Example sentences of "set [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Finally , in December 1945 , the Ministry of Civil Aviation 's White paper on British air services , Cmd. 6712 , which set down the new government 's aviation policy , was submitted to the Cabinet by Lord Winster .
2 The adrenaline makes her giggle , and still rising noradrenaline levels set off the familiar beat of passion .
3 When they set off the following year on a tour of Australia and New Zealand , William , as well as two nannies and acres of baggage , went too .
4 Another surfaced in African Analaysis suggesting it was an Israeli atomic bomb test which set off the fatal discharge of poisonous gases and the monstrous tidal wave from the lake that swamped the surrounding countryside .
5 Some of its leading citizens acquired great wealth , especially from saffron and wine , and landed property , in the course of the twelfth century , and they displayed their newfound status by building the lofty towers which still make the skyline of the city so beautiful and so absurd — beautiful especially from a little distance , for the rolling Tuscan hills set off the imaginative colour and the dramatic skyline to remarkable effect .
6 These tremendous images … are not the whole of Christ 's teaching , but they set forth the supernatural mystery which is the heart of the teaching … .
7 Somewhat ironically , in view of the detailed , convoluted negotiations of the previous year , the constitutional agreement was not put to the test in the ways intended as the outbreak of war in September 1939 set aside the anticipated position irrevocably .
8 It is true that they set up the great caring institutions for the poor , the handicapped and the sick — forerunners of the welfare state .
9 The 1984 PACE Act , the 1987 Criminal Justice Act ( which set up the Serious Fraud Office ) and the Criminal Justice Act of 1988 all contained measures which strengthened legal powers to investigate fraud .
10 Set up the logical name as follows :
11 It was a hundred almost of the grand stature of that which set up the historic victory here over West Indies a year ago , even if it was reached with a thick edge .
12 The Charters agreed by the Allied Powers which set up the International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo and the judgments of those Tribunals made it clear that everyone , from the lowest private soldier to the highest general and statesman is required to comply with the humanitarian spirit and the generally accepted principles of the laws of war .
13 Set up the Central Legal Office .
14 We were taxed by ethical issues when we set up the elective ventilation protocol : ethics may be defined as what is right , and in turn that can be regarded as behaviour that causes no distress , offence , or indignity in the context of current societal values .
15 J. T. Abbott , the Divisional Organiser , resigned from the Party and formed a Unity Committee which set up the Independent Socialist Party in May 1934 .
16 Last year the Association of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences and the Association of Social Research Organisations set up the Social Science Forum ( SSF ) to campaign on issues that were affecting social scientists .
17 As the hon. Gentleman knows , we set up the National Rivers Authority specifically to respond in the first instance to the sort of pollution incidents to which he refers — this one is a very serious incident .
18 His athletic , shimmying run then set up the second-try for Dewi Morris .
19 Having established our respective rural development frameworks , we have now set up the cross-border steering committee , which comprises officials of the two Departments responsible for rural development .
20 The research will describe the nature of a selection of the strategy and policy initiatives ; set out the empirical evidence used in building the strategy ; assess this against other evidence which might have been used at the time and against current practices ; use this and other evidence to evaluate the effects of policy ; and comment on the main successes and failures of the strategy .
21 However , such disadvantages could be minimized by elaborating the definition of extreme emotional disturbance so as to clarify its extent and its limitations , and by evolving sentencing guidelines which set out the major determinants of culpability .
22 I set out the failed supper .
23 I set out the failed supper .
24 Set out the following in the way shown above .
25 We suggest that you set out the following information in such a way that , in the air , you can select any item immediately , and without confusion .
26 We set out the political context of the strike ( second section ) , before analysing the most notorious mass picket of the dispute , the ‘ Battle of Orgreave ’ .
27 All that was available to claimants was the Supplementary Benefits Handbook which set out the broad basis upon which the SBC exercised its discretion .
28 I have , therefore , taken advantage of your absence on academic business to give the matter more thought and I feel it might be best if I set out the various considerations involved in written form .
29 The following outline of a programme of study , reflection and action is firmly based on WACC 's ‘ Christian Principles of Communication ’ , which ‘ set out the corporate agenda for WACC ’ .
30 Sir John Campbell A.-G. set out the true position correctly , in our judgment , in his oral submissions to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Manning 's Serjeant 's Case ( 1840 ) .
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