Example sentences of "it set [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It set up two Central Advisory Councils for Education ( CACE ) , one for England and one for Wales , to advise the Minister of Education .
2 It set up complex criteria .
3 It set off packed from top to bottom with Sheffield area anglers , fishing rods and maggots and dropped you off on the canal at Clayworth where George lived until he died about ten years ago .
4 When it came , the eruption was of massive proportions and deposited a great thickness of ash which completely buried the town , and it set off great tidal waves which may have been responsible for the termination of the Minoan civilization by ravaging the coastal towns all around Crete .
5 It set back this possibility for nearly a decade , until after the slump had sent unemployment to twice the ‘ unacceptable ’ level of 1923 and the pattern of politics had once again been changed .
6 It set out legal penalties for such activity .
7 It set out these criteria for private sector funding :
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