Example sentences of "[be] set [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This column has been set aside for the punchcard machines , but I 'm not forgetting that some of you have manual machines and I hope in future issues in to include something for you from time to time . |
| 2 | The smallest of the three rooms had been set aside for the officer in charge ; it had a desk , a couple of chairs , and a telephone which , allegedly , would soon be functional . |
| 3 | A room had been set aside for the investigation . |
| 4 | A 20 acre site has been set aside for the Tivoli Gardens , a landscaped park with games , rides and entertainment . |
| 5 | Demand for the group 's Drypure paint recovery process has suffered , and , with the joint venture Drypure centre in Toledo , Ohio , incurring a small loss , £2½m has been set aside below the line , against its possible closure . |
| 6 | Donations totalling £15,000 have been set aside from the site 's charity trust fund to buy much needed equipment to help mothers and children , the elderly , the injured , the deaf and handicapped in the area . |
| 7 | Six of his retainers were put to death at York on the day of his own execution , together with another eleven rebels , including Roger Clifford and John Mowbray , whose claim to the lordship of Gower had been set aside by the king in 1319 . |
| 8 | Some DM2.15 billion ( US$1.36 billion ) has been set aside by the research ministry , the BMFT , to support the first three years of the plan . |
| 9 | Any doubt about his attitude should have been set aside by the speech with which he accepted the leadership : |
| 10 | last year , even though over 131,000 hectares have been set aside in the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | Ensure rocky structures are set firmly into the gravel ; more complicated structures can be siliconed together before placing in the tank ( and/or siliconed to the glass ) . |
| 12 | The degree of abnormality leading to disqualification and the measures to be taken by breeders , are set forth by the Breeding Committee . |
| 13 | ‘ The paintings are set directly into the ceiling of an octagonal staircase , ’ Rab explains . |
| 14 | A certain number of days are set aside throughout the session for non-governmental business . |
| 15 | However , we have also stressed that any decline in reading standards in the inner city must be set firmly within the context of the political and economic circumstances which lead to poverty and social dislocation . |
| 16 | Although the poem contains such pessimistic overtones and pathetic acceptance of fate there is hope to be found in the last two lines which seem to be set apart from the rest . |
| 17 | Political leaders , where they can be set apart from the party , may help to shape a party 's image . |
| 18 | The Threshold level must be set carefully for the unit to be fully effective , and beware , because getting this absolutely right takes a little time . |
| 19 | Such an edge should be set just below the level of the turf so that a machine can run smoothly over the top — simply neaten up once a year with a half moon iron or spade and save that chore of hand edging . |
| 20 | This appears not to have happened in the case of Samuel Pepys 's uncle ; writing in his diary for 6 July 1661 , he related the incident of ‘ My uncle 's corpse in a coffin standing upon joint stools in the chimney in the hall ; but it began to smell so I caused it to be set forth in the yard all night , and watched by my aunt . ’ |
| 21 | Any provision made against the minority debit balance should be set directly against the minority interest amount in the p&l account and in the balance sheet . |
| 22 | Second is a single rate poundage which will be set nationally by the government rather than local councils . |
| 23 | The NFFO will be set annually by the Department of Energy ; it aims to guarantee that new electricity distribution companies in England and Wales use a certain amount of renewable souces to generate power . |
| 24 | The introduction of new fields into the system is problematic as offer ratios and the grades normally required have to be set initially without the guidance of direct previous experience . |
| 25 | When the appellant received notice of the order , he applied for the order to be set aside on the grounds that he had no notice of the proceedings and had nothing to do with it . |
| 26 | The defendants successfully applied to the English court for this service to be set aside on the grounds that personal service by the agent of a foreign litigant without the approval of the Swiss authorities was a criminal offence under the Swiss Penal Code and could not be regarded as valid service , as no English court could authorise service which was contrary to the internal law of the country in which service was to be effected . |
| 27 | Secondly , although the doctrine of frustration applies to agreements for lease , it would be only in quite exceptional circumstances where an agreement would be set aside on the grounds of frustration and it is suggested that the parties should provide in the agreement for either party to rescind the agreement in the event of substantial damage to the premises or the site prior to completion . |
| 28 | Clearly , if a person has contracted to buy his own goods from someone else , the contract can be set aside on the basis of mistake and any money paid over will be recoverable because of total failure of consideration . |
| 29 | Capricorn applied for the service of the writ to be set aside on the ground that the London address did not consitute a place of business in Great Britain or that if service was good , Capricorn sought a stay on the ground of lis alibi pendens in Ohio . |
| 30 | The board applied for that order to be set aside on the ground that there was no jurisdiction to make it . |