Example sentences of "and set [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | TWO young sisters died after petrol was poured through a letterbox and set alight during a lovers ' row . |
| 32 | Only that , poured on the ground and set alight , will deflect a raid by the ants . |
| 33 | Fire investigators believe the living room was doused with petrol and set alight . |
| 34 | The girl was doused with petrol and set alight after complaining that she was being subjected to ‘ Eve-teasing , ’ the Indian euphemism for sexual harassment , rife in a culture in which dating is unusual . |
| 35 | POLICE are today investigating a claim that a man was beaten unconscious and set alight by a gang of six or seven . |
| 36 | But there is a strong tradition in this country that education ( including higher education ) should go beyond cognitive or intellectual development , that it should draw out , through its curricula , teaching and environment , the entire range of types of ability and talent — intellectual , artistic , physical and social — and set these in the context of the whole person , of ‘ character ’ , ‘ autonomy ’ or ‘ maturity ’ . |
| 37 | It should make an interesting text for a graduate-level course in community ecology , help students to plan research and set any ecologist thinking about possible generalizations . |
| 38 | At the end of what has not been the easiest of years for trading conditions , I am pleased to say that we are just about on target and set fair for 1993 . |
| 39 | Budgets compel management to look ahead and set short-term targets . |
| 40 | The rocks missed him , yet Jack did not give up and set alight the forest . |
| 41 | For the pagan celebration , ‘ huge baulks of timber were piled high and set ablaze . |
| 42 | Caesar was the first Roman to allow his own portrait to appear on coins minted at Rome and elsewhere in his lifetime ; his statue was carried on a litter , and set next to statues of the gods . |
| 43 | When considering our relationships with Europe , will the Minister explain to the CBI why agreeing to a social charter which gives protection to the young employed , gives equal status to part-time workers and sets decent standards for maternity leave should be a barrier to prosperity , given the experience of France and of Germany ? |
| 44 | OLIVETTI KILLS OFF TRIUMPH-ADLER 's WALKSTATIONS AND SETS NEW PORTABLE FAMILY OF ITS OWN |
| 45 | The scheme offers compensation to travellers for late and cancelled trains , and sets minimum standards for service . |
| 46 | The development of national goals and targets for health , for example , covers social and environmental conditions and sets differential targets for specific social groups with very poor health status . |
| 47 | He recovers it neatly , just as Serafin dives for it herself and sets more oranges cascading . |
| 48 | Oil company-funded research on Jurassic and Palaeocene hydrocarbon reservoir sequences has shown that stratigraphic variation in heavy-mineral provenance is a firm mineralogical basis for correlating sandstones and sets important constraints on possible locations of source areas , sediment-transport pathways and evolution of depositional systems . |
| 49 | Whichever technique is used , there is clear evidence that stratigraphic variation in provenance provides a firm mineralogical basis for correlating sandstones and sets important constraints on possible locations of source areas , sediment transport pathways and evolution of depositional systems . |
| 50 | In the first six lines he asks when that love which is incarnated in Jesus will " com to comforth me " " bryng me owt of care " " gyf me " , and sets these verbs of power potentially activated on his behalf with his own sense of motionless deprivation : " I stand in still mowrnyng " . |
| 51 | By defining sites of special scientific ( mostly ecological and geological ) interest , and setting upper limits to catches of seals , fish and krill , between them these measures ensure that the Antarctic area will not be despoiled casually , and that its biological resources will not again be exploited without some reference to their capacity for sustained yield . |
| 52 | For those who are wondering why I have this set-up , the three were introduced at a small size when I thought them a male and two females ; and I am unwilling to upset a settled pair by unnecessarily removing the decor and setting two with a net ! |
| 53 | When you all have to wear the same uniform , there is n't a great deal you can do to make yourself stand out from the crowd , but we did our best , washing and setting each other 's hair and sharing out what precious bits of makeup we owned . |
| 54 | And setting each |
| 55 | The introduction of national legislation requiring all new cars to be fitted with converters and setting tighter exhaust limits , planned for October , may also be postponed on economic grounds . |
| 56 | Somerset 's weavers complained in 1726 of their masters " paying their wages in goods , and setting extravagant prices on such goods " . |
| 57 | And there he was straight away as he retired into the kitchen and setting all his stuff out and his wife walked in , what do you think you 're doing ? |
| 58 | We have , however , been somewhat haphazard in our plans in that we have not progressed all of the key issues in parallel and we are in the process of preparing detailed quarry plans for each location progressing estate issues , planning requirements , confirming geological and hydro geological aspects and setting all of this against market requirements . |
| 59 | He told the Commons his programme for the future of the service included creating ‘ more powerful and business-like ’ police authorities ; giving chief constables greater freedom in deciding how to spend their money ; and setting national objectives and performance standards . |
| 60 | He told the Commons his programme for the future of the service included creating ‘ more powerful and business-like ’ police authorities ; giving chief constables greater freedom in deciding how to spend their money ; and setting national objectives and performance standards . |