Example sentences of "set [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the top of the social scale the five largest houses in 1670 had five hearths apiece , which was hardly grandiose but was sufficient to set them apart from the rest . |
| 2 | The bureaucracy will be remunerated so as to set it apart from the rest of society and reinforce its internal hierarchy . |
| 3 | An Ornaments Rubric included in the 1559 Prayer Book ordered the use of vestments and the alb and cope during the communion service ; and the 1559 injunctions required the clergy to wear the surplice during services , as well as their distinctive outdoor dress which set them apart from the laity . |
| 4 | I set it carefully on the edition of Sophocles by her bed , intending to retrieve it later . |
| 5 | Cadfael removed a simmering pot from the grid on the side of his brazier , set it aside on the earth floor to cool , and added a couple of turfs to damp down the glow , before straightening his back with some caution , and sitting down beside his friend . |
| 6 | I could write at greater length about the many qualities which set it way above the average . |
| 7 | But a subtle critic may well save us a great deal of time , pain and trouble in the learning , for he can set us aright at the outset , and by his example rather than by his assertions show us how to avoid admiring that which is unworthy . |
| 8 | ‘ When it 's time to sleep , why not set her here on the chair to watch over you ? ’ |
| 9 | Our parliamentary tradition and constitutional development and our system of law have set us apart from the continent . |
| 10 | The use in the emperor 's reply of the expression verba precaria is revealing , for it shows already a tendency to treat precatory words as characteristic of trusts , as something which sets them apart from the dispositions of the civil law . |
| 11 | So we share his horror as he observes in himself , experiences almost passively — as if it were happening to someone else — the emergence of the tempting desire to murder Duncan ( ‘ suggestion ’ still had the sense of diabolic temptation ) : There , with amazing speed , and as if parenthetically ( ‘ whose murder yet ’ ) we become privy to the secret that sets him apart from the others on stage , the goal to which all his energies will ultimately be directed . |
| 12 | What sets it apart from the crowd is its ability to produce full colour output of a quality undreamed of on a machine with this price tag a couple of years ago . |
| 13 | It 's what sets us apart from the rest . |
| 14 | I hope that in reading this brochure you will identify some of the essence of Guinness Brewing Worldwide that sets us apart from the crowd . |
| 15 | It set them apart from the start . |
| 16 | Seth rarely talked about the things that set him apart from the rest of mankind . |
| 17 | Her face was grimy with tears and Tony set her gently on the chair . |