Example sentences of "[verb] aside [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In 1753 , 237 years before the days when 50 taxis lined Ingram Street at two o'clock on a Tuesday morning , back in the days when Ingram Street was a muddy avenue leading to a country house , sedan-chairs were being pushed aside by state-of-the-art horse cabs .
2 They , the true defenders of orthodoxy , were being pushed aside by unscrupulous and ambitious young men who were more interested in power than in principle .
3 Of course , there are many more very good rose growers around the country , some relatively new on the scene , just as many old and respected names have moved aside for one reason and another .
4 Hydro said it would have lost an estimated 195 million kroner in 1992 if accounting changes had not freed about two billion kroner of reserves put aside for future tax obligations under the old accounting system .
5 Terrible clouds , capable of stripping men to the bone , were turned aside by magical winds .
6 On several occasions I witnessed his lordship make attempts to draw M. Dupont aside for some private conversation , only for Mr Lewis smilingly to impose himself upon them with some remark like : ‘ Pardon me , gentlemen , but there 's something that 's been greatly puzzling me , ’ so that his lordship soon found himself having to listen to some more of Mr Lewis 's jovial anecdotes .
7 ‘ I want to see my team play good football and I 'm not stepping aside from that .
8 ‘ Britain backs set-aside , but set aside for all ’ , according to Agriculture Minister John Gummer .
9 The Henry Moore Sculpture Centre , containing the world 's largest public collection of his work , has been renewed , and there are vast tracts set aside for modern and contemporary art .
10 Buckingham Palace could fit inside the areas set aside for underground car-parking at the rear , where the old national football stadium has been turned into the modern equivalent of the royal stables .
11 4 Open the parcel at one end , pour the juices into a bowl and set aside for Red pepper sauce ( see facing page ) .
12 Wrap and set aside for 30 minutes .
13 Arrange the aubergines in a large colander and sprinkle generously with salt , then set aside for 30 minutes to draw out the juices .
14 Set aside for 20–30 min .
15 It promised the Palestinians ’ autonomy ’ , but set aside for later negotiation the question of who should ultimately own the disputed territory .
16 The sum delimited for military spending , 108,000 million roubles , equalled that set aside for social security .
17 Cover and set aside for several hours or overnight , stirring occasionally if passing .
18 The funds set aside in this way will be used exclusively for departmental and central university libraries .
19 Prejudice aside for one brief moment , the Republic have shown the best form in the group so far , and if there was even the merest scintilla of justice in this doomed planet , they would now be checking out copies of In Stockholm magazine with a view to disporting themselves in the most agreeable Nite Spots that the Swedish capital has to offer .
20 The hand of friendship , extended so warmly by so many , was rudely brushed aside by those who believed they knew best .
21 A year or so earlier George Younger stepped aside for Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home , who had renounced his peerage .
22 Paul White , the project manager , says : ‘ We have rooms set aside with comfy chairs , music and televisions where pupils can go during break or before school .
23 The verdicts were set aside on 25 December by means of a law passed on 23 December empowering the President to quash any decision of the Special Court .
24 When a wild pig is caught , the meat of the head is set aside for small children , for the vital principle is associated with it .
25 On Dec. 12 , 1991 , the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) approved standby credit of SDR75,000,000 ( about US$105 million ) for 1992 in support of Ecuador 's programme of economic reform ; 25 per cent of each of the five disbursements were be set aside for possible debt-reduction schemes agreed with Ecuador 's commercial bank creditors .
26 A ‘ Book of Hours ’ was the name given to such a prayerbook intended for private or family devotion , the term ‘ hours ’ indicating not an interval of sixty minutes , but less precise parts of the day that were set aside for religious and other duties .
27 About ¥8 billion will be set aside for on-campus LANs for 20–30 national universities , according to a government official involved in the negotiations with the Ministry of Finance .
28 More than Dm300 million was set aside for future environmental protection measures , and stocks were valued according to the ‘ last in , first out ’ principle , which cuts out paper profit ( and thus reduces taxable profit ) when prices rise .
29 There is a page set aside for each day which consists of the following : your daily diet sheet some key facts a weight and symptom chart .
30 After a private conference with Mother Superior , the Sisters announced that there would be a special rosary every morning , during the time set aside for special intentions , and that the whole Junior School would pray together that Martha and Tilda 's Daddy should come back to them .
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