Example sentences of "set [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would expect to learn of the success of the Tay landings , and to set off on the seven miles that would take them to the central strongholds of Alba , already besieged by their fellows . |
| 2 | The differences set in with the different ways in which boys and girls may typically ( not ‘ must always ’ ) resolve the Oedipus complex . |
| 3 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
| 4 | Ossie and Tito steal him back and set off for the wild reaches of western Ireland with Byrne , Kelly and their friend Kathleen ( Barkin ) in hot pursuit . |
| 5 | In more and more grounds , fences and grilles have been built around the ‘ ends ’ and the areas set aside for the visiting supporters , further highlighting the sense of territory . |
| 6 | Its comments follow a fresh warning by Sir Gordon Borrie , director-general of Fair Trading , that he will take action against long-term beer supply agreements set up between the big brewers and pubs leased to others . |
| 7 | ‘ If we are to reach our destination and fulfil the objectives set out at the United Nations National Conference , we need firm and committed leadership , ’ he said . |
| 8 | These changes followed from recommendations set out by the Public Accounts Committee ( PAC ) in its Eighth Report of 1986–7 ( HC 98 ) Members said that they wanted documents tailored more specifically to Parliament 's needs in its consideration of departments ' expenditure proposals and put forward three proposals ( Cm. 375 ) . |
| 9 | These bodies insist that their members work to the highest standards set out in the relevant Codes of Practice and strongly recommend that their surveyors are qualified by becoming a Certified Timber Infestation Surveyor ( CTIS ) and Certificated Remedial Damp-proofing Surveyor ( CRDS ) . |
| 10 | ( 1 ) Subject to the provisions of this Act , the permitted hours in licensed premises , licensed canteens and registered clubs shall be those set out in the following provisions of this section . |
| 11 | The assumptions set out in the following paragraphs are central to the recommendations on attainment levels and programmes of study in paragraphs 15.24 to 15.41 . |
| 12 | Article 11 can hardly be said , therefore , to ‘ weaken ’ the Convention it allows States who wish to be more generous to a claimant than the minimum standards set out in the earlier articles to do so , but not for more than minimum standards to be imposed by a requesting State on a requested State . |
| 13 | By making necessary height adjustments to the camel 's feet , the pier would set firmly over the natural irregularities of the foundation . |
| 14 | A MAFF spokesman said that the survey was unnecessary : " Pollution controls are set locally to the nuclear sites . |
| 15 | Counsel 's action of course does not resolve the question whether some or all of these statements ought or ought not to have been disclosed earlier and it will now be convenient to state the accepted procedure with regard to statements , as described in the respondent 's case , and the relevant principles as set forth in the Jamaican authorities . |
| 16 | While it remains unclear to this reader exactly what moral or spiritual relations are set forth in the three stories which comprise the titular parables , Proofs , the main part of the present volume , concerns itself with how the collapse of communism threatens the whole Western intellectual tradition of idealism and asceticism . |
| 17 | I keep sending memos urging them to make a decision now regarding the next one in four year 's time and asking that BBC2 be set aside on the appointed dates for Ryder Cup coverage . |
| 18 | As expenditures on arms decline with the ending of the cold war , there may be more money available for aid , but democratic politics being what they are , few would care to bet on it ; certainly not on any percentage saved being set aside for the developing nations . |
| 19 | The Brazilian Government have recently declared that 94,000 sq kilometres will be set aside for the Yanomami Indians . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the allotment is good and can not be set aside under the above provisions . |
| 21 | It could be conveniently set aside in the changed circumstances after James V 's death , when the real issue became clear . |
| 22 | In one form — the earliest is usually attributed to the Boston Consulting Group , USA — a 3 × 3 matrix is set up on the two axes as in Figure 2.4 . |
| 23 | Members of this house will recall that this matter was raised er in relation to an amendment er at committee stage and we argued during the committee stage of the bill that it was not feasible for an entirely new electoral system to be set up for the European elections in June nineteen ninety four and that it was er silly to apply a different system for the additional six seats to that applying to the other eighty one . |
| 24 | In the light of that enthusiasm is the present Financial Secretary able to tell us how many employee share ownership trusts have been set up under the statutory provisions ? |
| 25 | The situation for the fabliau , the clerk 's desire for the wife , and her vulnerability with her husband away , is rapidly set up with no superfluous details or distractions . |
| 26 | The sponsorship deal between the school and the film company was set up by a former Downs School pupil , who now manages the Phoenix Cinema . |
| 27 | The Southern Africa Centre for Ivory Marketing ( SACIM ) , set up by the four countries , plans a range of measures to exclude poached ivory from the trade , including marking legally obtained ivory with a hologram , bar code and serial number . |
| 28 | A ZANLA terrorist had risen out of the bushes with a Kalashnikov while Mike had been involved in an ambush on the Limpopo river which had been set up by the Selous Scouts , the counterinsurgency tracking teams of the Rhodesian army . |
| 29 | He accepted the ‘ desire to remain neutral ’ , interpreted as ‘ the reluctance of one or other state to participate in military-political blocs set up by the imperialist powers ’ as a ‘ favourable phenomenon ’ . |
| 30 | The arrangements set up by the two Houses differed widely , but they have had in common that their powers derive from the practical assistance given by the United Kingdom Government in the prompt provision of legislative proposals and other Community documents , and from the Government undertaking not to agree any proposal in the Council of Ministers until parliamentary scrutiny is complete . |