Example sentences of "set [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seem to be no discoverable rules about the shape of market places , why some take the form of a large open square — often set rather apart from the main flow of traffic — and some a swelling , a sort of aneurism , in the main artery of trade . |
| 2 | Binding guarantees will be set locally for in-patient waiting times , starting with the operations where waiting causes most distress . |
| 3 | Thus the level , and most importantly the change in the level , of any source of revenue should be set locally … ’ |
| 4 | A MAFF spokesman said that the survey was unnecessary : " Pollution controls are set locally to the nuclear sites . |
| 5 | His eyes , blue-green , were set widely apart on a face which was defining itself rapidly now as unforgettable . |
| 6 | Throughout the entire work , the accompaniment only picks up absolutely precisely on three occasions , and by the end I was all set metaphorically to murder the conductor ! |
| 7 | This well run and friendly hotel is set right in the centre of the resort . |
| 8 | One big kick downfield from the opposition and you 're set right back on your heels in defence . |
| 9 | Henry III 's political miscalculation had to be set right , and it was imperative that the status of the Gascon lands be redefined . |
| 10 | The manor is set right in the middle of Horncastle and has a large and colourful garden , much admired by passers-by who can not help but pause at the usually open corner gate in the garden wall . |
| 11 | The Holiday Inn is set right on the white sandy beach of Batu Ferringhi , about 20 minutes drive from Georgetown . |
| 12 | Keep on using lead free if the engine is not set properly after its recent service . |
| 13 | Every one that hits the net ought to be caught — provided the net has been set properly . |
| 14 | Long-nets have to be set properly if they are to be effective . |
| 15 | A minor fault prevents the cannon firing this turn , perhaps the fuse is not set properly or maybe the crewmen mishandle the loading procedure . |
| 16 | Paul , I says , your lights are n't set properly ! |
| 17 | His face was set grimly as he sped away in his chauffeured Bentley with his personal assistant Belinda Harley . |
| 18 | The mouth was set grimly , he noticed , and the trousers were there as usual , white jeans now with a blue and white striped top , but there was the inevitable shirt hanging open over it , as if she was ashamed of anyone seeing those high , shapely breasts . |
| 19 | A period twist is given to the proceedings — the story is set somewhere around 1964 , to judge from the careful references to Christine Keeler — and is adapted from Nicholas Rhea 's Constable books . |
| 20 | In May 1835 , the relieving officer of the new Chailey Union was set on by thirty men in Ringmer , demanding ‘ money or blood ’ ; they got their relief in cash instead of the food tickets he offered . |
| 21 | Lance Rees was set on as he passed the sorting office in Withernsea , Humberside , on his way to school . |
| 22 | By the time he died there were no animals left in the yard , nor land to call his own , for it had been sold to the building men , who were throwing up The Courts in order to house the rabble from starving Ireland and those flooding in from all the villages from miles around , all in the hope of being set on and blankets and shawls , everything that would go to cover a human being . |
| 23 | As he spoke , the alarmed young woman — only quite attractive , Hope assessed , a little too thin in the face for his taste — glanced behind and then beyond and back again as if expecting to be set on by bandits . |
| 24 | It is a relief to know that the police , at least , were sufficiently attuned to the realities of contemporary social research to drop charges even if a nagging doubt remains as to how or by whom they were set on to the investigators . |
| 25 | Yes erm during the h the Probably one of the reasons I was set on to start with , was the tremendous amount of house building . |
| 26 | And all his working life his mind was set on when he retired , instead of down doing it , you know , late at night he was going to be able to get up in the morning and do it . |
| 27 | An it do n't matter who we 've set on we 'll stop him . |
| 28 | But there was no denying Miss Higgins and a par five at the last gave her the trophy she had her heart set on . |
| 29 | Hannah Dooley knew a bloke in Birmingham who had been set on by a group of small ‘ pod-like ’ creatures while out walking his dog . |
| 30 | The thirty five year old man was set on by four youths after he accidently bumped into them . |