Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] [noun] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boys sitting on the right-hand side of the bus , for example , would set up in opposition to the boys on the left in order to have someone to mock and to shout joking imprecations at . |
| 2 | Er Mr Deputy Speaker it 's also quite important that I make clear the Labour party 's position in respect to the article which calls for uniform electoral procedures to be set up for elections to the European parliament . |
| 3 | They had been set up in response to the current level of terrorist activity , but the need for them was assessed daily . |
| 4 | In fact , during my first few months , I have not been able to identify any major differences between the procedures that the Institute has set up in response to the Companies Act and those that I would expect from an ‘ external ’ regulator . |
| 5 | These models from the ‘ me ’ generation are frequently set up in opposition to the ‘ they ’ models of the parents ' generation . |
| 6 | For instance , although close relationships are usually protective , they can sometimes interfere with an adaptive mode of defence such as denial , which a person might be setting up in response to a particularly threatening event . |
| 7 | He dragged himself from the clump of twitch-grass that had been his hiding-place for the last half hour , and shivering violently , set off on foot to the east . |
| 8 | On Monday , 6 September 1773 , Boswell and Johnson left the home of Sir Alexander Macdonald and set off on horseback to a staging-post near their embarkation point for Raasay . |
| 9 | But a CCETSW working party set up in response to the acute shortage of practice placements heard evidence that social workers finishing DipSW courses were having problems finding jobs . |
| 10 | The Qualitas Furnishing Standards Scheme , set up in response to an Office of Fair Trading report in 1990 , was expensive and would need active support if it is to progress . |