Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when diminishing marginal returns set in in 1983-4 , further increases in duty deterred consumption leading to falling sales and eventually lower tax revenue for the Treasury . |
| 2 | Armed with buckets , nets and battery airpumps , I set off with two willing helpers aged nine and eleven to the seaside . |
| 3 | Right hand gear change , non-synchromesh gearbox and in a very odd posture for driving , they set off for 5 laps in these amazing cars . |
| 4 | I set off at 5 am but those Sussex lanes are pitch dark , and hilly ! |
| 5 | We set off at ten , collected Coconut and bowled along to the woods . |
| 6 | We set off at seven in the morning after a particularly frantic bout of making-up : all three hijras cleaned their teeth with neem twigs , smudged on great quantities of lipstick and dusted their faces with blusher . |
| 7 | They set off on 17 January , carried by Captain Hunter 's LRDG patrol and navigated once again by Mike Sadler . |
| 8 | From Scotland Yard , Nigel Cramer and six officers set off in two patrol cars , their sirens howling up Whitehall and down the Mall to pick up Park Lane and the road north out of London . |
| 9 | ( 5 ) The setting up of ad hoc sub-committees ( committees set up for one purpose only and disbanded after their task is accomplished ) is a useful technique to make sure that the Hon. |
| 10 | Set up in 1987 , Futuroscope calls itself an image park . |
| 11 | Set up in 1981 and operated by the Department of Trade and Industry , the LGS has been heavily criticised as a tool for helping channel funds to small business because of the high cost of the funds involved . |
| 12 | Set up in 1991 , the service has received requests for traces from over 15,000 people and possible pension source has been located in over 90 per cent of cases . |
| 13 | Through Colquhoun and MacBryde , who were receiving patronage from two sisters who lived in Lewes , Mrs Frances Byng Stamper and Caroline Byng Lucas , he became associated with the Society of London Painters-Printers which set up in 1948 , in conjunction with the Redfern Gallery . |
| 14 | In France the now outmoded system of jeunes de langue created by Colbert was gradually replaced by the more up-to-date teaching provided by the Ecole Spéciale des Langues Orientales Vivantes set up in 1795 . |
| 15 | Set up in 1979 under the chairmanship of Anthony Ramp ton , its original brief was primarily concerned with the causes of ethnic minority , and especially ‘ West Indian ’ , ‘ underachievement ’ . |
| 16 | Set up in 1979 [ see p. 29817 ] , the primary aim of the SADCC had been to counter economic destabilization by , and regional dependence on , apartheid South Africa . |
| 17 | The Ozone Trends Panel , a working party of scientists set up in 1986 by NASA , has calculated a three per cent depletion in stratospheric ozone on a global level since 1969 . |
| 18 | Set up in 1980 to turn Kuwait 's oil and gas interests into an international company , the company has bought up most of Gulf Oil 's European assets . |
| 19 | State owned funds — those which manage the Business Expansion Scheme ( Set up in 1983 to encourage investment by private investors in unquoted companies , through tax relief at their marginal rate up to £40,000 in a year ) and the Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies , set up to fund growth in their particular areas . |
| 20 | Set up in 1983 under the Finance Act , the BES has been a major facilitator of the channelling of funds to businesses ( Peat Marwick 1986 ) , many of which would apparently not have been able to raise capital without the help of the BES , although it was also reported that very little of the funds were provided for seedcorn businesses . |
| 21 | Set up in 1985 mainly to service the supermarket sector , Elm 's emphasis on technical innovation , product quality and customer service helped it build a strong customer base and penetrate international markets . |
| 22 | Set up in 1984 , Radio RIN currently broadcasts for 20 hours a day and successfully competes with many of the country 's commercial stations . |
| 23 | Set up in 1942 under the unpromising name of the Taxation and Financial Relations Committee , the TAC was designed to provide a forum ( and perhaps a safety valve ) for the growing number of business members who at that time were excluded from Council membership , but who wished to contribute their business experience to the consideration of taxation and financial issues . |
| 24 | Set up in 1972 , the NRC is not a permanent body and is only activated in times of crisis — as during the miners ' strike , from which two developments of particular importance emerged . |
| 25 | Set up in 1972 it was established with £3 million to help parents with the costs of some special provisions . |
| 26 | In the Habsburg territories Joseph I set up in 1709 a new permanent committee of nine officials to control foreign affairs . |
| 27 | The Labour Party was developing from the federation of industrial and political organizations set up in 1900 . |
| 28 | Set up in 1851 , the first of these precursors of the CWS was the London-based Central Co-operative Agency . |
| 29 | Set up in 1920 by actor Leslie Howard and director Adrian Brunel among others , with the hope that they could do something about ‘ raising the standards of British films ’ , the company had only enough capital to produce six short comedies . |
| 30 | Set up in 1975 , CITES regulates trade by its 103-member nations in hundreds of rare and endangered species from orchids to orang utans . |