Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv prt] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of this activity was carried out by special commissions especially set up to cope with the flood of material that was uncovered . |
| 2 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |
| 3 | According to Dr Peter Pratt , who heads the trust 's community health directorate , the unit is particularly well set up to respond to the increasing emphasis on non-hospital care in the NHS . |
| 4 | Caton repeated some earlier experiments on the electro-physiology of nerve and muscle preparations , and then set about recording from the exposed surface of the brain . |
| 5 | When the person throws the ball , the batter hits it as far as possible and then sets off to run round the obstacle placed at right angles . |