Example sentences of "[adj] the [noun pl] set " in BNC.
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| 1 | About half the companies set up in the UK over the last 10 years are no longer with us . |
| 2 | On first returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives set out to make piecemeal adjustments to the social security system . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll agree that on the For side you could put the things you listed the other day , that he has all the skills to set the trap and the perfect place to do it . ’ |
| 4 | He gave out that he would hold a great meeting and that at that meeting he would give a present to every animal and bird , to make each one different from the rest And all the creatures set out to go to the meeting-place . |
| 5 | All the conditions set out in the Act of 1988 were proportionate to the achievement of the objective pursued , namely the protection of the United Kingdom quota against all practices designed to circumvent the quota system . |
| 6 | Tackle all the tasks set during tutorial sessions and know them thoroughly , since it is possible that you might find one or two similar questions in the examination paper . |
| 7 | It can be uniquely specified with reference to all the categories set up in a description of the form of the language concerned ; it thus represents the intersection of a grammatical item and lexical item . |
| 8 | All the bronzes set out in the Gardens of Bagatelle are on loan from the Henry Moore Foundation , with the exception of two : ‘ Draped Reclining Figure ’ , 1952–53 , from Time-Life International , London , and ‘ Reclining Figure ’ , 1982 , lent by the Fondation Pierre Gianadda , Martigny , Switzerland . |
| 9 | With all the possibilities set out in great detail , action could be taken , but the results are not striking . |
| 10 | Well , the main Control Room is , it 's the centre of all the communications set up on the operational side for the Fire Brigade . |
| 11 | In the light of all the considerations set out above I propose that the court should rule as follows in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) . |
| 12 | Due to the way VMS handles privilege allocation , the entire command procedure must leave all the privileges set until the Exit option is selected — and this means not using the lexical function F$SETPRV , as this will remove a privilege which is default but not authorised . |
| 13 | He says that first the farmers set fire to the road , then they had to get through the drivers ' blockade . |