Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their rejection of the Old Testament set aside the argument from fulfilled prophecy which had played a notable part in his conversion . |
| 2 | Mr Lang set up the working party in March 1991 after the Government rejected calls for national parks in Scotland . |
| 3 | The previous chapter set out the framework for social work intervention for a social services department . |
| 4 | Wilcox and Hill set up the move , Stowell could only block Shearer 's shot and Sellars followed up to put Rovers ahead . |
| 5 | Renault set up the first European organisation to collect and recycle certain car parts which had not previously been dealt with . |
| 6 | In one place a television ‘ red head ’ ( 800 watt ) light set off the sprinkler system with hysterical results . |
| 7 | New codes of practice set out the standards of service to expect . |
| 8 | Both boats then reversed in front of me and two people from each boat set about the bridge , trying to free it . |
| 9 | Early advice from the DOH set out the quality aspects that contracts should seek to ensure . |
| 10 | Her family and former schoolfriends in Crosby set up the Vicki Bayliss Neuroblastoma Research Fund in her memory and tomorrow her mother , Judy , will join the 850 runners who have applied to take part in the 11th Crosby 10 . |
| 11 | In the course of the work , Hubble set up the classification of galaxies displayed in his famous ‘ tuning-fork ’ diagram , which has been used ever since . |
| 12 | The technical training department set up the NEBOSH course , which is seen as a logical progression building from the broad base of safety representatives training . |
| 13 | Undaunted , however , by these prospects , Gould set about the preparations for his journey with systematic thoroughness , and , considering the multitude of decisions that had to be made , remarkable clearheadedness . |
| 14 | Even now he has not done so , although the judge set aside the statutory demand nearly five months ago . |
| 15 | His penetrating run set up the Palace equaliser in the 1990 cup semi-final against scouse . |
| 16 | And , secondly , company law set about the task of demonstrating that the power of corporate managers was not unlimited but was subject to checks and controls which ensured that it could not be used for the manager 's own purposes or for any other arbitrary end . |
| 17 | In seeking to make these aims operational , the plan set out the general characteristics of the proposed polytechnic : it was to be a ‘ broadly-based institution catering for a wide range of higher education for the over-18 age groups ’ , giving priority to sandwich courses , but providing courses other than degree courses for those able to benefit from ‘ advanced courses of a specialist nature ’ . |
| 18 | Brazil set up the National Bank for Economic and Social Development ( BNDES ) in the 1950s . |
| 19 | In May 1981 Sheffield City Council set up the country 's first Employment Committee , serviced directly by a new council department . |
| 20 | In May 1989 , the Judges ' Council set out the majority views of High Court and Court of Appeal judges . |
| 21 | The Conservative Party manifesto set out the issues as : |
| 22 | The Committee set up the Roberts Working Party on Long Fraud Trials . |
| 23 | With funding , public support and a large space available , the steering committee set about the task of providing guide lines and selectors . |
| 24 | The Committee set out the principal options , and the preferences of the broadcasters . |
| 25 | ( f ) Status of an accommodated child Section 22 and Sched 2 , Part II of the Act set out the duties which local authorities have towards children they are looking after . |
| 26 | In 1974 , for example , we learned that ‘ For the first time in a century and a half , since the great Tory reformer Robert Peel set up the Metropolitan police areas of our cities are becoming unsafe for peaceful citizens by night , and some even by day ’ — from no less an authority than that great Tory reformer Sir Keith Joseph . |
| 27 | Alan set up the legal part of it and the political side and I would come in with the more spiritual side of it : the demand for separation from the Irish Presbyterian Church that was operating in cahoots with O'Neill at that time . |
| 28 | The team that ended the 1960s was dumped , and Ripley-Rust and Pybus set about the daunting task of building a squad capable of winning promotion when the club 's League career got underway again . |
| 29 | The core members of the group set out the working arrangements and discussed matters such as the recording system to be adopted , guideline criteria for site selection , and the start of the assessment programme . |
| 30 | In a statement Mr Patten set out the place of sex education in society and the vital importance of teaching the teaching of moral values . |