structured guidelines from us here . |
| 22 | That the Court of Appeal possesses in particular circumstances the competence to set aside convictions ordered to be restored by the House of Lords is implicit in section 17 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 , providing for referrals to the Court of Appeal by the Home Secretary . |
| 23 | The committee responded by increasing grants to voluntary agencies , entering into an agreement with Queen Mary 's Hospital and the Women 's Settlement Hospital to set aside beds for maternity cases , and producing monthly statistics on the work of health visiting staff ( ibid. 16 January , 12 June and 11 September 19 ) . |
| 24 | Section 53(1) allows the buyer to set off damages due to him for breach of warranty against the price he owes the seller . |
| 25 | The matter has now come to the High Court for an Order that this is the position and the High Court has ruled that companies and directors are entitled to set off deposits they held at BCCI against company overdrafts ( see Financial Times , 28/29 November 1992 ) . |
| 26 | By contrast the tax charge increased in the UK , mainly becuase of the inability to set off UK losses outside the ring-fence against ring-fenced North Sea income . |
| 27 | Explosives experts were planning to set off mines to destroy the underground conduits which keep the lava from cooling and solidifying before it reaches inhabited areas farther down the mountain . |
| 28 | How easy it is to set off speculation . |
| 29 | The reference to the rent being payable without any deduction is to avoid the tenant attempting to set off expenses or payments due from the landlord against the rent . |
| 30 | A Marxist interpretation of uneven development would also recognize that the development of a region is likely to set off mechanisms which eventually haIt or restrain the process . |