Example sentences of "[det] set [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finely-chiselled features with high cheekbones and a generous mouth , all set off by a cascading mass of beautiful golden hair . |
| 2 | It was all set up by , got the touch and gets the final touch with twenty four minutes gone and Notts deserve it , they 've been the better side in the early stages , but that will settle their nerves and give the Italians a little more to think about . |
| 3 | The fund for Hungary mirrors that set up by Britain for Poland . |
| 4 | Elected people will no longer have an influence on local further education ; instead , the position will be similar to that set up by the Secretary of State for Health , where appointed quangos are in control . |
| 5 | Other studies which offer recommendations for buildings used by visually handicapped people in the community include those set out by the Royal Institute of British Architects ( 1981 ) which give a six-point plan to maximise safety and efficiency in the use of buildings , namely : |
| 6 | Conditions laid down by Haussmann along the lines of those set out by the Monopoly Commission , that the companies divest themselves of certain divisions which , if merged , would be against German interests in the arms industry , were eventually agreed to by both MBB and Daimler . |
| 7 | The Tribunal can consider it as one of the facts along with those set out by Lord Justice May in the Palmer case as well as any which are relevant in the particular case . |
| 8 | Formal groups were those set up by the management of an organization to undertake duties in the pursuit of organization goals . |
| 9 | Most people who see the run-down state of schools and public transport do not think that the picture of public spending is as rosy as that set out by the Chancellor . |
| 10 | The overall economic picture was more gloomy than that set out by the government in November when it first put forward measures aimed at reversing the country 's economic decline [ see pp. 38587-88 ] and what it called the mismanagement by the previous Social Democratic administration . |
| 11 | Except perhaps , another New Zealander , Professor Ernest Rutherford , who , at Manchester University , succeeded in splitting the atom and in the process started off a chain of events that would be even more shattering than that set off by two shots . |