Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] set [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The balance of this manifesto sets out the Liberal Democrat vision of the future : our long-term programme for government . |
| 2 | With each post should come a set of educational objectives setting out the knowledge and skills that the doctor should have acquired by the end of the post . |
| 3 | You will recall that we have set a target date of 31 December 1987 for all submissions setting out the perceived needs of governing bodies of sport for national and sub-national facilities , to provide the basis of a 12-year implementation programme . |
| 4 | The climate is good , not too hot but with brilliant sunshine to set off the vivid colouring and give shade and modelling to the arcaded treatment of façades . |
| 5 | Both boats then reversed in front of me and two people from each boat set about the bridge , trying to free it . |
| 6 | It is best in such cases to set out the contra agreement in writing right at the outset . |
| 7 | White liberals , including the President 's wife , Eleanor , gave their support to the cause of the blacks , and in 1941 Roosevelt set up the Committee on Fair Employment Practices . |
| 8 | But in 1908 Edison set up the Motion Picture Patents Company ( MPPC ) , which included among its aims an increase in the share of the US market taken by domestic productions . |
| 9 | In 1988 McBain set up The Electronic Studio , a technology and business systems specialist . |
| 10 | The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order . |
| 11 | In this context Japan 's overwhelming dependence on imported oil set off the most severe economic recession since World War II and GNP actually fell by 1 per cent in 1974 after growing at an average rate of nearly 10 per cent in the previous six years . |
| 12 | It is convenient at this stage to set out the relevant parts of section 7 , as amended by section 65(4) of and Schedule 12 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 : |
| 13 | We we we 're empowered er by these orders to set up the new constituencies , er they do not actually come into effect to enable the elections to be held upon them er until all the countries of the E E C have agreed the changes that are necessary to accommodate the new numbers that er they will be having , er so the act , the ninety three act , has a commencement hour within it . |