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

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1 With Sir John Leveson , he was ordered to set up provision for the poor and to enforce the order of Privy Council of 1598 , and by this order they were both assessed in the Parish of Halling , Sir John for 7s 4d and Lambarde 6s and the whole total for Halling being £4 5s 8d .
2 A clever employee would be able to set up business outside the restricted area and be able to serve former customers from there if ( a ) did not exist .
3 THREE women widowed in the Gulf war have been told by Government officials that they will not set aside money from the publicly-donated Gulf Trust to help them with an education fund for their children .
4 Perhaps the first task facing Mr Chris Patten , or whoever takes over from the current Governor , Lord Wilson , will be to break the deadlock over whether the People 's Liberation Army of China should set up shop in the glossy commercial heart of Hong Kong island .
5 They set up camp on the uninhabited island ; and started a barbecue .
6 The other groups had set up camp on the far side , waiting for a few clear days and the worst of the snow to melt .
7 Our research suggests that after the sale of the music business to Thorn , the trusts would have got about four hundred and fifty million pounds , even after paying off debts and setting aside money for the initial expansion of Virgin Atlantic , that would still leave about two hundred and fifty million .
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