Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With these we may compare the more primitive diagrams of reactions set out in an earlier and elementary work , J. B. Scoffern 's Chemistry no Mystery , of which the second edition was published in 1848 . |
| 2 | On his return , he and a group of artists set out with the idea of using Expo'92 as a showcase for their work . |
| 3 | It condemns us as lifelong victims of patterns set up in childhood , the unwilling prey of our devilish subconscious , the helpless captives of our ‘ character ’ or genetic make-up . |
| 4 | Fifty to eighty percent of my time goes to meetings , either with one of my engineers or in development meetings , or in planning functions , or — we have a series of meetings set up with this group since they provide a service to us — and oh , I do n't know — ten to twenty percent of my time [ is spent ] on the phone … and the rest of my time , either in filling out forms that I have to fill out or thinking , sometimes . |
| 5 | The Master Locksmiths Association has its roots in the early 1950s , when a group of craftsmen set up the Greater London Locksmiths Association . |
| 6 | During the First World War a number of Ministries set up regional offices and the newly created Ministry of Health set up nine regions — an experiment to be rudely terminated in 1921 as an economy measure . |
| 7 | Anna chose essences of ylang-ylang ( her favourite ) , bergamot and geranium from a selection of possibles set out before her . |
| 8 | The Society of Authors set up a powerful lobby , which convinced a Parliamentary Committee that the common law of obscene libel should be replaced by a modern statute which afforded some protection to meritorious literature . |
| 9 | So far the great bulk of archives set up to handle this material focus on collecting datasets created by research projects ( Doorn 1993 ; Lievesley 1993 ; Marker 1993 ; Nemeth 1993 ) . |
| 10 | FOUR people were killed and 17 injured when a gang of blacks set off hand grenades and sprayed a South African golf club with bullets . |
| 11 | It might be thought that , given their aversion to the whole terrain of culture , antiracists are generally immune to the kinds of criticisms set out above . |
| 12 | CISCO is seeking division of the Official List into segments with categories of companies set up according to their market capitalisation . |
| 13 | The most recent review of quotas set up in March 1987 failed to conclude its review , and as a result the IMF board of governors requested fresh proposals for new quotas by April 1989 ; until that review the level of Fund quotas remained unchanged at SDR89.99 billion . |
| 14 | Nothing happened until , quite independently , a group of enthusiasts set up the Folly Fellowship in 1988 . |
| 15 | The Department will make residential placements only in residential or nursing homes registered with Lothian Regional Council Social Work Department , with Lothian Health Board , or with any other Local Authority or Health Board in Scotland , or a Local Authority or Health Authority in England and Wales ; within the parameters on assessment , cost and availability of places set out in the Government 's Statutory Direction on Choice of Residential Accommodation , the Department is in principle prepared to purchase a residential service in any such home . |
| 16 | The council , after hearing reports of commissions set up to canvass popular opinion , also firmly rejected a return to a multiparty system . |
| 17 | ‘ A trio of heroes set out in winter to save the land in a quest to the north . |
| 18 | In no sense could they be said to be members of industrial co-operatives : that is , of organisations set up for the manufacture of goods or the provision of services and wholly , or very largely , owned and ultimately controlled by those working in them . |
| 19 | The hard look doctrine therefore represents a shift from a previously more minimal standard of review , where judicial intervention would occur only if there was irrationality , to one where the courts will interfere where the broader list of defects set out above are present . |
| 20 | Put simply , the assumption behind the package of changes set out in the Act is that accountability , and so educational quality , are strengthened by : |
| 21 | Reconsideration of the issues raised in E 37 , E 38 and E 39 and the finalisation of the standards on each will enable the Board to reconfirm the package of changes set out in the Statement of Intent on the comparability of financial statements . |
| 22 | It bases its human rights education work on the full range of rights set out in the UDHR and ICCPR . |
| 23 | Believe , consider , judge , think , declare , imagine , all may precede states of affairs set out in the form of an explicit clause ; they may also precede a structure consisting of noun phrase + adjective , where the adjective is a clausal one . |
| 24 | Hollywood was the biggest carnival he had ever seen and he was like a box of fireworks set off all at once . |
| 25 | Only rarely , therefore , can we identify examples of agencies set up explicitly to circumvent problems of this kind . |
| 26 | The Ozone Trends Panel , a working party of scientists set up in 1986 by NASA , has calculated a three per cent depletion in stratospheric ozone on a global level since 1969 . |
| 27 | In the sixties , the Medau Society greatly expanded its training provision , and Edith was in the van of courses set up farther afield , travelling regularly to Norfolk , Leeds , the South West and many other venues . |
| 28 | Finally , the ruling only applies to members of schemes set up after 13 March 1989 , and to new employees joining existing schemes from 1 June 1989 . |
| 29 | Capped employees include those who are members of schemes set up after the 1989 Budget or who joined any final salary scheme after 1 June 1989 . |
| 30 | It is a place of special pilgrimage , and after a hearty lunch our party of pilgrims set off en masse to visit it . |