Example sentences of "and [adv] set " in BNC.
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| 1 | That eventuality would have been a worry for the UN had the Bosnian Serbs said Yes and thereby set the scene for the biggest UN peacekeeping operation ever . |
| 2 | After a good night 's sleep , we arrived at breakfast with about 15 minutes to spare , and eventually set off for Hungary where we were due to stay the night with a Weymouth girl married to a Hungarian and is living in Gyor . |
| 3 | Old Nebbins felt hurt and slowly set off towards . |
| 4 | As a rule-of-thumb pricing method , they decide to add a 10 per cent profit margin or ‘ mark-up ’ to average cost and so set a price of £4.95 . |
| 5 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
| 6 | She decided against it , and so set a pattern which was soon to become questionable . |
| 7 | Of how a man might contrive to open a cylinder of phetam , and perhaps set us up as a God-King himself , on a more salubrious world … |
| 8 | In this , Alan Penaud 's debut was a success because he responded well to the task and swiftly set his line moving . |
| 9 | He carried it home and patiently set about restoring it to full health , hand feeding it for days . |
| 10 | It was quite a disturbing scenario for anyone interested in promoting US rugby and greatly set back our efforts . |
| 11 | Here was this young creature , beautiful and restless , married to a man almost old enough to be her grandfather , and apparently setting out to make the very best of it , too , with no signs of regret or self-pity ; but the prospect of having a girl of her own age in the house , even for a few days , might well matter to her a great deal more than the extension and acceptance of a mere conventional politeness . |
| 12 | The cavalryman , who was called Lord John Rossendale , was staring at the sumptuous decorations in the supper room where the long tables were draped in white linen and thickly set with silver and fine china . |
| 13 | A smashing day for sitting around with your favourite folk swapping stories and generally setting the world to rights . |
| 14 | The existing standard number , determined under section 15 of the Education Act 1980 and generally set at the intake of pupils to the school in 1979–80 ( a peak year ) , will be the new standard number — unless in 1989–90 , the year before the law changed , admissions exceeded the 1980 Act standard number . |
| 15 | The document has been criticized by environmentalists for merely offering suggestions and not setting out proposals for action . |
| 16 | The forelegs , seen from the front , are straight and not set too close together . |
| 17 | Seen from behind , the back legs are straight and not set too close . |
| 18 | Guide those who shape the decisions of government that they may plan for the good of all society , and not set neighbour against neighbour , class against class , region against region . |
| 19 | That is , when a cell divides , the daughter cells may be dissimilar and already set along different developmental pathways , and so no cell-to-cell interactions need be involved . |
| 20 | The tables , covered in the finest white linen and already set with bone china and heirloom silver , provided a delightful contrast . |
| 21 | She/he is the first child to have friends and thus set an example to younger children of what constitutes relationships outside the family . |
| 22 | I came here with a companion in 1954 , determined to conquer this graceful peak and thus set the seal on my mountaineering achievements but , to our shame , we shirked the last thirty yards to the summit cairn in growing apprehension of an instant demise . |
| 23 | After the Secretary of State , having received judicial advice , had set the date for the first review of Mr. Pegg 's sentence in August 1993 , and thus set his tariff , in January 1989 Mr. Pegg submitted a petition to the Secretary of State . |
| 24 | Put the filling into the pre-baked pastry case and bake at 350°F ( 180°C ) gas mark 4 for 20 min or so until it is hot and just set . |
| 25 | Do n't worry , stay calm and just set out to enjoy the experience . |
| 26 | ( press R2 ( PrSc ) in your compose window — select UK english — select set — and type shift 3 — this is if you are using OpenWindows version 3 and just sets this temporary — but there should be no problem setting up a US keyboard as an english one permanently if you so wish ( sort of confusing though ) ) |
| 27 | After his experiences photographing there , he found it very difficult to continue the rather dull life of a colonial portraitist , and soon set off again for the strange and exotic land of Siam . |
| 28 | ‘ And … on the junction between these two are superposed and functionally set , mediately or immediately , all the other neural arcs , even , those of the cortex of the cerebrum itself ’ . |
| 29 | We had to wait for some months in order to get a passage and finally set oft on my birthday in January . |
| 30 | Once suitable terms have been settled and , one hopes , clearly and concisely set out in a signed agreement , you will be in a position to give the job your undivided attention , secure in the knowledge that you have created the right conditions for job survival . |