Example sentences of "set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the village of Fenghuo , 65 kilometres from Xian , the villagers have built beautiful blocks of modern , two-storey fiats set along well laid-out lanes . |
| 2 | Alba Adriatica , Silvi Marina and Giulianova are three well established holiday resorts set along beaches of fine , golden sand . |
| 3 | According to the ADC , in the cases quoted by councils the properties by and large fulfilled all the principal criteria set down by the Government for a property suitable for occupation by older people , ie that it was let to persons over pensionable age ; access was relatively easy ; the accommodation was on level ground ; the dwelling had no more than two bedrooms ; the heating arrangements were adequate ; the property was reasonably conveniently located . |
| 4 | Ewan Murray , the Games council 's chairman , said cost was not a factor in selecting the team , but only 15 athletes achieved the stringent qualifying standards set down by the Scottish Amateur Athletic Associaton — and one , Allister Hutton , is not going to Auckland because he wished to run in the 10,000 metres instead of the marathon , for which he had qualified . |
| 5 | Twenty-six per cent of all appeals set down were disposed of in that way . |
| 6 | Finally , in December 1945 , the Ministry of Civil Aviation 's White paper on British air services , Cmd. 6712 , which set down the new government 's aviation policy , was submitted to the Cabinet by Lord Winster . |
| 7 | To his annoyance he found that the Treasurer 's office was now completely empty except for the four telephones set down in a row on the bare boards of the floor . |
| 8 | ( In this way they were of course only following the examples set down in the 1820s and '30s by British visitors to America such as Captain Basil Hall or Mrs Frances Trollope. ) ln 1850 the Teetotal Times recorded an ‘ atrocious outrage ’ . |
| 9 | The classical legends set down by ancient Greek poets like Homer referred to a number of gods , under their leader Zeus , supposedly located on Mount Olympus , who made occasional forays onto the human scene in various human or animal disguises . |
| 10 | GRE were founder members of the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau , which monitors and arbitrates insurance matters , and members of both Lautro and the Association of British Insurers which set down codes of practice for all members to comply with . |
| 11 | If we accept the internal validity of their study we should not take the findings beyond the limits they set down themselves . |
| 12 | The notes should record the stage reached with regard to each element of construction and any defects or omissions set down . |
| 13 | These two Acts provided , amongst other things , powers to fine trades unions and to sequestrate their funds should they fail to control picketing and protest within the limits set down . |
| 14 | Set down ten pairs of cards , pick them up in a pack and give them to onlookers to cut a few times . |
| 15 | But the success of the organisation lay in the men who ran it as much as in the formal orders ( set down in a minute of July 1942 ) . |
| 16 | These are arrived at using criteria set down by the Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Officers of Local Authorities . |
| 17 | To enable them to take all client groups , accommodation standards will be higher than those set down in the registration criteria . |
| 18 | However , in the late 1970s they stated quite categorically that they were not able to take an initiative on the priorities set down in national policy . |
| 19 | We now try to duplicate for polynomials some of the basic definitions and theorems set down earlier when investigating Z. We shall find out that , despite the obvious differences in appearance between the elements of Z and those of Q[x] , the underlying structures of these two systems are quite similar . |
| 20 | we set down in a passing-place and basked |
| 21 | On the way back , I set down the grassbox , unplug the sprinkler and coil the hosepipe ( which Pa , being always so busy , has obviously forgotten ) in even circles around my hand and elbow , then go to the shed and lay it carefully over the two dowelling pegs . |
| 22 | I set down the watering can and start for the vegetable plot . |
| 23 | For a moment she was quite faint ; the library rocked around her — the browsing readers with shopping baskets set down beside them , the books in their bright rows , the humming strip lights . |
| 24 | Herodotus of Halicarnassus , his Researches are here set down to preserve the memory of the past by putting on record the astonishing achievements both of our own and of other peoples ; and more particularly , to show how they came into conflict . |
| 25 | The constitution is not seen in the rosy terms set down in Chapter 1 , but neither is democracy seen in the new gloomy terms set down in Chapters 2 and 3 . |
| 26 | The constitution is not seen in the rosy terms set down in Chapter 1 , but neither is democracy seen in the new gloomy terms set down in Chapters 2 and 3 . |
| 27 | They set down clearly a record of decisions made . |
| 28 | The principal Acts of Parliament which set down the audit requirements of central government are the Exchequer and Audit Departments Acts 1866 and 1921 and the National Audit Act 1983 . |
| 29 | Director of Studies : ‘ Could you relate these 3 criteria to the objectives set down in the syllabus … show us how the objectives fit them ? ’ |
| 30 | The professional codes set down benchmarks for services by engineers . |