Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if to demonstrate his terrible seriousness , he orders the people to set out the next day ‘ … for the wilderness by the way to the Reed Sea ’ . |
| 2 | First came the preliminary soundings ( the trabajos ) and the winning over of officers and sergeants by a small activist group in touch with civilian conspirators ; then the compromisos by which accomplices were bound to action ; finally the chosen leaders set off the last stage by the cry — the grito . |
| 3 | The Lions eased away after the anticipated all-action start from North Harbour and a 70-yard touch kick by Rob Andrew set up the first score in the ninth minute . |
| 4 | The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order . |
| 5 | Lies applied by summons to set aside the fourth party notice served on them and succeeded in their application . |