Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] set [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before detailing the two main components of LMS , this introductory chapter sets out the general framework of change . |
| 2 | The second , in 1552 , saw the publication of Hamilton 's Catechism , a vernacular work setting out the basic tenets of Catholic belief . |
| 3 | The working groups will look at particular topics , consider the existing legislation and help prepare a discussion document for wider public consultation setting out the various options for reform . |
| 4 | First , central government set up the Civil Contingencies Unit ( CCU ) , a formal institution based in the cabinet office whose brief was to monitor and respond to industrial disputes in key industries . |
| 5 | In order to monitor the sources of recruitment on the programme HCIMA will require centres to complete , for each cohort of students , a standard form setting out the prior qualifications/learning experience for the student group . |
| 6 | In order to monitor the sources of recruitment on the programme HCIMA will require centres to complete , for each cohort of students , a standard form setting out the prior qualifications/learning experience for the student group . |
| 7 | Odinga , who resigned as Kenya 's Vice-President in 1966 , told a press conference that the NDP would seek formal registration and the repeal of provisions in the national Constitution setting up the single party state . |
| 8 | First came the preliminary soundings ( the trabajos ) and the winning over of officers and sergeants by a small activist group in touch with civilian conspirators ; then the compromisos by which accomplices were bound to action ; finally the chosen leaders set off the last stage by the cry — the grito . |
| 9 | Some of its leading citizens acquired great wealth , especially from saffron and wine , and landed property , in the course of the twelfth century , and they displayed their newfound status by building the lofty towers which still make the skyline of the city so beautiful and so absurd — beautiful especially from a little distance , for the rolling Tuscan hills set off the imaginative colour and the dramatic skyline to remarkable effect . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In his speech , the Prime Minister set out the weak position from which he negotiates on economic and monetary union . |
| 12 | In fact I have just received a copy of ‘ Transport in the 1990s ’ , which is an information pamphlet from the European Commission setting out the European Community 's strategy for transport . |
| 13 | In the bold decision to set up the Kurdish safe-havens and the no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq after the Gulf war , and the decision to intervene militarily in Somalia , we see a significant departure from the principle of absolute sovereignty over domestic matters . |
| 14 | Simpson 's collected sermons set out the Antinomian creed he never retracted . |
| 15 | The conservative think-tanks set about the prevailing wisdom on welfare policy at home , detente with Russia abroad . |
| 16 | Article 10(1) of the European Convention sets out the basic principle which the makers of common and statute law in Britain have never quite mustered the courage to adopt : " Everyone has the right to freedom of expression . |