Example sentences of "[be] set [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It had been set aside for no obvious purpose with a low table and several padded vinyl seats ; they were old and split with yellow foam bulging out , and on the walls were two art-school lithographs bearing optimistic prices .
2 In addition , a special photographer 's area ( including the whole of the former Down platform ) has been set aside for the serious cameraman who wishes to record the event for posterity .
3 New mathematical ideas are set firmly in a known context .
4 A MAFF spokesman said that the survey was unnecessary : " Pollution controls are set locally to the nuclear sites .
5 Just as with word processing type can be set flush with the left-hand margin , centred or justified .
6 Tithes were simply proportional taxes levied on the output of the land and herds and used to support the Levites or to be set aside for the poor — widows , orphans , etc .
7 A new pension scheme was to be set up after the sale of a business , and an actuary was to decide the portion of the funds from the old company 's pension scheme to be set aside for the new company 's scheme .
8 The Brazilian Government have recently declared that 94,000 sq kilometres will be set aside for the Yanomami Indians .
9 More than 35pc of accommodation under the scheme will be set aside for the homeless .
10 Nevertheless , the allotment is good and can not be set aside under the above provisions .
11 It has been agreed that the changing rooms at the Stratton Bates playing field needs to be replaced and £10,000 has already be set aside in the current budget towards the cost , which is anticipated to be in the region of £55,000 .
12 The VPE , headed by Solange Fernex , also wants the funds left over from the Presidential campaign of Bruce Lalonde , one of the AT 's leading lights , to go into a common kitty , rather than being set aside for a future bid for power by Lalonde — perhaps in the European parliament elections in 1984 .
13 As expenditures on arms decline with the ending of the cold war , there may be more money available for aid , but democratic politics being what they are , few would care to bet on it ; certainly not on any percentage saved being set aside for the developing nations .
14 an accent mark which is set separately from the main character and is then placed either over or under it .
15 The Holiday Inn is set right on the white sandy beach of Batu Ferringhi , about 20 minutes drive from Georgetown .
16 Like Baudelaire in Courbet 's painting of the artist 's studio , Minton is set apart from the central group both compositionally and by his introspection .
17 One track in each cylinder is set aside as an embedded overflow area .
18 ( b ) Formation of regulated consumer credit agreement The consumer credit agreement must contain certain information which is set forth in a prescribed manner laid down by the Consumer Credit ( Agreements ) Regulation 1983 ( SI 1983 No 1553 ) .
19 I keep sending memos urging them to make a decision now regarding the next one in four year 's time and asking that BBC2 be set aside on the appointed dates for Ryder Cup coverage .
20 Interim Flight Authority arrived on August 11 , 1992 and the 17th was set aside for the great day .
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