Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The uncertainty surrounding the future of London 's specialty care services continues despite the publication this week of 6 reviews by working groups set up by the London Implementation Group after publication of the UK Department of Health 's response to the Tomlinson report on London 's health services .
2 It was also decided that political parties set up in the future should only be granted " observer " status .
3 Registration of membership for the two political parties set up by the government to participate in the transition to civilian rule , the Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) and the National Republican Convention ( NRC ) , closed on May 5 , 1990 [ for their creation in October 1989 see p. 36968 ] .
4 There was a significant improvement on the other side of the viaduct , a Victorian class divide that had survived the years , and within two blocks he was walking down a tree-lined avenue composed of tall , detached houses set back from the road behind fair-sized gardens .
5 A group of British cyclists sets off in the heart of Brussels .
6 In conclusion , tutors are again reminded of their great responsibilities for achieving the high aims set out in the first paragraph .
7 In 1829 Elie de Beaumont put forward the idea that the Earth is contracting and argued that compressional stresses set up in the crust as a result of the cooling of the Earth 's interior would give rise to faulting , folding and thickening of the crust , and eventually to the formation of mountain ranges .
8 Catherine laid it down that every post should be paid , but the limited funds set aside by the government were rapidly eroded by inflation .
9 Formed a year ago the group is one of 14 similar bodies set up by the North East Wales TEC to examine common issues experienced in specific sectors .
10 According to the ADC , in the cases quoted by councils the properties by and large fulfilled all the principal criteria set down by the Government for a property suitable for occupation by older people , ie that it was let to persons over pensionable age ; access was relatively easy ; the accommodation was on level ground ; the dwelling had no more than two bedrooms ; the heating arrangements were adequate ; the property was reasonably conveniently located .
11 The Court of Appeal may not overrule a House of Lords decision : and only in the exceptional circumstances set out in the Practice Statement of July 1 , 1966 ( Practice Statement ( judicial Precedent ) [ 1966 ] 1 WLR 1234 ) , will this House refuse to follow its own previous decisions .
12 The later development of the hierarchy , a development which continued down to the eighteenth century , was essentially no more than an elaboration of the basic principles set out in the Kanunname .
13 The final major institution was to be the Court of Justice , not to be confused with the European Court of Human Rights set up under the 1950 Convention and based in Strasbourg along with the Council of Europe .
14 On receiving a petition it is the function of the Commission to ascertain the facts and seek to bring about a friendly settlement of the matter on the basis of respect for the human rights set out in the Convention ( Art.28 ) .
15 One way of attempting to assess the situation is to look at the list of unfair terms set out in the annex to the Directive , and decide the extent to which English law will already control such clauses .
16 These principles expand upon the basic standards set down in the rules of Conduct and indicate the standards which members should seek to achieve in the interests of good practice .
17 The administrative structures set up by the Colebrooke-Cameron Reforms , though subject to some change in the nineteenth century , remained largely intact until the early twentieth century .
18 It also recommends that the future development of general SVQs should be guided by the broad principles set out in the Howie report .
19 For example , this is a passage of interpretive description of a Van Gogh self-portrait : ‘ … his emaciated , luminous head with its burning eyes set off against a whirlpool of darkness .
20 The scene is the Ritz Club , the prototype of a sophisticated Thirties nightclub in dazzling primary colours set off by a sleek black bar .
21 The structure turned out to be very durable ; most of the colonial constitutions set up by the British in the next three-and-a-half centuries show similarities to the Virginia Company 's way of doing things , though there were sometimes refinements , such as a legislative council created as an upper house to work with the assembly ; and in several cases — especially when the majority of the population was not of British descent — the legislative body was appointed rather than elected .
22 The plan clears up the legal wrangles set off by the federal government 's decision in 1988 to sue the state government over water quality in the Everglades , but leaves unclear many of the details of the clean-up .
23 As sailing boats bob beside the quay , visitors take their places at open-air cafés set out beneath the shade of cool chestnut trees .
24 From July 1993 , only scientists will be allowed to enter the park , which is Russia 's contribution to a network of Arctic reserves set up by the international treaty signed at Rovaniemi in Finland in 1989 .
25 In 1920 , Moscow recognized the independent governments set up after the defeat of the White forces .
26 It was supposed to be like going Over the Top , but it felt more like a gang of reluctant schoolboys setting out on a cross-country run with only the prospect of a quick smoke round the back of the bike sheds to sustain them .
27 Almost as hard to credit , the figure for the number of nuclear explosions set off by the French in the Pacific since 1975 was said to be 52 .
28 The details in 1 , 2 and 3 above should be read in conjunction with the full requirements set out in the Members ' Handbook .
29 Several prominent figures refused to take the test , including a former state prosecutor Mohammad Moussavi Khoeniha and a former chief justice Ayatollah Abdelkarim Moussavi Ardebili ; among those who did take it , but failed , were Ayatollah Karrubi and Ayatollah Sadeq Khalkhali ( the head of the Islamic revolutionary courts set up after the 1979 revolution ) .
30 However , the Court found that , as was stated in the recitals to the regulation , the definition of value and the interpretative notes set out in the 1590 Convention had been embodied into the legislation of the Member States in different ways , and also certain optional provisions of the interpretative notes were being applied differently in different Member States .
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