Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] sets " 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 | They are not meant to punish the press , but when a publisher deliberately or recklessly sets out to defame another , with the object of making a profit out of that defamation ( ie by increasing circulation ) the law permits " punitive " damages to be awarded , as in Cassell & Co v Broome : David Irving wrote a book about the fate of a wartime convoy , blaming it upon the negligence of a particular captain , Broome . |
| 3 | ( press R2 ( PrSc ) in your compose window — select UK english — select set — and type shift 3 — this is if you are using OpenWindows version 3 and just sets this temporary — but there should be no problem setting up a US keyboard as an english one permanently if you so wish ( sort of confusing though ) ) |
| 4 | Two eyes serve a movement that now and again now and now and now sets neat prints into the snow between trees and warily allaying shadows shadow lies by a stump in a hollow of a body that is bold to come across clearings , an eye , a widening , deepening greenness brilliantly concentratedly coming about its own business till with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox , it enters the dark hole of the head . |
| 5 | Two eyes serve a movement that now and again now and now and now sets neat prints into the snow between trees . |
| 6 | He by no means dismisses the claims of these poets , but gently and respectfully sets them aside — ‘ I do not feel that they have much part in this essay . |
| 7 | He hitch-hikes to San Francisco , lives briefly in a commune , and then sets off on a journey with two of its members , Lockett and Meridith . |
| 8 | A man who , for the sheer fun of it , intentionally torments and then sets fire to a cat , knowing full well what he is doing , is a paradigm example of what legal and moral opposition to cruelty to animals has meant historically . |
| 9 | After resting for a while , it suddenly gets up , looks around and then sets off on one of its mad dashes . |
| 10 | To some people , this is a confirmation of the old idea that there is something inherently wicked in the feline personality , and that the animal deliberately selects someone with a cat phobia and then sets out to cause them embarrassment . |
| 11 | When the person throws the ball , the batter hits it as far as possible and then sets off to run round the obstacle placed at right angles . |
| 12 | He comes home at 8am to snatch an hour 's snooze and then sets off on the bus for a full day 's preaching to the people whose failing legs ca n't get them to church . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Furthermore , ( 4 , 0 , 1 ) is a feasible solution to P1 and therefore sets a lower bound , z =19 on the optimal objective function value of P1 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Everything else is without importance from the Creator 's point of view , and is only a play of permutations and combinations within a general program which is not a prophetic anticipation of the future but merely sets the limits of possibilities within which all power of decision has been left to chance . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It not only imposes a duty to pay , but also sets up ( not necessarily in the same statute ) the machinery for collecting and distributing the money . |
| 20 | The authoritative parent affirms the child 's present qualities , but also sets standards for future conduct . |
| 21 | Sir Roy Strong stumbles off the block with his opening sentence ‘ The portrait was a child of the renaissance ’ , which seems to have forgotten about classical antiquity , but then sets off on a thought-provoking and terse survey of themes and ideas throughout the three centuries covered by the book . |