Example sentences of "set [adv] the [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between that date and 11 February 1987 the plaintiffs succeeded in raising a sum sufficient to meet the liabilities , the maximum amount of which had been quantified in the course of proceedings by Mr. Shamji who had sought unsuccessfully to set aside the appointment of the receivers . |
| 2 | But just before this happens , while the taste of melancholy on his tongue is strong enough to set off the sweetness of the place , and of his freedom to enjoy it , but not yet strong enough to overpower it , he sees the woman who is gazing at him from the balustrade of a terrace looking down on the street . |
| 3 | Well if one of those flats is for you , here 's just the thing to set off the view from the window . |
| 4 | He crossed to the window to set wide the shutter on the last night of May , and heave the smokiness of his long closeted hours out of him in great , assuaging breaths . |
| 5 | Believing that artisans should be well housed , his last initiative was to set up the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Villages in 1884 . |
| 6 | ‘ I saw him as fleeing the violent campus situation in America for the peaceful English countryside on a conscious level , while on an unconscious level he would begin to set up the conflict in the small town he went to . |
| 7 | It also demands that someone is skilled enough to set up the stylesheets in the first place unless you want to stick with the standard set provided by Xerox . |
| 8 | The interval between the two sets was the time needed to set up the instrument for the lower illumination passing through the filter , about twenty minutes . |
| 9 | You can use the PANEL ( ) to set up the parameters of the serial port ( speed , parity , etc ) . |
| 10 | The objectives of the policy are firstly to set out the attitude of the Wedgwood Group and , to elaborate on methods of dealing with alcohol problems in the workplace . |
| 11 | Julia cleared the glasses from round the room and prepared to set out the coffee on the drum table beside the chief armchair . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm helping to set out the stalls for the hospital bazaar — should be back about midday , ’ she called , as she let herself out of the house . |
| 13 | In connection with the role you have asked me to undertake in the dispute between Mr D Smith and the other directors of and shareholders in Smith & Co Limited , I am writing to set out the nature of the responsibilities which you wish me to perform . |
| 14 | It would be wise to set out the nature of the problem , because it is not one problem but many . |
| 15 | We 've got to be able to set out the implications of the decisions , that may or may not be made , and priorities at a given time . |
| 16 | When the House of Lords rejected the Budget proposals of the Liberal government in 1909 , the response of that government was to set about the emasculation of the House of Lords . |
| 17 | We will set down the bones of the left critique of pluralism in this chapter , but will attend to the more positive aspects of the left perspective on British politics in later chapters . |
| 18 | Third , we will set down the perspective of the Left within the Labour Party — the party that has very belatedly come to an awareness of the significance of constitutional politics and of the need for change . |
| 19 | Much of his conversation , uttered in the flat voice which set off the originality of the content , conveyed in this way infinite nuances of banter and irony . |
| 20 | I set up the bottle on the bedside table and a fresh pack of cigarettes . |
| 21 | If you set up the water to the right parameters , there is no reason why you should no be able to keep this species successfully . |
| 22 | ‘ We set up the stand outside the Prince of Wales at ten to three on Saturday afternoons when the pub used to chuck them out , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Erm fact that you set up the scene for the introductions and you asked for it that you , you know , took and reduced those people to an image of which was good . |
| 24 | Twenty green-minded companies set up the network with the aim of raising awareness of environmental issues . |
| 25 | Even if a document such as a catalogue or price list is not an offer in law , there is no reason why it can not set out the terms of the offer , for instance by indicating that the party who issues it will only contract on those terms . |
| 26 | There is no reason why the clause should not set out the detail of the procedure , such as time limits by which representations have to be made , and whether representations are to be exchanged simultaneously between the parties or served consecutively like pleadings . |
| 27 | A ‘ residence order ’ will say where the children will live ; and a ‘ contract order ’ will set out the arrangements for the other parent to see the children — what used to be called access . |
| 28 | The following paragraphs set out the response of the University of Oxford to the HEFCE 's invitation in circular letter 17/93 to submit information on its strategic plans and financial forecasts up to 1996–7 . |
| 29 | Set out the rights of the European citizen . |
| 30 | The judge then set out the terms of the order sought and in the event obtained and continued : |