Example sentences of "they set [adv] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They set up a system of hotel coupons ( 1867 ) , through rail tickets , international ship and rail timetables , and guidebooks , and between 1873 and 1874 they introduced the Circular Note , forerunner of the travellers cheque . |
| 2 | Proclaiming themselves to be engaged in the most radical review of social security since Beveridge , they set up a number of ministerially dominated committees to explore options for reform . |
| 3 | On Friday 24 March 1933 they set up an experiment in which a mixture of ethylene and benzaldehyde was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres at 170°C in the hope that the two substances would combine together . |
| 4 | They set up the pageant in a village street , and not one cottager came out to greet them . |
| 5 | They set aside a room for Howard to work in , when he 's not labouring outside with an axe or a scythe . |
| 6 | Retreating from press and other media distractions , they set about the search for the single . |
| 7 | Accordingly , they set about the task of reforming the religious and cultural life of the English localities with a vengeance . |
| 8 | Now they set aside a day of the conference for er deal with the national agreement . |