Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although IBM , Apple and Motorola have a forged an agreement for the duration of their project , there remain obvious legal implications for a vendor who might want to stick say Sun Sparc and MIPS RISC instruction sets on to a single piece of silicon . |
| 32 | A telephone failure at Eyemouth as a result of severe conditions meant that neither the coxswain nor second coxswain could be alerted , so the un-named 44ft Waveney class lifeboat 44–001 on relief duty at the station set out with the assistant mechanic , James Dougal , at the helm . |
| 33 | ( 1982 ) show , the coverage of the Law and Order issue by the media was dominated by the agenda set out by the Tory Party aided by the magistracy , the NAS and certain sections of the police . |
| 34 | Although the old colours ranged widely and included deep or light red , blue , ‘ grizzle ’ and all-white , nearly all had white finching and white on the belly and face and early selection was made for the famous white face in contrast to a deep , rich red body colour set off by the white brisket , belly , legs , shoulder stripe and tail switch . |
| 35 | Maybe partners will come to feel that schools will respond better to the aims of education set out in the 1988 Education Act if they are not tied to curricula based on the traditional subjects alone . |
| 36 | The bearer set off along the wide , dusty street . |
| 37 | In such cases the procedure set out in the Senior Master 's Practice Note of 14 April 1988 should be followed . |
| 38 | The activating field producing resonance is the electric and magnetic field set up by an overhead power line or magnetic field producing appliance such as an electric blanket , etc . |
| 39 | Before a bushbaby sets out into the African night , it performs a strange ritual : it cups its hands and then urinates on them . |
| 40 | We were glad enough that the weather seemed set fair for the remainder of our voyage and next morning set off on the last few miles of our northerly course to round the utmost tip of Shetland . |
| 41 | The programme entitled " Socialism , Democracy , Progress " , written by Gorbachev and his aide , Georgii Shakhnazarov , after drafting by a commission set up at the 28th Party Congress in July 1990 [ see pp. 37614-17 ] , unequivocally condemned Stalinism , and committed the party to forming a " controlled market economy " ( including the principle of private ownership ) , and to converting the Soviet Union into a " democratic federation of sovereign republics " , thereby recognizing " the principle of independence of the republican parties included in the CPSU " . |
| 42 | Clauses 84 to 92 carry over and develop the arrangements for valuation set out in the 1991 Act and provide for changes to be made in lists to take account , for example , of new properties and appeals against taxation . |
| 43 | The parallel government set up by the Zaïrean opposition held its first Cabinet meeting on Nov. 1 , under the leadership of Etienne Tshisekedi , dismissed as Prime Minister by President Mobutu Sese Seko the previous month . |
| 44 | As Patricia Monahan says ‘ oil-painting should be a journey of exploration and pleasure ’ , adding that ‘ the artist sets off in a particular direction but ends up somewhere else . ’ |
| 45 | Even such things as the maximum angle of bank in certain configurations are specified , so once a pilot sets out on a particular flight his actions , or at least the manner in which he should fly the aeroplane , are known in precise detail . |
| 46 | He wanted people to get on with the urgent business of living the good life set out in the Eightfold Path , and not to waste time or energy in speculation and debate . |
| 47 | In 776 , when the Frankish army set out on the second invasion of Italy to quell the rebellious supporters of Prince Adelchis , the Westphalians and Engrialls revolted . |
| 48 | This nest set up on the flat lands beyond the power stations on the south east coast will provide the evidence to Bill and his bird watching colleagues It 's not only the owls that fly at night , waders will feed at any time , but the rising tide will force them to leave the mud flats day or night |
| 49 | Sheep farmer Alison Hunter Blair has a lamb which has been orphaned after it 's mother died , now through a special lamb bank set up by the national farmers union she 'll be able to find a new mother for the lamb . |
| 50 | Now the company needs an additional £1 million , which its backers the British Technology Group and Prutec , the venture capital fund set up by the Prudential Assurance company , say they will give — but only at the expense of an ambitious programme of research . |
| 51 | The SSFA said the cash flow problems of the salmon farmers inside the fishing and harvesting exclusion zone should have been relieved by the £1 million bridging fund set up by the Scottish Office . |
| 52 | As caries sets in at a weak point in the tooth 's enamel and spreads to rot the whole tooth , so an appeal to the crown could trigger the decay of local autonomy . |
| 53 | The Stock Exchange is party to the central compensation fund set up under the Financial Services Act , in which losses due to fraud or the collapse of an institution of 100 per cent up to £30 000 and 90 per cent of losses up to £20 000 are recompensed , and then nothing after that . |
| 54 | It will start with something like that which appears in the version set out in the New English Bible : ’ When all things began , the Word already was . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ I use two amps on stage , switching between the two : a Marshall , which is set quite low but with a good , meaty kind of sound , and a reissue Fender blackface Twin Reverb set up with a cleaner sound and vibrato if I want it . |
| 56 | Beyond the sitting room , a large area with an old brick fireplace set back in a spacious alcove , piles of cut logs flanking it , a narrow passage led to the kitchen and a small study . |
| 57 | However , while the views of my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashton-under-Lyne ( Mr. Sheldon ) on Europe have not always been similar to mine , I was pleased to hear him say that he could not see how it was possible for 12 Finance Ministers in ECOFIN — about which we hear a great deal these days — to control a European central bank established on the model set out in the present draft treaty prepared by the Dutch Government . |
| 58 | Surely one of the summer highlights will be a tour of National Trust sacred sites by Phoebus Cart , a theatre company set up by the Royal Shakespeare Company leading actor Mark Rylance . |
| 59 | A scheme set up by the Benevolent Fund gave him the chance to learn to fly . |
| 60 | All important to the reputation of the company is British Standard 5750 , the quality assurance scheme set up by the British Standards Institute and to which Stoddard Carpets Ltd. , were awarded full registration two years ago . |