Example sentences of "[num] [pers pn] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1980 I set out to change the face of political presentation in the UK and to use some of these new concepts and techniques in business and industry as well . |
| 2 | As long ago as 1985 we set out our intention to remove students ' general entitlement to certain benefits . |
| 3 | On Friday 24 March 1933 they set up an experiment in which a mixture of ethylene and benzaldehyde was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres at 170°C in the hope that the two substances would combine together . |
| 4 | Between five and six we set out . |
| 5 | In their hundreds they set out calmly from the back of the building , through the exercise field towards the open country . |
| 6 | On 9 November 1984 I set out for consultation a list of branded drugs which would no longer be prescribed under the health service . |
| 7 | In January 1986 we set up The Desktop Publishing Company and bought a complete Apple Macintosh desktop publishing system . |
| 8 | In Chapter 6 we set out a dual-route model of reading aloud , distinguishing between a lexical procedure and a non-lexical procedure for converting print to speech . |
| 9 | At eleven they set off on the heralded and substantial walk . |
| 10 | According to Boswell , ‘ Between twelve and one we set out , and travelled eleven miles , through a wild country , till we came to a house in Glenmorison [ the modern spelling adds a ‘ t ’ — Glenmoriston : Johnson calls it Glenmollison ] called Anoch , kept by a McQueen . ’ |
| 11 | Just after nine we set off in a taxi and dropped Rozanov off outside his embassy in Kensington Gardens . |
| 12 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 13 | In Chapter 15 we set out the basic case for allowing free markets to allocate resources . |
| 14 | In Chapter Four I set Out some of the reasons why conferences and other big events are held . |