Example sentences of "set [adv] the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Executive power — the power to set down the broad policies to be followed by the state and the ability to carry out or execute the laws was in the hands of the King , but the means for carrying it out had to be provided by parliament . |
| 2 | In practice it is impossible to maintain any rigorous separation between executive power and legislative power — between the power to set down the broad direction of the state and to carry out the laws , and the power to make laws and general rules — and , in Britain , Bagehot saw the fusion as taking place in the Cabinet which he said was a committee of the legislative body chosen by the Commons to be the executive body and rule the nation . |
| 3 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be stated , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 4 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be states , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 5 | Those leaders have tried to keep their empires isolated from the Darwinian laws of survival , despite the fact that none of the ‘ gods ’ as presented by them has ever been able to set aside the inexorable operation of those laws . |
| 6 | DOCTORS are hoping to persuade North-East sportsmen to set aside the magic sponge for more sophisticated medical techniques . |
| 7 | He is learning to enjoy a new range of sour and bitter flavours , of gamey meat and dungy cheese , to set off the wholesome bread of his daily life . |
| 8 | The seven percent of the first wave fund-holders was allocated £14.5 million to set up the administrative side of the scheme , but the remaining 93 percent were given a total of £19 million in the 1991 autumn statement . |
| 9 | Why else would there already be the reported droves of tour operators and speculators visiting South Africa , if not to set up the same kind of hospitality package deals that South Africans were forced to buy in 1991 ? |
| 10 | Jack Boyle ( Brian Devlin ) showed very good comic timing , helping to set up the comic aspect of the play . |
| 11 | How about a monthly column showing how to set up the ever-expanding range of multi-effects processors to get the sounds made famous by the professionals : eg. Eddie Van Halen 's ‘ brown ’ sound , Brian May 's sound and Nuno Bettencourt 's sound , just to name a few . |
| 12 | All you do is set the input gain to a reasonable level ( the green input level LED flashes gently if there 's too much signal ) and then use the plus/minus switches to set up the desired sound via the graphic . |
| 13 | The Composers Pen instrument screen enables the user to set up the basic layout of the score . |
| 14 | The first thing we need to do is to set up the vertical grid on the page . |
| 15 | The Comintern , completely disregarding their past policy , called upon " all Communist Parties to make yet another attempt to set up the united front of struggle with the social democratic workers through the medium of the social democratic parties " . |
| 16 | It absorbed over £500,000 from Mr Green and his fellow private investors in the capital investment needed to set up the electronic links between the telephone ordering service and wholesaler Heathcote Books ( which did not invest any money ) . |
| 17 | Bott was given huge amounts of space on the inside pages of Ink in December 1971 and January 1972 to set out the scrambled views on life which he was culling from a variety of standard left-wing and anarchist gurus . |
| 18 | In this type of case it is better to set out the two consequences in separate sub-paragraphs . |
| 19 | Before turning to the facts it will be convenient to set out the relevant sections of the Act of 1988 which provide : |
| 20 | It is convenient at this stage to set out the relevant parts of section 7 , as amended by section 65(4) of and Schedule 12 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 : |
| 21 | The three principal tasks of the proposed congress would be ( i ) to set out the broad principles within which the detailed constitutional work could be carried out ; ( ii ) to determine the make-up of the body which would draw up the constitution ; and ( iii ) to establish an interim government to oversee the transition process until a new government was in place . |
| 22 | To set out the agreed priorities of capital schemes . |
| 23 | I think it convenient in this judgment first to set out the salient facts of the case , as found by the judge , and then to consider the authorities from which must be extracted the principles of law and equity to be applied to the facts . |
| 24 | My purpose in the remainder of this chapter is to set out the main principles of exploring multidimensional language states in present-day communities , on the assumption that historical states of language must also have been multidimensional . |
| 25 | Much more common is for the Act to set out the main framework of the legislation , dealing itself with the more important and general matters , but leaving much to be done later by others , particularly the Minister in charge of the sponsoring department . |
| 26 | Our intention in this section is simply to set out the main ideas of monetarism and to compare briefly monetarist policy recommendations with those of Keynesian economists . |
| 27 | You are requested to set out the different theories of the purposes of criminal punishment ( general and particular deterrence , incapacitation , reformation , ethical retribution ) and to consider whether any of these theories can be used to support the conviction in R . |
| 28 | The choice will depend on the sale strategy ; however , if it is decided to set out the detailed procedures in the covering letter it is normal to include brief details in the information memorandum such as dates , KPMG contact staff , and a statement that direct contact should not be made with the management or staff of the business . |
| 29 | I have not thought it necessary to set out the elaborate provisions of subsection ( 7 ) which determine when the proceedings are to be treated as finally determined . |
| 30 | However , the Junkers , instead of facing up to the industrial , economic and social changes that were sweeping Europe , preferred instead to set about the ruthless suppression of any and every gesture of sympathy for the French revolutionaries , and they took military action against the few tiny peeps of protest that emanated from Pomerania . |