Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , so I 'm going to meet him at Temple Meads and we 're going to set off to the Marquis family abode . |
| 2 | Although he showed particular fondness for Jessie , John certainly was not generous to the couple when after the war her husband wanted to set up in the textile business in Newcastle . |
| 3 | Jack agreed and they set off down the track side , treading carefully in case they tripped over signal wire . |
| 4 | But at least they had the car and , forcing one of the Germans to drive , they set off along the coast road towards Mersa Brega . |
| 5 | From there they set off to the landing ground which was Fraser 's target . |
| 6 | He placed his arm round my waist , which gave me a pleasurable feeling I 'd never experienced , and then we set off to the picture house . |
| 7 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 8 | Side by side , a matching pair , both in their best clothes , they set off for the police station on Royal Hill . |
| 9 | After such a day of damage it was a somewhat depleted fleet which set off on the return journey on Sunday . |
| 10 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 11 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
| 12 | The first should consist of short courses for teachers brought about by expanding the teachers ' centres set up for the Nuffield mathematics and science projects , and should include a one-term secondment in every seven years . |
| 13 | Replacing the old structure which had been closely linked to the CPCz , the new Confederation of Czechoslovak Trade Unions was immediately joined by over 30 unions — both restructured existing unions and new ones set up since the November revolution . |
| 14 | Set up under the Bonn Convention on migratory species , the agreement obliges its members — Belgium , Denmark , Finland , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Luxembourg , the Netherlands , Norway , Sweden and the UK — to protect bats in the various ways that bats can be protected : finding out where they are and conserving their habitats , studying them , controlling pesticides and stopping people from killing them . |
| 15 | Many ex-army tradeswomen set up in the brewing trade , opening licensed houses where they could . |
| 16 | Britain had sunk vast capital sums into the military installations set up in the Suez Canal Zone and at Alexandria to serve the British campaigns in the Mediterranean during the Second World War . |
| 17 | In addition to jobs , the measurable benefits of economic TNPs include the exports due to foreign firms , and the backward linkages that they set up in the host economy , that is the locally produced goods and services they purchase , either from existing firms or from firms established primarily to supply the TNCs . |
| 18 | England 's champs set out on the glory trail with a warning to keep their cool |
| 19 | You started off at the beginning of your beat — set out on the north side of Lime Street — took a quarter of an hour to walk round and try all the locks . |
| 20 | But they set out for the Town Hall none the less . |
| 21 | Later that day , approximately 3,000 students gathered at ‘ Tianda ’ , Tianjin University from where they set out for the city centre shouting the familiar slogans of the movement . |
| 22 | Conditions laid down by Haussmann along the lines of those set out by the Monopoly Commission , that the companies divest themselves of certain divisions which , if merged , would be against German interests in the arms industry , were eventually agreed to by both MBB and Daimler . |
| 23 | According to this system , Structure Plans are supposed to spawn District Plans : the District Plans are supposed to look at problems set out in the Structure Plan in more depth , and they are supposed to show how general planning policies might be worked out in practice . |
| 24 | It also recommends that the future development of general SVQs should be guided by the broad principles set out in the Howie report . |
| 25 | Where agreement has been reached between the parties that the former matrimonial home be held upon terms similar to those set out in the court order it has been known ( in a natural desire to save costs ) for the agreement to remain based on correspondence between the parties or their solicitors , no other documentation being prepared . |
| 26 | If you are booking a late offer holiday any information or conditions set out in the hate offer documents are also part of your contract and if in doubt you should check with your Travel Agent . |
| 27 | The plaintiff argued that the prior disclosure was irrelevant as the share sale agreement contained clauses stating that the warranties were given subject to the matters set out in the disclosure letter but that no other information whether actual , constructive or imputed would affect any claim made by the plaintiff or reduce any amount recoverable . |
| 28 | How are the coins and notes set out in the till drawer ? |
| 29 | He followed the principles set out in the Gillian case and concluded that a local authority had a ‘ governing reputation ’ capable of being damaged by libellous statements in respect of which it might sue for injury to reputation without the need to prove damage to its property . |
| 30 | Voting rights in local elections for nationals of all Community Member States , wider powers for the Court of Auditors , clearer duties on Member States to fight fraud against the Community budget and progress towards a single currency are all examples of matters supported by the Select Committee over the last few years and now set out in the Maastricht Treaty . |