Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , when these innovative ideas were taken up nationally and the Residential Precinct Regulation was adopted in the traffic legislation of the Netherlands in September 1976 , great care was taken to set down minimum design requirements and special rules for conduct within a Woonerf . |
| 2 | Detonator exploded but failed to set off main charge . |
| 3 | Some work on electronic beams , while others are activated by air movement — just opening the door can be enough to set off this type . |
| 4 | The up-front payment mentioned in Clause 1 of this Schedule will be used to set off this advance payment until such time as it is used up . |
| 5 | For years we have er all , producers and consumers , we have supported the idea that a market would be a reasonable way to set up reasonable levels of price . |
| 6 | While the right to set up any agency , branch or subsidiary in another member state is invaluable when commercial considerations merit it , the obligation to set up such a local establishment may be a high price to pay for what is still only the occasional prospect of business . |
| 7 | It is clear ( and quite natural ) that in the rush to set up such a massive process , capable of handling 10,000 registrations , there is some unevenness in the processing . |
| 8 | The Institute could attempt to set up such a figure , but he would face considerable difficulties . |
| 9 | It is generally true that if organisations try to set up such functions in-house , they are unlikely to keep and retain the best people ; thus there is always a gulf between the in-house employees and their performance and what can be obtained in the way of services by using external consultants to undertake the job . |
| 10 | To set up such a tank containing only the larger species so that they live in a harmonious group requires careful thought . |
| 11 | The relevant statute empowered the minister to set up such a committee but in this case he refused to do so on the ground that the complaint was unsuitable for investigation because it raised wide issues ; that if the committee upheld the complaint he would be expected to make an order to give effect to the committee 's recommendations ; and that the complaint should be dealt with by the Board rather than by the committee of investigation . |
| 12 | J M W Turner , one of England 's most distinguished landscape painters , had always intended to set up such a society in his own lifetime , but it was never to materialise . |
| 13 | The nuclear-free zone proposal was reportedly in the annual ASEAN discussions in 1986 , and Soviet spokesmen underlined press reports at the close of the following annual ASEAN Conference in June 1987 that specific plans were being worked out to set up such a zone which would be examined at a summit level meeting of the ASEAN states in Manila in December . |
| 14 | If the new clause goes through without amendment ( a ) , it will empower the Secretary of State to set up such a council . |
| 15 | Reddy acknowledges objections that rewarded gifting might delay the development of a cadaver transplant programme , but argues that as ‘ the medical , legal , economic , technological , and logistic infrastructure required to set up such a programme in India simply does not exist … is the payment of money to a willing , informed adult , who happens to be poor and needy , so unethical or immoral that it alone determines whether people should be allowed to live or die ? ’ |
| 16 | The Executive Committee shall be free to set up such committees as it may think fit and decide their terms of reference ; and have power to fill in any casual vacancies among the Honorary Officers , any officers so appointed serving until the next Annual General Meeting at which elections are due to take place . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , I think it may be beyond my powers as a programmer to set up such a counterfeit world . |
| 18 | If a grandparent were to set up such an accumulation trust for the benefit of grandchildren , then income can be paid out to a grandchild when a minor and unmarried , without the income being aggregated with the income of the grandparent or the parents of the beneficiary . |
| 19 | b ) They have also wanted to set up good case management arrangements , not just macro level working , not just providing the context within the health authority but also to provide the right case management at the micro practice level . |
| 20 | In Venezia Giulia he reported that attempts to set up Allied Military Government ( AMG ) were being " flouted by Yugoslavs " and went on It is my considered opinion that unless we can support AMG in these areas by force if necessary we must withdraw rather than be flouted . " |
| 21 | The state environmental bodies and the militia are joining forces to set up mobile anti-poaching units . |
| 22 | New network administration features will enable administrators to set up all user accounts on a single server , which can share information with other servers — something NetWare 3 . |
| 23 | At midday we reached Garrigues and piled out of the trucks to set up all our equipment in the farm building ; it was better appointed than the one at Canjuers , and there was running water , lavatories , sinks and beds . |
| 24 | Knill said that he was satisfied with NERC 's allocation from the Science Vote for 1992–3 ( see above ) , which although showing only a small percentage rise will allow the council to set up two new community projects : LOIS ( the Land-Ocean Interaction Study ) and Bridge ( the HEI-led British Mid-Atlantic Ridge project ) . |
| 25 | The technique in the experiments is to set up two photo-detectors on either side of the calcium or mercury source , preceded immediately by polarisers that allow through only those photons polarised in one direction ( Figure 1a ) . |
| 26 | England centre Jeremy Guscott sliced through the slush to set up two unconverted second-half tries for wing Adedayo Adebayo and lock Nigel Redman . |
| 27 | It 's a delightful , unique location and the Campaign for Real Ale plan to set up two big bars at Chappel and Walkes Colne Station where beer festival entry will allow a browse of the railway memorabilia ( during daylight hours ) . |
| 28 | But when ABC Television reported in March 1987 that the USSR and Iran had reached an agreement ‘ to set up two super-secret Soviet electronic reconnaissance stations in Iranian territory ’ to monitor American naval ships in the Persian Gulf Tass rejected this report as ‘ utterly groundless ’ . |
| 29 | On Nov. 18 , the Croatian population of the republic had voted to set up two Croatian communities [ for establishment of Serbian Autonomous Regions see p. 38513 ] . |
| 30 | One problem with this is that comparisons have a tendency to set up one group covertly as the norm ; in the case of sex , it is men who are the norm . |