Example sentences of "they set [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually , in doing so , they set up alternative signals : that this tent , this stretch of street , this canteen , this waiting-room , is where this different kind of artist wants his work to be seen . |
| 2 | Their approaches differed — they consulted with organizations from the oppressed groups ; they set up new committee structures ; they funded voluntary groups and made space available to them ; they arranged awareness-training for their staff . |
| 3 | They set up specific change-management systems that were administered by committees , subgroups of board members , and special study groups , and closely monitored the resulting efforts . |
| 4 | They set up random checkpoints on roads between Ballymena and Portstewart stopping vehicles and looking for drugs . |
| 5 | He thought that the Franks came from Pannonia , and that they crossed the Rhine , and marched through Thuringia , when they set up long-haired kings in every region . |
| 6 | Their discussion of what the press ‘ should be and do ’ reflects an East — West Cold War divide and they set out ideal , polar positions so as to highlight differences . |
| 7 | I 'm a Mad Bad Dug I m Toby the Dug Alsatian tae the oaxters wi Labrador 's lugs I 've Irish Setter 's eyebrows ( ai n't they set real neat ? ) |
| 8 | Undaunted they set about flinging ropes over and , one by one , clambered across the yawning gap . |