Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was all set out in the recent Security Council resolution to which I referred in my reply and for which we voted . |
| 2 | However , they were not normally set up for the heavy infantryman 's tactics of prolonged defence before a steady advance , although they were misused in these roles at times . |
| 3 | Some have suggested that the time of death should be postdated to the ninth century , arguing that while the reign of Charlemagne ( 768 – 814 ) saw a last futile effort to revive a state-run fiscal system , rigor mortis finally set in with the new barbarian onslaughts of Vikings and Saracens . |
| 4 | A further delay ensued and it was not until July that the two great armies finally set forth on the third anniversary of the Battle of Hattin . |
| 5 | The basic aims were already set out in the original Treaty of Rome ( 1957 ) establishing the European Economic Community . |
| 6 | As it turned out the final Report , published in 1889 after almost five years of investigation , did embody a number of recommendations regarding the education of deaf children in future Education Acts , thus setting out for the first time proper legislation with regard to compulsory entry , ages of admission , the length of education , the size of classes , and even that Principals/Headmasters of boarding institutions had to reside on the premises . |
| 7 | Chewing on her lip in thought , she finally set off towards the ten-gallon drums , reasoning that she might as well try to find out as much as possible while she was here , and run like hell when the time came . |
| 8 | As well as crime for corporations and crimes against corporations ( employee theft ) , there are corporations deliberately set up for the sole purpose of committing criminal activity . |
| 9 | Stalls are still set out in the open air and the market place is hemmed in by shops , banks and public houses whose frontages still respect the ancient property boundaries . |
| 10 | And wherever she might wander , she always set out in the same direction . |
| 11 | Wordsworth did not comment much on these matters in the first edition of his Guide but they are clearly set out in the second edition ( 1820 ) . |
| 12 | There are certain exclusions and these are clearly set out in the appropriate policy . |
| 13 | The liability of the Insurer under a Marine Policy is quite clearly set out in the Marine Insurance Act 1906. — To settle any loss ‘ proximately caused by a peril insured against ’ . |
| 14 | Our hotel which dates to Queen Victoria 's reign is ideally situated , being slightly set back from the busy and noisy seafront road ( A259 ) , but still able to offer a view over Hove Lawns and onto the sea . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , Terling society was highly stratified ; by the later seventeenth century the ‘ better sort ’ were becoming increasingly set apart from the labouring poor . |
| 16 | We were n't far away from the ruins of an old settlement , abandoned at the time of the dreadful Clearances by islanders who , driven by impossible conditions , bravely set out for the unknown territories of Canada to start their lives afresh . |
| 17 | On the Iraqi side of the frontier , the town of al-Amarah , on the easternmost of the three Baghdad-Basrah roads , was seldom free of military activity , with convoys of trucks and armour pouring into it , and private cars and taxis carrying battlefield coffins on their roofs frequently setting off in the opposite direction . |
| 18 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |
| 19 | He examined the gallery , then set off along the left-hand corridor where the men 's bedrooms were . |
| 20 | It could be conveniently set aside in the changed circumstances after James V 's death , when the real issue became clear . |
| 21 | Christian roadblocks were therefore set up at the eastern end of the Ring motorway and the first 40 Muslim men to arrive at the Christian checkpoint , some of them travelling with their wives and children in their family cars to homes in east Beirut , were taken beneath the overpass and had their throats cut . |
| 22 | I have therefore set out on the attached sheet the recommended Council Tax structure at the senior level . |
| 23 | Despite the wear and tear of many a performance it 's still a cracking guitar , with its classically timeless shape beautifully set off by the tobacco-yellowed binding . |
| 24 | In other words , the power of the Spirit is specifically set out as the energising principle in Jesus ' healing ministry |
| 25 | Any further specifications must be specifically set out in the relevant order . |