Example sentences of "[noun pl] and set [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim here is to look at its political and social repercussions and to set it in the wider context of central-local administrative relations . |
| 2 | He baited his baskets and set them in the water , he was so cunning ! |
| 3 | She picked it up and set it on her knee , then began taking out the yellow and black wooden pieces and setting them on the board . |
| 4 | Some observers also calculate that , if one takes account of the profits forgone from these enterprises in future years and sets them against the revenues raised now , the government may have sold the assets at too low a price . |
| 5 | His purpose in writing was to recount the human stories of all his fellow parishioners and their ancestors and to set them against the physical environment and administrative framework of the place where they lived . |