Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] set [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1980 I set out to change the face of political presentation in the UK and to use some of these new concepts and techniques in business and industry as well . |
| 2 | As long ago as 1985 we set out our intention to remove students ' general entitlement to certain benefits . |
| 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 | Below this he set out his arguments for and against . |
| 5 | In January 1933 it set up a central By-Election Insurance Fund to help needy constituencies to put forward candidates . |
| 6 | In 1867 he set off again , this time for Vietnam , and from there to Hong Kong . |
| 7 | In 1834 he set up on his own in London as a general chemical manufacturer . |
| 8 | At the age of 22 he set up shop in Sweeting 's Alley , which was near the Royal Exchange . |
| 9 | The Government Actuary 's Department prepared a document in 1980 which sets out a suggested basis for making the calculation and this was supplemented ten years later by recommendations from a committee of industrial tribunal chairmen . |
| 10 | It was a hundred almost of the grand stature of that which set up the historic victory here over West Indies a year ago , even if it was reached with a thick edge . |
| 11 | The most famous chapter in the Policraticus is that which sets forth the organic image of the commonwealth , the prince the head , the church the soul , the senate the heart , the soldiers the arms , the peasants the legs — a classical cliché brought up-to-date . |
| 12 | Between five and six we set out . |
| 13 | In their hundreds they set out calmly from the back of the building , through the exercise field towards the open country . |
| 14 | In about 1784 he set up a press there , and founded an ambitious system of circulating libraries ; to anyone wishing to set one up he offered a stock of books , a catalogue , and instructions . |
| 15 | When you have gathered together as much information as possible you set about defining your client 's image . |
| 16 | ‘ I cleared out with four laps to go , ’ said Murray , whose time was almost identical to that she set outdoors in Belfast last August , the last time she ran the distance . |
| 17 | On 9 November 1984 I set out for consultation a list of branded drugs which would no longer be prescribed under the health service . |
| 18 | I also welcome Amendment twenty-seven which sets out plans for the appointment by the Secretary of State for members of authorities which will have sanction of having to come before Parliament before accepted and I think that again is extremely important . |
| 19 | In 1932 she set up a facility at the Settlement Hall in Newport Road , teaching children basic skills , walking , and speech therapy . |
| 20 | Joe Meek moved to North London and in 1960 he set up his own recording studios above a leather shop , where he produced dozens of hits … |
| 21 | In January 1986 we set up The Desktop Publishing Company and bought a complete Apple Macintosh desktop publishing system . |
| 22 | 4 Entry The right for the Tenant and all persons expressly or by implication authorised by the Tenant to enter upon other parts of the Centre and ( if any ) the Adjoining Property to carry out works to the Premises where such works would otherwise not be possible , or may be possible but rendered more expensive than they would otherwise be if this right was available The problem of access over a neighbour 's land has been greatly alleviated by the passage of the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 which sets out a procedure whereby a person may obtain a court order permitting access to a neighbour 's property in order to carry out works to protect , repair or maintain their property in circumstances where the neighbour refuses consent to such access . |
| 23 | This chapter should be read in conjunction with Appendix IV which sets out details of the costs included . |
| 24 | She did n't know at the time that some day she would call herself ‘ artist ’ or ‘ writer ’ — not many teenage coloured girls from the Gorbals in Glasgow had trailblazed a path in that direction , so it was a real exploration into the unknown for her when at sixteen she set out to go to college to study fashion . |
| 25 | In the intervening time , he would become a changed man , as would many who set out with such high hopes to win back the holy earth of Outremer . |
| 26 | Fothergill was a doctor and in 1740 he set up a practice in White Hart Street very near the Collinson establishment and flowers from Peckham might well have adorned yet another house in the City . |
| 27 | Half of those who set aside money to pay fuel bills are unable to stretch the budget for extra heating in very cold weather . |
| 28 | If we , the public , see ‘ profession ’ as more trustworthy than ‘ trade ’ , we help to institutionalise trust-worthiness as part of the licence we accord to those who set up as experts . |
| 29 | Unless we can get professional managers who are as good entrepreneurially as those who set up for themselves we shall have major problems ahead . |
| 30 | At the time of the James Committee 's deliberations two research programmes were gaining educators ' attention which confirmed the anxieties of those who set up the Committee . |