Example sentences of "[vb pp] 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 | Terrible clouds , capable of stripping men to the bone , were turned aside by magical winds . |
| 5 | The hand of friendship , extended so warmly by so many , was rudely brushed aside by those who believed they knew best . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The New Shed dealt with manufactured goods ( toys , groceries , hardware , etc. ) , the Old Down Shed with bulk traffic ( flour , grain , fresh fruit ) , and two special sheds were set aside for American and French imported goods . |
| 16 | I tabled a question asking how much the Government had set aside for bad debts , and the answer showed that not one penny had been set aside . |
| 17 | He reported that £1,000 had been set aside for proper surfacing of paths at Radford Park . |
| 18 | ‘ Though he is famous for the extension of his territories and conquests in which he is constantly engaged , he has also started many public works for the beauty and convenience of the realm ; some of these he has completed , and a great part of his wealth is set aside for pious honouring of his ancestors . |
| 19 | The scheme would offer temporary work for up to four days a week , with the other day being set aside for continuing job search . |
| 20 | In the middle ages the lord of the manor was regarded as legally responsible for the relief of the poor and one-quarter of the church tithes were also customarily set aside for this purpose . |
| 21 | The training of the vernacular clergy had been in the hands of Arthur Dilworth , the first time that a missionary had been completely set aside for this important task . |
| 22 | The aim is to provide the kind of understanding necessary for improved policy analysis in the future and £100,000 a year was set aside for this programme . |
| 23 | The Moi University course offers problem-based learning , relatively few lectures , early patient contact , and a strong bias towards experience in the community ( 8 weeks of every year are set aside for this ) . |
| 24 | This year I think it 's the first week in July we have set aside for this purpose . |
| 25 | In particular , a limited number of bursaries have been set aside for mature students . |
| 26 | Well , as a chemist perhaps you 'll forgive me for dwelling largely on what we as chemists do , but of course it 's not only the chemists in the School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences who do things for schools — it 's right across the area — but each year , for example , we have a week set aside for sixth form visits , in which parties of sixth formers come to the School and we 're about to talk to them about university entrance , about what goes on in universities , but , most importantly , to show them some of the apparatus which they do n't have at school but which they 've probably heard about . |
| 27 | The only substantial aid received by the government so far had been $300,000,000 from the United States agreed by the US Congress in May 1990 [ see p. 37450 ] , which had been gradually disbursed , except for $50,000,000 which had been set aside for clearing debt arrears . |
| 28 | Land was set aside for another ranch , and this was promptly invaded by vast herds of plains game when rain finally fell and grass grew . |
| 29 | Twelve Fridays are set aside in each session for the passage of such bills although the Government can give extra time to measures it supports to ensure success . |
| 30 | A wing of a home might be set aside in this way , with potential residents and their families allowed to view the kitchen before admission to provide reassurance . |