Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [adv] [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How a long-net is used to surround a warren , with one or more nets set internally to subdivide the enclosed area to restrict rabbit movements . |
| 2 | The Truman Administration had already been forced by Congress to end Lend-Lease ; many of the joint boards set up to co-ordinate the Anglo-American war effort were summarily dismantled ; and , although the Combined Policy Committee and the Combined Development Trust survived , the flow of technical information , on which Britain was depending to set up her own atomic establishments , began to dry up . |
| 3 | Four horses and riders set out to complete the cross-country course , although only three must finish to score . |
| 4 | Over the next 13 years , the regulations set out to achieve a 70 per cent cut in hydrocarbon emissions . |
| 5 | from the beginning , the partners set out to offer a global service , establishing a European and North American network of associated consultancies , shortly to be extended to the far East . |
| 6 | On the night of the attack , Jordan and Corporal Bourmont each with four men set off to raid the two airfields at Derna . |
| 7 | Run-of-mine-material was brought out of the mine in horse drawn mine waggons ( sometimes it was carted ) and tipped onto sloping grizzleys of strong iron bars set apart to allow an undersize of 4 in . |
| 8 | Darwin and his followers set out to explain the global distribution of animals and plants by postulating a complex sequence of migrations limited by geographical barriers . |