Example sentences of "set down [prep] [art] " 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 | The sound of a glass being set down on a table , then a door closing . |
| 3 | For , all in the instant of his book and glass being set down on a nearby table ‘ You 're afraid of me , Fabia ? ’ he demanded to know in a straightforward , no nonsense manner . |
| 4 | Hammond moved from the doorway , picking up the map Kim had set down on the table . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | Of even greater strategic importance to the review was a condition set down by the Chancellor at the very beginning . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The new constitution would , however , have to conform to a series of guidelines to be set down by the SLORC . |
| 9 | If she will take you , you will be set down in a bare heath , on a great stone , which is made of granite and is the gate to your adventure , though it will seem to have been fixed and unmoving since the making of the world . |
| 10 | Thus , a whole range of decisions would not be left merely to the instinct of the doctor , good though he or she may be , but would be set down in a form which is at the same time authoritative , yet flexible and able to change if circumstances demand . |
| 11 | Since the mere association of words will not unambiguously point to meaning , the words need to be set down in a particular arrangement . |
| 12 | The sedan chair was set down in a space of its own , and the curtains drawn aside . |
| 13 | She was set down in a quiet side-street near the Madeleine . |
| 14 | She was hazily aware of being set down in a chair , then her head was pushed none too gently between her knees . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Not surprisingly , then , their package of proposals for constitutional change has much in common with the perspective set down in the last section . |
| 17 | He was claiming that next year his chairmanship would last a day longer than set down in the rules . |
| 18 | Not everything is set down in the rules , but it is the practice to provide those papers . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I er , move the motions set down in the order paper and , does anybody else wish to speak on this ? |
| 21 | A further 3 would be set down before the century 's end . |