Example sentences of "be set [adv] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Guv'nor says you 're to set off on the side nearest him , ’ Bob said briefly . |
| 2 | Even afterwards at Four Winds , where a marquee had been set up on the lawn , and the guests mingled , Merrill still saw the affair as a disjointed series of impressions . |
| 3 | The terms and conditions of the policy are set out on the Certificate of Insurance . |
| 4 | Models enable complex relationships to be set up on the computer in numerical form rather than in the form of subjective statements . |
| 5 | It was hoped that a small part of those works could stay in operation , renovating locomotives and rolling stock and that eventually a heritage museum could be set up on the site . |
| 6 | In theory , a limited partnership could be set up on the retirement of a working partner , where the continuing partners experience difficulty in acquiring the outgoing partner 's share by an immediate cash payment . |
| 7 | Clearly , if a person has contracted to buy his own goods from someone else , the contract can be set aside on the basis of mistake and any money paid over will be recoverable because of total failure of consideration . |
| 8 | Capricorn applied for the service of the writ to be set aside on the ground that the London address did not consitute a place of business in Great Britain or that if service was good , Capricorn sought a stay on the ground of lis alibi pendens in Ohio . |
| 9 | The board applied for that order to be set aside on the ground that there was no jurisdiction to make it . |
| 10 | In this case the court was concerned with the question whether the transactions between the bank and the wife should be set aside on the ground of undue influence exerted over the wife by the husband . |
| 11 | The debtor obtained an order from the county court that the statutory demand and bankruptcy petition be set aside on the ground that the service of the statutory demand had contravened the provision in section 69(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 that ‘ no action shall be brought ’ to recover any costs due to a solicitor within one month of the bill having been delivered . |
| 12 | And that was plucked out by its roots , and two rows were set up on the green ; boys and girls were in each row . |
| 13 | Having established that they had no signs of any fatigue cracks on the rear spar chord , the left and right stabilisers from two different aircraft were set up on the test rig . |
| 14 | Many new shipping companies formed in the late 1800's were set up on the strength of the coal markets . |
| 15 | Notice boards were set up on the College house , and at the corner of the road . |
| 16 | Comprising two lakes , each of about three acres and generally from 12 to 18 feet deep , the fishery is set attractively on the edge of the Breckland forests and adjacent to the River Lark . |
| 17 | It 's the result of a big process by individual departments , erm , it is set out on the basis of departments priorities . |
| 18 | Izvestiya of March 5 published a letter from Yegor Yakovlev , head of the Ostankino state television and radio company [ for its formation in December see p. 38655 ] , to CIS heads of state , proposing that an international broadcasting company be set up on the basis of the Ostankino company . |
| 19 | If more than one yacht visited , a barbecue was set up on the beach , and many a bleary Azorian dawn was witnessed as a result . |
| 20 | In a similar manner to the interview analysis technique , a record was set up on the database for each activity using the numerical codes as an identifier , and a second field used to type in all information needed or produced by that activity . |
| 21 | The software for the 1991 SAS/LBS was set up on the assumption that the Census data was fixed and unchanging ; however , this proved to be unrealistic . |
| 22 | The ‘ Great Debate ’ , initiated by James Callaghan in 1977 , was set up on the premise that education was failing . |
| 23 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |