Example sentences of "to set [adv] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Leona Helmsley , 71 , the hotel entrepreneur known as Queen Meanie , is to be jailed today , the deadline for Americans to file their tax returns , after a judge refused to set aside her four-year sentence for tax evasion . |
| 2 | According to his contemporary biographer , Richard Sibbes [ q.v. ] , the dominant influence on his early years was his uncle , Sir Henry Yelverton [ q.v. ] , who persuaded him to set aside his early inclination to become a divine and pursue his studies in the law . |
| 3 | ‘ It was stupid , and I suppose I did a bad job of it , but it was not easy , offering to set aside my rigid Old-World principles and give you the freedom you wanted . ’ |
| 4 | Both are only as successful as our ability to set aside our personal agenda in favour of the family unit . |
| 5 | To set off your sensual new style you may have to re-think you make-up . |
| 6 | Now , she judged , his informal look was due only to the casual style of his clothes , a linen jacket in a beige loose-weave designed to set off his sexy tan , and a sort of hand-spun silk T-shirt emphasising the solid muscle underneath . |
| 7 | At the time Jeanne was fascinated by Foujita , the diminutive Japanese artist , who wore gold ear-rings to set off his owl-shaped face and a toga he had woven himself under the influence of Raymond Duncan 's Greek worship . |
| 8 | Major manufacturing companies such as BMW cars had been encouraged to set up their new factories in country areas . |
| 9 | They received this 3 years ' worth of money to set up their new community facilities . |
| 10 | Two men from poor northern city backgrounds , who later became very wealthy , tried to set up their elderly parents in comfort : Andrew Carnegie , American millionaire bachelor , gave his Scots mother , ‘ my best friend and trustiest counsellor ’ , a house and a carriage and pair as he had promised her when young , while a Manchester mill-owner failed to persuade his old mother to spend more than £1 a week , but ‘ would pet her like the sweetheart she was . ’ |
| 11 | With Rank Xerox having just announced that it is to set up its European research centre in the region in the autumn and the Euronews satellite channel destined for the area , Rhone-Alpes is maintaining its momentum . |
| 12 | Announcing storm-damaged figures and government plundering of its profits that left nothing over for investment , Deutsche Bundespost Telekom yesterday said that following its move to set up its cellular operations as a separate company as a first step to privatisation , it was also considering privatising the unit it has created to look after large customers . |
| 13 | American consultant JD Power wants to set up its infamous Customer Satisfaction Index in Britain . |
| 14 | This section describes how to set up your relational database to accept LIFESPAN information and how to configure and run LIFESPAN RDBI . |
| 15 | Charles Frederick , we know , had used his capital to set up his little tobacconist 's business in Cumberland Street ; Emily Jane probably used hers to swell her bottom drawer , and William … well , in a moment of cavalier abandon , he dabbled in running a chandler 's shop there in Brunswick Place . |
| 16 | AUTUMN STATEMENT is this Thursday 's announcement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer which is expected to set out his new economic policy . |