Example sentences of "set [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need is primarily for affordable housing ( to buy or rent ) for young people wanting to set up home for the first time , or for the elderly wanting smaller , more manageable accommodation . |
| 2 | So they packed up some pears and pineapples — set off well before the light hours |
| 3 | They set off again at a stately pace . |
| 4 | TWO Britons set off yesterday on the first trans-atlantic hot-air balloon race . |
| 5 | They set off together in the small car , Rose 's girlish smiles and waves only accentuating the picture of the happy couple going on a whole day 's outing alone together . |
| 6 | Did they set up again under a different name ? |
| 7 | " Hotel " is defined by s.139(1) as meaning ( a ) in towns and suburbs a house containing at least four apartments set apart exclusively for the sleeping accommodation of travellers , and ( b ) in rural districts and places of a population of less than 1,000 according to the most recent census a house containing two such apartments . |
| 8 | There seem to be no discoverable rules about the shape of market places , why some take the form of a large open square — often set rather apart from the main flow of traffic — and some a swelling , a sort of aneurism , in the main artery of trade . |
| 9 | After his experiences photographing there , he found it very difficult to continue the rather dull life of a colonial portraitist , and soon set off again for the strange and exotic land of Siam . |
| 10 | The Welshman had set off home in a cold fury . |
| 11 | The luxurious cream decor is set off beautifully by the patterned curtains . |
| 12 | Those who visit the church in late spring and early summer will be entranced by the swifts who have set up home in the upper reaches of the building and wheel about the place , filling the area with their raucous but comforting squealing . |
| 13 | Although formally set out only at a later date ( c.1372 ) , they came to include the rights to create notaries , to legitimize bastards , to grant letters conferring the status of bourgeoisie and nobility , to issue pardons and remissions , to license fairs and markets , to permit suitors to be represented at law by proctors , and to legislate for the common weal of the kingdom . |
| 14 | The doctrines and policy of Sir Kenneth Newman were set out candidly in an unpublished , private lecture to the European Atlantic Group in 1983 , entitled Public Order in Free Societies . |
| 15 | ‘ It will be set very firmly in the 1930s , as this is 1993 , and we ca n't suggest these things are still happening . ’ |
| 16 | Despair overtakes me as soon as I see the dreaded trolleys jammed together ; I always manage to pick one with a crab-like action ; my heart sinks and culinary amnesia sets in somewhere between the tinned fruit and dried pasta . |
| 17 | This section provides a step-by-step guide for users setting up Offline for the first time . |
| 18 | He set off cheerfully for a final phase in Worcestershire , saying complacently , ‘ I do n't want any bands here when I come back . ’ |
| 19 | Joseph lunged toward it , but the sight of him terrorized the gibbon further , and it set off frantically towards the only visible refuge . |
| 20 | FORMER Beirut hostage Brian Keenan and his beautiful blonde wife , Audrey Doyle , set off today for a secret honeymoon destination . |
| 21 | Vite ! " he yelled , clapping his hands , and the coolie set off instantly at a frantic gallop along the boulevard . |
| 22 | The ‘ speeder set off again with a renewed sense of purpose . |
| 23 | Then they form up into single file with as many as fifty in a column , each animal touching the rear end of the one ahead with its stick-like antennae , and set off briskly across the sandy sea floor , heading for deeper water . |
| 24 | Lord Hesketh , the chief whip in the Lords , also went for flower power in the form of a pink carnation set off nicely by a red bow tie and cream shirt . |
| 25 | In his lunch breaks Doisneau pored over books on photography , and at weekends he set off alone with a heavy wooden camera and tripod to capture the first of the ‘ personal ’ photographs that would be the basis of his life 's work . |
| 26 | Meanwhile Saddam Hussein massed troops in northern Iraq in apparent preparation , said the United States , for an attack on the ‘ safe haven ’ set up there for the Iraqi Kurds . |
| 27 | In May , it opened a new petrol station in Hungary , to add to the 15 set up there in the early 1970s . |
| 28 | Party members can leave Britain , set up home on the other side of the world and retain their membership cards under Walworth Road 's overseas membership arrangements . |
| 29 | Each time he scrambled out , took a short rest , and set out again for the next refuge . |