Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1.1 ) We have in fact already come close to the view that mental events are at bottom individual properties , or rather sets of them , in allowing that the interdependent existence of subject and content may be a matter of nomic correlation . |
| 2 | Unlike the screen control codes , the printer control codes can not be strung together or explicitly set by preceding them with a " + " or " - " . |
| 3 | The cavalryman , who was called Lord John Rossendale , was staring at the sumptuous decorations in the supper room where the long tables were draped in white linen and thickly set with silver and fine china . |
| 4 | If merely set at a given focal length , the zoom lens will simply act as a normal though infinitely variable lens ( between its limits ) and the viewer will be unaware that it has been used at all . |
| 5 | The existing standard number , determined under section 15 of the Education Act 1980 and generally set at the intake of pupils to the school in 1979–80 ( a peak year ) , will be the new standard number — unless in 1989–90 , the year before the law changed , admissions exceeded the 1980 Act standard number . |
| 6 | That is , when a cell divides , the daughter cells may be dissimilar and already set along different developmental pathways , and so no cell-to-cell interactions need be involved . |
| 7 | The tables , covered in the finest white linen and already set with bone china and heirloom silver , provided a delightful contrast . |
| 8 | ‘ We have never worked out what the chemistry is , but the audiences liked it and we realised ‘ Hey , we 've got something here ’ and really set to work on it . |
| 9 | Charleston systematically and meticulously set to with the assistance of one man , Mike Cloxam . |
| 10 | In July 1979 she moved into the 50,000 apartment and immediately set to work furnishing the rooms in a warm but simple Habitat style . |
| 11 | The original supplier er withdrew all his guarantees about the performance of the detector , or indeed his commitment to the delivery schedules , shortly after we had er placed the development contract with the consortium and er the consortium recognised that it could not live with that situation and immediately set to work to find an alternative supplier . |
| 12 | She settled everybody round the fire , took them hot drinks , and then set to work on her sweet-hearted retriever with a comb , during which she got her guests into perspective . |
| 13 | Three times last week cars were stolen by reckless drivers and then set on fire . |
| 14 | This charming house is prettily and conveniently set in a rural position , just a few miles outside Chester . |
| 15 | Yet when one starts to look at the overall picture a little more deeply , will the obvious strengthening of what will be nine single Championship weeks , be anything more than a move which enables the rich to get richer and actually sets into motion what could become a long term contraction , rather than expansion of the sport , especially if the much-needed revival in the world economy takes longer to become bullish than some of the optimists have been forecasting . |
| 16 | True , he had struggled at first to satisfy his beautiful young bride ; he had been too long a bachelor and too set in his ways . |
| 17 | With its declination of 63 degrees south , Acrux is more or less circumpolar from much of South Africa and Australia , and never sets over New Zealand . |
| 18 | For example a chemist will learn about compounds by laboriously memorising as a student the properties of each one separately but eventually sets of compounds are perceived as a pattern and thereafter all the relevant material is readily available because it fits together neatly . |
| 19 | The musketry was not the huge eruptions of platoon fire , but rather the smaller sporadic snapping of skirmishers which betrayed that the French Voltigeurs were closing on the Dutch light troops , but both sets of skirmishers were well hidden from the Prince and his staff by the tall crops . |
| 20 | By raising the question of the Holy Places the French President not only gained ground at home but also set in train a long-term policy . |
| 21 | It can also be made to sound so sharp that any movement of the fretting hand on the strings causes a loud squeak , but even set with this much top there 's still quality to the tone . |