Example sentences of "[coord] set [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Please supply a valid package selection ( space fill field if LATEST required or set field to H to track by highest ) .
2 Focus itself has no fixed shape or set degree of sharpness or fuzziness but alternates according to the dictates of imagination , habit , or the limitations of the data .
3 Would we leave a thing like that when any kiddy could knock the chocks out or set light to it ?
4 Between Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 several thousand Azerbaijani rioters pulled down or set fire to fences and other installations along a 137-km stretch of the border between the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( an Azerbaijani exclave separated from Azerbaijan proper by a strip of Armenian territory ) and Iran .
5 Objectives of the exhibition and set procedures to be used in achieving these objectives .
6 The US should follow Mexico and New Zealand and set windows in rubber so they flex during an earthquake .
7 A breeze ruffled her hair and set hanks of wool waving on the fence-wire .
8 A combination of sleek styling and set curls by the Jazz Hair Co
9 I laughed and set spurs to my horse and thundered through the convent gates as fast as a deer .
10 Upstairs , Bonjour Vietnam offers a bar built on a 30-foot curved glass fish tank ( above ) , a giant prawn in the window and set meals from £12.50 .
11 On 28 June 1930 in the East India Docks I climbed the gangway of the Sorrento and set foot on her rusty iron deck .
12 Nevertheless , a ship was sent to America so that the story could be checked and in 1810 , three years after his being cast away on Sombrero , Jeffrey returned at last and set foot in Portsmouth .
13 What was interesting about the projects was that they were asked at the outset to establish their local objectives , and set criteria for success for themselves .
14 This allows you to Clear and Set fonts to any range .
15 On November 26 the large assembled Imperial Japanese fleet , led by Task Force Commander Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo , weighed anchor in Hitokapu Bay and set course for Hawaii .
16 Woolley felt the blast wash over his SE , pushing it aside , and he turned with the motion and set course for home , dissatisfied at the inefficiency of it all .
17 If the disturbance was the result of a single adverse stimulus , such as a sudden fright , a bereavement or an infection , which is now no longer operating although its effects persist , then theoretically one dose of the appropriate remedy should be sufficient to re-pattern the system and set things to rights .
18 and set narcissi with our white fingers .
19 The bill would have limited textile imports to a 1 per cent annual increase , and set quotas for most shoe imports at 1989 levels .
20 Even before he got to her she was mesmerised , the dark eyes holding her with complete ease , and she had to bring herself quickly back to the present to do what she had planned and set matters on an even footing straight away .
21 In conjunction with considerable manual dexterity derived in part from the ability to oppose thumb and index finger which man shares with the gelada baboon and presumably derives from the same source ( picking up small objects of the diet ) , the adoption of an upright posture created the right conditions for the final emancipation of the hand from locomotion and set man on the path which led to the invention and use of tools and to material culture in general .
22 We will set up a statutory General Teaching Council to improve professional qualifications and set standards for teacher training and retraining .
23 I 'm thinking of looking for suggestions to improve practice and set standards in areas like communication , delegation , supervision , team-building , time management , financial planning , project management and so on .
24 Place sauce on individual plates and set parcels on top .
25 The communication of bands and set lists in Maths then has to take place to teachers , pupils and parents .
26 Soon after police arrived to carry out the order , violence spread , as students smashed and set fire to Mr Kamba 's Mercedes car , and police responded with tear gas and baton charges .
27 Then she lopped off her head and finally decided to douse her mortal remains with petrol and set fire to herself . ’
28 In early April two young farm labourers , Valdecir Ferreira and Altair Gomes , narrowly escaped death when a mob 1,500-strong stormed and set fire to the prison where they were being held for the gory knife murder of a taxi-driver , in the state of Parana .
29 Words can not express the sadness of seeing a teenager who looks barely older than a young child suffering from severe malnutrition , but there are the wonderful moments such as a child who suffered tremendous burns after a candle fell and set fire to her night-dress ; after months of careful dressing and cleaning her wounds have virtually healed — without the clinic the little girl would almost certainly have died .
30 Ravana captured Hanuman and set fire to his tail , but the monkey avenged himself by growing to the size of a giant and setting fire to the city .
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