Example sentences of "set down [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The geostationary communications satellites placed high above the Pacific to link the banking and trading centres of South-East Asia , Japan and Australasia with those of North America preside over a ‘ window ’ of the planetary territory of geometrically fixed size — rather as if a cone , a dunce 's cap , the height of which is equivalent to the altitude necessary for a satellite 's geostationary orbit , had been set down over the ocean .
2 Hammond moved from the doorway , picking up the map Kim had set down on the table .
3 And yet that inn , the Hotel de perigord , being set down by the Dronne , is on the outskirts of Aubeterre. for Aubeterre is a hilltown , set on a chalky cliff above the river ( whence the name — Aubeterre , Alba Terra ) .
4 Of even greater strategic importance to the review was a condition set down by the Chancellor at the very beginning .
5 In the ever changing conditions of real life the clinician would adjust any regimen to the patient 's particular needs ; in contrast , the researcher would do his or her best to make the patient conform with the standard set down by the protocol .
6 The new constitution would , however , have to conform to a series of guidelines to be set down by the SLORC .
7 Read every word and study the plans , before and after your survey , and if you do not understand any point , or if what you see or have seen is at variance with what is set down in the documents , then it is VITAL that you consult your solicitor before exchanging contracts .
8 Not surprisingly , then , their package of proposals for constitutional change has much in common with the perspective set down in the last section .
9 He was claiming that next year his chairmanship would last a day longer than set down in the rules .
10 Not everything is set down in the rules , but it is the practice to provide those papers .
11 In addition , he confirmed that the previously scheduled municipal and regional elections would go ahead on Nov. 8 , that elections for a new Congress would be held on Feb. 23 , 1993 , and that he would not remain in office beyond his term of 1995 , as set down in the 1979 Constitution .
12 I er , move the motions set down in the order paper and , does anybody else wish to speak on this ?
13 A further 3 would be set down before the century 's end .
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