Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those of us who feel we are too busy or not dedicated enough to set aside time for exercise periods can utilize our daily routine to provide at least some opportunities to keep fit . |
| 2 | UNLIKE those rich enough to set aside assets for a period of years in order to avoid tax , those dependent on income — particularly those subject to Pay As You Earn — have limited scope to fend off the taxman . |
| 3 | In other words these Guatemalan children show , as do Dennis 's institutionalized infants , that retardation during the first year or two of life is reversible , and that early experiences , however drastic at the time , do not necessarily set up patterns of behaviour that can not subsequently be modified . |
| 4 | And Wolves should have had a second penalty after Regis had apparently set up Kelly but Sandford 's challenge went unnoticed by Mr Harrison , Stoke escaped and Wolves were denied the chance to regain the lead . |
| 5 | Said waitress promptly decamps to the vacant love nest where she swiftly sets up home , insisting to the locals that she is Newton 's new spouse . |
| 6 | The plan goes on to set out points made in a social work committee report submitted in 1975 , dealing with the likely effects of the arrival of a large number of permanent immigrants . |
| 7 | The primary aim of the Convention is not to set up machinery for the chastisement of states which infringe human rights . |
| 8 | Simon Halliday 's sensational defence-splitting run is brought to a halt by Gavin Hastings ' tackle — but not before the England winger gets his pass away to set up Dewi Morris 's try . |
| 9 | Mike Vessey spotted his brother 's long run and placed a superb long ball in his path which Alan duly put away to set up St Albans ' third appearance in the final and a change of the League and Cup double . |
| 10 | Except in some of the nation park sites , permission to take pictures is generally not a requirement , so the photographer may just set up stall , in the fair certainty that he will not be accosted . |
| 11 | Except in some of the nation park sites , permission to take pictures is generally not a requirement , so the photographer may just set up stall , in the fair certainty that he will not be accosted . |
| 12 | If this wife made such an application the husband could set up the fact of desertion as an answer to the claim , but he could not set up clause 3 as a bar to the proceedings . |
| 13 | THREE women widowed in the Gulf war have been told by Government officials that they will not set aside money from the publicly-donated Gulf Trust to help them with an education fund for their children . |
| 14 | Ortega 's defeat crushed a lot of left-wing supporters around the world , but it did not set back Gould , who immediately plunged himself into a new project . |
| 15 | Zuwaya style and etiquette required that people in polite company should not set out arguments of principle , arranged in a hierarchy of priorities , so that they might read off right courses of action from agreed schedules of value . |
| 16 | You can easily set up default entries to save effort when entering data or include data validation checks to prevent mistakes being made . |
| 17 | The government has already set up technology parks in Bangalore and Pune , with two more expected in Chandigarh and Bubaneshwar , to boost software exports . |
| 18 | They had already set up Exhibition clubs so that working men could pay in small sums a week towards the total cost of an excursion ticket which included accommodation at the Ranelagh Club — bed and a hearty Victorian breakfast — for two shillings ; the fare was five shillings . |
| 19 | Management budgets for clinicians based on agreed workload and service targets were such " a vital management tool " that the Inquiry had already set up demonstration projects in four districts . |
| 20 | Three have already set up councils and another dozen are expected to do so by December . |
| 21 | One of the most active swap peddlers , the TSB , has already set aside £76m . |
| 22 | Surely the Conservative Government have already set out proposals for such a programme : they should be telling him where the money would come from . |
| 23 | A lot of local authorities which have not set up criteria for assessments do n't have staff specifically to do them . ’ |
| 24 | Taxable profits , which slipped from £62.1 million in 1991 to £53 million , would have been higher had the group not set aside £12.7 million against the cost of closing its four Chesterman furniture stores , which suffered operating losses of £6.2 million in the year . |
| 25 | The document has been criticized by environmentalists for merely offering suggestions and not setting out proposals for action . |
| 26 | At last night 's full council meeting Tory group leader Tony Richmond criticised the ruling party for not setting aside £70,000 to pay for demolishing Court Arcade . |
| 27 | Yesterday set up conditions for Milky Way , he wrote . |
| 28 | The derogatory phrase ‘ he 's not a real polis ; he 'll never be a polis as long as he 's got a hole in his arse ’ quickly set out markers to define who was one of us and who was not . |
| 29 | Ground 2(a) ( I need not trouble with 2(b) ) was this — and as it succinctly sets out Mr. Wildblood 's argument , I read it in full : |
| 30 | Last night , Gen Noriega 's armed militia were still setting up roadblocks in the city 's main financial district , while the new civilian government , headed by Mr Guillermo Endara , was kept under guard by the US military , which said it was too risky for it to appear in public . |