Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In several European countries there were disclosures during November concerning clandestine anti-communist units , apparently set up at the height of the Cold War in the 1950s and intended to lie dormant for activation in the event of a communist takeover . |
| 2 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 3 | Consider for a moment the bustle of the scene a hundred years ago , with horse-drawn barges and occasional steam tugs nearing the end of their journeys or perhaps setting out on the return trip towards the sea . |
| 4 | The new requirements are largely set out in the Building Societies ( Accounts and Related Provisions ) Regulations 1992 , although where the change necessitated a change to the 1986 Act itself , that has been effected through the s 104 mechanism , which enables company law to be applied to building societies by Order . |
| 5 | The arrangements for such a meeting are normally set out in the articles of association of the company . |
| 6 | Very quickly , however , the three young people began to exert over one another the complex mutual attraction which remained characteristic of their relationship , and more than three weeks passed before Coleridge finally set off on the road back to Stowey . |
| 7 | Rapid weight loss may have made you feel good at the time , but depression and frustration soon set in as the pounds or kilos slowly creep back on again . |
| 8 | These calculations can be easily set up on a computer spreadsheet and variations may be performed to determine the best-looking selection according to the investor 's risk-return preferences . |
| 9 | Stephen had already set off down the path . |
| 10 | In a report entitled ‘ Disability , Discrimination and Employment ’ the Committee calls for new legislation , on principles similar to those already set out in the law prohibiting sex and race discrimination . |
| 11 | The longer stretch which contains the Creole part of the turn , beginning with " I did n't mind " and ending " but to dance " — disrupts this pattern and is thus set off from the rest of the turn . |
| 12 | IF EAST GERMANY finally sets out on the path to reform without further bloodshed and repression , it will be largely thanks to the efforts of the Protestant church . |
| 13 | Buffy was a young man at the time , just setting out on the journey of life , if you know what I mean . |
| 14 | Dang and I finally set out for the village where she wanted to start the ‘ cottage industry ’ . |
| 15 | We finally set out in the evening . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) The purposes referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above are : ( a ) the sale or supply to persons taking table meals in the premises of alcoholic liquor supplied in a part of the premises usually set apart for the service of such persons , and supplied for consumption by such a person in that part of the premises as an ancillary to his meal ; and ( b ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor so supplied . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) The purposes referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above are : ( a ) the sale or supply to persons taking table meals in the premises of alcoholic liquor supplied in a part of the premises usually set apart for the service of such persons , and supplied for consumption by such a person in that part of the premises as an ancillary to his meal ; and ( b ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor so supplied . |
| 18 | ( ii ) [ repealed 1981 c. 23 , Sched. 4. ] ( 2 ) While this section applies to any premises , the effect shall be that for the purposes mentioned in subsection ( 3 ) below there shall be permitted hours in those premises on Sundays , such permitted hours being the period between half-past twelve and half-past two in the afternoon and the period between half-past six and eleven in the evening ( 3 ) The purposes referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above are : ( a ) the sale or supply to persons taking table meals in the premises of alcoholic liquor supplied in a part of the premises usually set apart for the service of such persons , and supplied for consumption by such a person in that part of the premises as an ancillary to his meal ; and ( b ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor so supplied . |
| 19 | The strategy which controls the frequency , duration and destination is usually set up on a systems availability base rather than being controlled by the quantity of data to be transferred and its " design delay " costs . |
| 20 | Their books are usually set nostalgically in the past — the Thirties and Forties are favourite periods — and often feature the perennial characters of fairy tales and nursery rhymes . |
| 21 | If this area is not available an alternative pavilion is specially set apart to the south or north of the temple , the stone or wood being placed in the centre of this structure and worshipped with flowers and various other offerings . |
| 22 | any motor vehicle standing on a part of a road specially set aside for the parking of vehicles , or as a stand for hackney carriages , or as a stand for public service vehicles , or as a place at which such vehicles may stop for a longer time than is necessary for the taking up and setting down of passengers where compliance with this regulation would conflict with the provisions of any order , regulations or byelaws governing the use of such part of a road for that purpose ; |
| 23 | Social groups are often deliberately set up for a purpose . |
| 24 | Of the two European companies that did become members , Méliès had built its fortunes around the genius of one innovative filmmaker , whereas Pathé had deliberately set out on an internationalist path , making films not only in France but also in Britain , the US , Italy , Germany , Russia and Japan . |
| 25 | The sun would still rise and still set regardless of the fact that she would never see him again . |
| 26 | Once this conviction had been acquired , however , it became almost impossible to dislodge it , and they came to see themselves as an elite , chosen people permanently set apart from the majority of their unregenerate contemporaries . |
| 27 | Scottish Natural Heritage ( SNH ) has been formally set up from the merger of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Countryside Commission for Scotland . |
| 28 | In this paper , we follow this idea first formally set out in the economics literature by Akerlof ( 1980 ) in the context of a fair wage , and extended to trade unions by Booth ( 1984a , 1985 ) , Naylor ( 1989 , 1990 ) , and Naylor and Cripps ( 1989 ) . |
| 29 | Stones were also set up along the Great North Road in 1708 , but the first true milestone to be set up in Britain since Roman times was that at Trumpington , just outside Cambridge , in 1727 , where it is still to be seen . |
| 30 | They were also set up as a way of avoiding off-site referral . |