Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questions about purposes , content and learning are logically prior to questions about layout and organization : the latter should be set up to implement goals set out on the basis of attention to the former . |
| 2 | 156 cars set off on the rally on Sunday . |
| 3 | There was a damp start for fund-raisers yesterday , when walkers set out on the annual march from Cultra to Bangor to raise funds for the Northern Ireland Hospice in Belfast 's Somerton Road . |
| 4 | Five parties set out on the night of 11 July , led by Martin , Jellicoe , Jordan , Fraser and Mayne . |
| 5 | , export manager at Courtaulds Coatings in New Zealand , met fellow winner , manager of the trade and retail paint division at Courtaulds International ( Brazil ) , in Hobart when the yachts set off on February 13 . |
| 6 | Crops are harvested almost without sweat , boats set off on journeys with full sails , celebrations are carried off with style and decorum . |
| 7 | While Ipswich are one game away from the National League title , Chelmsford are one place away from relegation to the Second Division but when it comes to March 28 the league will seem a million miles away and both sides will have their sights set firmly on a semi-final place . |
| 8 | Still positioned as a technical , rather than a commercial Unix supplier — and with its sights set firmly on the Cray Y-MP and Convex Computer Corp user community — the Mountain View , California company has introduced Challenge and Power Challenge server systems , claiming Cray-equivalent performance at a tenth of the price . |
| 9 | now reverting again please if you would to the one we first looked at which is er , see the costs set out on page thirty one there and we can see under personal costs with the star that refers please note that these charges are an average and depend on personal electricity consumption and are subject to verification and local authority assessment , er did you understand the difference between the management charge and the service charge ? |
| 10 | Silicon Graphics maintains it is still a technical , rather than a commercial Unix supplier and has its sights set firmly on the Cray Y-MP and Convex Computer Corp user community with its latest offerings . |
| 11 | They may not be too sure about the opposition , but Swindon 's African imports have their sights set firmyly on their goal . |
| 12 | It was supposed to be like going Over the Top , but it felt more like a gang of reluctant schoolboys setting out on a cross-country run with only the prospect of a quick smoke round the back of the bike sheds to sustain them . |
| 13 | Contemporary concerns with the dangers posed to the rights of individuals by incorrect information are reflected in the laws and institutions set up on national levels to protect individuals against incorrect data and the implications that might arise from any errors . |
| 14 | I hope that I have encouraged you to get the pattern sheets , electronic pen and , if needed , cover-up strips set out on the table ready to draw a pattern . |
| 15 | The government 's policy paper contained provisions for state-aided settlement schemes to encourage black farmers to set up on 485,000 hectares of government land . |
| 16 | Rosa Guy is also very descriptive and emotional in her writing , one of my favourite descriptions is on pages 53–54 which tells us how Mrs Aimsley has all her glasses set out on shelves and the higher the shelf , the more expensive the glass and of course not being used to drinking out of glasses , Imamu takes the most expensive type from which to drink milk and syrup and after washing and drying it , he put it back on the shelf , but as he takes his hand away , the glass tips over and falls , smashing on the sink . |
| 17 | The divers ' umbilicals are spooled on large wheels set vertically on either side of the bell . |
| 18 | I was even more eager when I glimpsed Lady Francesca , magnificent in her dark green velvet dress , with a small hat of the same texture and colour , ornamented with trailing peacock feathers set rakishly on her head . |
| 19 | We have audited the accounts set out on pages eight to fourteen in accordance with auditing standards . |
| 20 | Among printers ' mementoes , one should not forget the special examples , in the nature of things not easy to find because of the infrequency of the occasions , produced by presses set up on frozen rivers , such as the Thames and Severn . |
| 21 | It happened shortly after 500 athletes set off on the Rowntree Athletic Club 's 10-mile road race at the weekend . |
| 22 | I saw tombs open and the terrifying silhouettes of walking corpses set out on the road . |
| 23 | England 's champs set out on the glory trail with a warning to keep their cool |
| 24 | Most of these books are sold from stalls set up on pavements , in public squares and near metro stations in Moscow , St Petersburg and elsewhere . |
| 25 | She walked slowly up the street on the shaded side , stepping carefully round the stalls set up on the pavement and the goods displayed by some vendors which were spread out on cloths on the pavement itself . |
| 26 | Some of the earliest shops were situated in London 's busy market streets such as Queen 's Crescent and Chapel Street , with stalls set up on the pavement . |
| 27 | Most people provide small items set out on an open plan system , which gives the children a great deal of choice . |
| 28 | The question is in the terms set out on the order paper . |
| 29 | Well , the main Control Room is , it 's the centre of all the communications set up on the operational side for the Fire Brigade . |
| 30 | The two friends set out on their meandering though scenic way through Somerset intending first to visit George Burnett at his family home in Huntspill . |