Example sentences of "set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn off the heat and allow to set for a few minutes . |
| 2 | Leave the rabbit to set for a few moments . |
| 3 | Put in the refrigerator to set for an hour or more . |
| 4 | That would mean 54 or 55 MPs out of 650 , to set against a proportionate entitlement of 76 or 77 . |
| 5 | Was n't that a dainty dish to set before a queen ( king ) |
| 6 | Lady Diana Cooper ( then in her eighty-eighth year ) who attended the event , said in her inimitable way : ‘ Was n't that a mighty feast to set before a King ! ’ |
| 7 | Three days later , as the sun began to set on a cloudless horizon , we reached the ‘ comforts ’ of the highest permanent army outpost . |
| 8 | Leave to set on a wire rack . |
| 9 | This is hardly the best example to set to an electorate that is constantly being urged to display pay and other financial restraints . |
| 10 | Archbishop William Temple when headmaster of Repton had a complete mental recall of Bradshaw and would set as an imposition for an errant boy the best way of travelling from Great Yarmouth to Exeter or Penrith to Ipswich without touching London , complete with changes and times . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'll let that set for a little while , then X-ray it again to check that it 's nicely lined up . |
| 12 | For example , what pass mark would they set for an examination they are about to sit ? |
| 13 | A single customs tariff ( set as a pre-condition by the European Communities for reaching a commercial accord with the GCC ) would come into effect by 1993 and there would eventually be monetary unification . |
| 14 | Cruising Altitude passed the pacemaking Floyd as they crossed the final hurdle and he looked all set for a comfortable victory . |
| 15 | However , at the classroom level there may be specific objectives set for a particular session or activity . |
| 16 | During taxi manoeuvres and take-off the pictures will show ground views to get those at the controls set for a flight to remember . |
| 17 | HILARY GILES of Dunstable and her husband Charles are all set for a super day out at York today , as guests of the Daily Mirror . |
| 18 | With Nouveau , Uniplex 's revamped office automation software , set for a first quarter release next year , Uniplex is preparing its resellers and customers for more complex computing environments , like client/server , according to John Humphries , professional services division manager . |
| 19 | There has been much comment by Cleese , as well as others , about how being 6ft at the age of 12 ( he 's now 6ft 5in ) , and not being made a prefect at his public school , and being the only child of older , lower middle-class parents , set for a career as a solicitor , began the problems and embarrassments that inspire his comedy . |
| 20 | So far 52 have left the Company with firm departure dates set for a further 62 . |
| 21 | Management at the Redworth Hall hotel and country club near Darlington say they set for a record breaking year by using an aggressive marketing campaign . |
| 22 | All set for a festive lunch at Grampian Transport in Aberdeen are driver Frank Evans and his colleague Neil Warden , who were being served by CCG 's manager , Isobel Walker . |
| 23 | The ceremony meant an unscheduled return to work for Christine as she had been off work with a broken hip , but was well on the way to recovery and set for a New Year return . |
| 24 | Facing it was a broad , red-lacquered screen , the Ywe Lung — the circle of dragons , symbolising the power and authority of the Seven — set like a huge , golden mandala in its centre . |
| 25 | This is the point where a number of difficult areas converge : society 's ambivalence about sexuality and people with learning difficulties ; a tradition of segregation ; a lingering concern about eugenics ; a shameful history of ( enforced ) sterilisation ; a proper concern about vulnerable children ; and their right to due protection from neglect and abuse — set against an increasing recognition that people with learning difficulties should enjoy the same rights to an ordinary life in our society as anyone else , including the rights to be parents . |
| 26 | Set above a handsome forecourt , the stone house has four well-spaced bays , mullioned windows , parapets and gables . |
| 27 | Set above an aquiline nose , they only hinted at the sensuality which was clearly evident in the curved line of his mouth and his hard , determined chin . |
| 28 | Set in a public school , it was a passionate call to arms against national institutions that stifled the individual 's potential , and Anderson represented the films as a deliberate challenge to the new aesthetics : |
| 29 | Set in a room in a student hostel in Sheffield , it explores the tensions between Jem , a student from Darlington , his Salvation Army father , his African Muslim room-mate , Musa , and a girlfriend , Trish . |
| 30 | This may not seem much in terms of Hong Kong 's caseload of more tha 40,000 Vietnamese , but set in a historical context it is an achievement . |