Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a damp start for fund-raisers yesterday , when walkers set out on the annual march from Cultra to Bangor to raise funds for the Northern Ireland Hospice in Belfast 's Somerton Road . |
| 2 | OOam on a crisp Spring morning , 2O staff from Wallington set off on a 46 mile sponsored bike ride from Wallington to Brighton . |
| 3 | He handed her a plate of freshly baked ensaimadas from a tray set out on a white linen cloth . |
| 4 | Markby set out on a different line of approach . |
| 5 | With a spreadsheet set up on a personal computer , this requires very little time to calculate and provides a direct guide to strategies concerned with cost leadership . |
| 6 | Panic set in on the twelfth day when , after ‘ lifting ’ milk , a lorry picking up the churns stopped , the driver beckoning Harry . |
| 7 | It was supposed to be like going Over the Top , but it felt more like a gang of reluctant schoolboys setting out on a cross-country run with only the prospect of a quick smoke round the back of the bike sheds to sustain them . |
| 8 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |
| 9 | The Martin Hannett-produced ‘ Get Better ’ is their second 45 since singing to the Belgian label and the band set out on a European tour in March including a date at The Locomotive in Paris on March 20 . |
| 10 | Yorkshire set out on the final day in a difficult position , still 130 runs away from making Hampshire bat again , but with all wickets in hand . |
| 11 | In practice , Oxfordshire , Somerset , Leicestershire and Coventry set out on an ambitious exercise simultaneously with the development of the Northern Record of Achievement and the London Record of Achievement . |
| 12 | COUNTRY star Daniel O'Donnell sets out on a 46-date UK tour next week … after fears that he might never perform again . |
| 13 | In carrying out the balancing exercise Hoffmann J. set out on the one hand the enormous losses caused to a listed public company , the interests of the creditors of B. & C. , the public interest in having the whole matter investigated and the need of the administrators to find out the true financial position of the company and the truth of the representations made concerning it . |
| 14 | Fleischmann and Pons set out on a different course initially , but one that had already been charted in Europe in the 1920s and 30s . |
| 15 | After the naming of an HST Power Car ‘ Great Western at Paddington by Brian Scott , Director InterCity Great Western , and Peter Noble , the Great , Great Grandson of I.K. Brunel , a 140-strong VIP party of press , businesspeople and InterCity staff set off on a special non-stop run to Devon , covering the 193 miles to Newton Abbot in two hours 33.5 minutes — an average speed of 92 miles per hour ! |
| 16 | Most people provide small items set out on an open plan system , which gives the children a great deal of choice . |
| 17 | Well , the main Control Room is , it 's the centre of all the communications set up on the operational side for the Fire Brigade . |
| 18 | We were glad enough that the weather seemed set fair for the remainder of our voyage and next morning set off on the last few miles of our northerly course to round the utmost tip of Shetland . |
| 19 | Flavia set out on an aimless walk . |
| 20 | Even such things as the maximum angle of bank in certain configurations are specified , so once a pilot sets out on a particular flight his actions , or at least the manner in which he should fly the aeroplane , are known in precise detail . |
| 21 | In 776 , when the Frankish army set out on the second invasion of Italy to quell the rebellious supporters of Prince Adelchis , the Westphalians and Engrialls revolted . |
| 22 | This nest set up on the flat lands beyond the power stations on the south east coast will provide the evidence to Bill and his bird watching colleagues It 's not only the owls that fly at night , waders will feed at any time , but the rising tide will force them to leave the mud flats day or night |
| 23 | Constantius set out on a determined course of retribution , seeking out all the followers of Magnentius and exacting punishment by execution , imprisonment and confiscation of their estates and wealth . |
| 24 | DURING my time in Germany ( 1984-88 ) the British Ambassadors in Bonn and East Berlin would twice a year set off on an official tour , once in his territory and once in mine , to gather impressions about the relationship between the two parts of the divided German nation and how it might develop . |
| 25 | Girls Venture Corps Members of the Downham Market Unit set off on a 100 mile walk for Wings Appeal . |
| 26 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |
| 27 | Last July Aileen Penn and her family set off on a sponsored marathon round of golf that was destined to criss-cross the country and take them on a 1,000 mile bicycle ride . |
| 28 | Phil Leigh set off on a mazy run , negotiating numerous tackles before crossing from the byeline to Wagstaff who found the net . |