Example sentences of "set [adv] [prep] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( p 114 ) . |
| 2 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that a company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( see Marshall v Industrial Systems and Control Ltd [ 1992 ] IRLR 294 ) . |
| 3 | He based his case on the EAT 's decision in Laughton v Bapp Industrial Supplies Ltd [ 1986 ] IRLR 245 , which said that an employee did not breach his duty of loyalty merely by indicating an intention to set up in competition with the employer in the future . |
| 4 | The Squadron had originated as the idea of a New Englander , Norman Prince , who had learned to fly in Massachusetts in 1914 , and then set off to France with the intention of forming a unit for American volunteer flyers . |
| 5 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 6 | However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour . |
| 7 | The farmer 's wife has kindly pressed my kilt and I set off into town with a small group of Commandos , all of us determined to enjoy ourselves , and , of course , to sort out the local French girls . |
| 8 | NICK FALDO and Tom Kite , the reigning Open champions on both sides of the Atlantic , will meet ‘ head to head ’ when they set off in pursuit of the second major title of the golfing year in the US Open on Thursday . |
| 9 | The night was dark as we set off in file through the trees after checking our weapons . |
| 10 | The balloons , which set off from Maine on the US East Coast , were moving last night towards Newfoundland . |
| 11 | The dacha was owned by a doctor who , Vasili reasoned , would be able to snap Lena out of her trance ; then the two of them could set off for Tula on the banks of the River Don where they would lie low until , with time , the investigation wound down . |
| 12 | However , they are usually symptomatic of something else ; people do n't set off for work with the intention of causing a communication breakdown . |
| 13 | Boys sitting on the right-hand side of the bus , for example , would set up in opposition to the boys on the left in order to have someone to mock and to shout joking imprecations at . |
| 14 | Set up with help from a government subsidy aimed at encouraging renewable energy projects , the plant burns poultry litter from surrounding farms . |
| 15 | Aidan Canavan , chairman of the Dairy Farm Project — set up with aid from the International Fund for Ireland — said : ‘ The centre is one of the examples where success can be achieved by people getting together to work for their community in a non-sectarian way . |
| 16 | Between the build-up to the national railway dispute in 1907 and the end of 1909 no fewer than sixty-seven new boards were established , not including those set up as part of the settlement of the rail strike itself . |
| 17 | Nahum told her that a teacher 's needed for one of the permanent Romany camps set up in Kent by a preacher . |
| 18 | Set up in agreement with the Board of Trade and the Department of Social Security , the ER scheme allows new entrepreneurs to set up in business for three months without losing any state benefits . |
| 19 | Set up after publication of the Taylor Report for England and Wales ( see 1977 Taylor ) , this working party recommended that each school in Northern Ireland too ( with the possible exception of small primary schools ) should have a board of governors . |
| 20 | An hour before then , a force of grenadiers will set out on foot from the village down the road . |
| 21 | Do they wait by their car … or do they set out in search of a phone ? |
| 22 | The first evening we left the children with some of the helpers and my husband , David , and I set out to Mass at the convent . |
| 23 | With the Frankish Church 's new emphasis on godparental obligations , such a reinforcing of a biological kin-tie by a spiritual one became an adroit response to the dangers set out by Charlemagne in the 806 division-project . |
| 24 | We get up at 7 a.m. , and have breakfast at 7.30 ( now it 's getting to be more like 7.45 ! ) before we set out by car for the Institute where we start teaching at 8.30 . |
| 25 | ‘ If they set out from Tara at the hour they intended , they will have gone down the forest road hours earlier . ’ |
| 26 | A convoy of four low-loaders carrying the dismantled D furnace and accompanied by a police escort set out from Brymbo for the docks yesterday . |
| 27 | They imposed a new regularity on Lewes life , meeting in the now-vanished Town House they built in 1564 , set apart with style from the lesser people . |
| 28 | Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 29 | Targets and constraints should be set down in accordance with the ambitions of the development plan . |
| 30 | His broad shoulders and powerful legs were set off to perfection by the excellent cut , while a snow-white silk shirt emphasised his tanned , rugged face . |