Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where several holes were to be tired it was possible to set them off in a desired order by lighting in appropriate sequence . |
| 2 | There was little enthusiasm , then , as the paper moved towards the alien financial world of the City to set itself up as a public limited company . |
| 3 | It sets out , by example as well as by direct command , the differences between right and wrong , so that the man who measures his conduct by Bible standards gains from it both " reproof " when he is in the wrong and " correction " to set him back on a right course . |
| 4 | I have a 30 gallon corner tank , and would like to set it up for a Black Peacock , Pterois volitans . |
| 5 | And accordingly they treat it , as if , in the present age , this were an agreed point , among all people of discernment ; and nothing remained , but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule , as it were by way of reprisals , for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world . |
| 6 | Anna Wolska , heiress to the palace of Wilanow outside Warsaw , and the Potocki and Branicki collections in it , has offered to set it up as a public institution . |
| 7 | Since this issue of the NI is devoted to language we thought we might join them for once , but give our own particular slant and maybe set you off in a different direction . |
| 8 | She knew she should reply with some light-hearted quip which would set everything down on a matter-of-fact level and make her meaning plain , but quips were beyond her . |
| 9 | Early last week the Sun apologised for saying he had never had a real job , but in truth a four-year stint as a tutor organiser in industrial and trade unions at the Workers ' Educational Association 25 years ago does not exactly set him up for a glittering new career . |
| 10 | Oh yes , I was assuming that erm a I do , I did n't really set it out as a formal agenda just as a |
| 11 | But if we are going to accuse them of this then we had better also accuse them of inventing the doctrine of the Trinity , for although the New Testament provides evidence for such a cardinal Christian belief it does not set it out in a clear or distinct fashion . |
| 12 | I then produce a 5 by 4 or a 10 by 8 colour transparency and set it up on a light table . |
| 13 | Toby had reappeared with the tray , and set it down on a small marble table , before Jackson was aware of his presence . |
| 14 | ‘ I watch everything I can because I feel this is a tie that could set us up for a good run in Europe , ’ added Creaney . |
| 15 | He has set himself up as a left-wing leader taking on the Government , ’ Mr Clarke said . |
| 16 | When Margie had mentioned his association with Greg Martin , the financier who had made him the loan which had set him up in a small showroom and enabled him to move the sewing machines out of the living room and into a work room , Hugo became not so much evasive as totally silent . |
| 17 | Its excellent PR and the enthusiasm of the press might simply have set it up for a great fall if the use of its powers had proved to be weak or ineffective . |
| 18 | ‘ Another particularly odious corruption is the scholar who sets himself up as a unique authority on a certain painter , with the specific knowledge that , in cornering the market , his opinion will be essential for anyone dealing with works by that artist . |
| 19 | He has to compose around something , so his isolating ( once strident ) individualism sets him up for a Bowiesque plummet into British nationalism and a flirtation with racism with overtures to the Nazis . |
| 20 | Iggy Pop handled the first of four keynote speeches with admirable aplomb , setting himself up for a neat career in stand-up comedy after this rock 'n' roll malarkey is over . |
| 21 | Ron Rooney objects to Dr Mitchell setting himself up as a moral censor ( Chem . |
| 22 | ‘ And I 'm quite sure that you are exactly my style ! ’ he added smoothly , removing the champagne glass from her trembling hand and setting it down on a nearby table . |
| 23 | The unconscious seems involved in a deep way , in part due to their setting themselves up as a Chosen People of God the Father . |
| 24 | Fortunately , the high camp of ‘ Goldfinger ’ , ‘ The World We Knew ’ and Brazil ’ set them up for a storming end . |
| 25 | Fortunately , the high camp of ‘ Goldfinger ’ , ‘ The World We Knew ’ and Brazil ’ set them up for a storming end . |
| 26 | Finally , my old friend Alistair Sampson set me up with a cheerful office over his shop in the Brompton Road , where I am gathering stock and beginning life again . |
| 27 | Leftwich moved to London and set himself up as a wholesale confectioner , with outlets in Fleet Street and Kingston upon Thames . |
| 28 | He set himself up as a one-man cult . |
| 29 | Australian Daryl Beattie , 23 , covering for Gardner , set himself up for a top-three finish at the first attempt as a factory-supported rider . |
| 30 | On July 12 , 1989 , the Grey Panthers , formerly a group of some 25,000 members within the Greens reflecting the interests of older citizens , split away and set itself up as a new political party called the Greys ( die Grauen ) . |