Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun pl] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've got four old Vickers guns set up in strategic positions , so neither group should be able to get in . |
| 2 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — Suspected drug traffickers set off 12 bombs , injuring 35 people , in the latest round of violence here linked to the country 's cocaine war , authorities said . |
| 3 | Windfarms are groups of 100ft high wind turbines set up in exposed areas to create electric power . |
| 4 | Last year the Association of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences and the Association of Social Research Organisations set up the Social Science Forum ( SSF ) to campaign on issues that were affecting social scientists . |
| 5 | First thing this morning campaigners set off for London , and Downing Street . |
| 6 | In the Old City men set up small roadside stalls around big red earthenware pots containing jal jeera , a dark , spicy , green liquid which burns the mouth but cools the body : a more primitive yet more effective coolant than anything on offer in the new town . |
| 7 | It is possible to study for an honours degree in Italian , or for the variety of joint honours degrees set out at the beginning of the Arts section ( with another modern European language , for example , or with a number of other Arts subjects , or with Business Studies ) , and Italian may also be taken as a major or minor part of the MA(General) and the MA ( General Honours ) . |
| 8 | He jointly led the European Tour 's Greens in Regulation statistics that year , but his putting was so horrendous that he was almost totally incapable of converting the countless birdie opportunities set up with excellent tee-to-green play . |
| 9 | These are cooperative credit societies set up and controlled by local people from a defined geographical area . |
| 10 | It 's the only one in Worcestershire — other real ale breweries set up in the county during the nineteen eighties have all since closed down . |
| 11 | If only we could have real country feasts set out like this one : |
| 12 | In the following year Koops set up the Minerva Universal Insurance Office in Pall Mall , Westminster . |
| 13 | Whether British experience has come anywhere near the good practice ideal enshrined in the OECD guidelines set out in Chapter Three can be seen from an examination of the principal design guidelines set out in its pages . |
| 14 | The Pakistani authorities banned the proposed protest on Feb. 6 , and on Feb. 7 deployed 40,000 security personnel along the border and blockaded roads in and out of the Azad Kashmir capital of Muzaffarabad ; nevertheless , 7,000 JKLF supporters set off from the city on Feb. 11 . |
| 15 | Calls are permitted , however , to the extent specified by the Common Unsolicited Calls Regulations set out in Appendix 9 to the SFA Rulebook . |
| 16 | Three Cleveland motorcyclists set out to ride 2,000 miles to the four compass points of mainland UK in aid of charity . |
| 17 | The probability is that in May or October ( still a toss-up between them ) Mrs Thatcher will offer more of the same , judging by what has been emerging from the dozen policy groups set up to produce ideas for the manifesto . |
| 18 | That would also be true of the rules applicable to local communities particularly dependent upon fishing and industries allied thereto referred to in Annex VII to the Hague Resolution 1976 ( ‘ the Hague preferences ’ ) , the reserved coastal zone , the carefully balanced fisheries mechanisms set out in articles 156 to 166 and 346 to 353 of the Act of Accession 1985 and the effort made by the member states with regard to the restructuring of their fishing fleets pursuant to the Community 's multiannual programmes . |
| 19 | On the heavy oak table beside him there were good silver goblets set out , and a flagon of wine . |
| 20 | In the same way , key performance indicators set up for each function are reviewed quarterly against its business plan with relevant managers ‘ but it 's not a dull , dry event : it 's when everybody pulls together , discussing everything that 's happening in great depth and giving managers the opportunity to explain to directors why they 're falling short , the constraints and obstacles , and so achieving agreement with the figures and the indicators used , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Until the complex family trusts set up to protect his inheritance are unravelled , the liabilities of the new Lord Spencer remain unclear . |
| 22 | The differing viewpoints are here polarised into the two major value positions set out below , though it is recognised that these positions represent relatively extreme points on a dimension of views , rather than two all-embracing categories . |
| 23 | ANGRY building bosses set off in a ‘ battle bus ’ yesterday — to confront Ministers at the Tory conference and demand action . |
| 24 | However , this makes no difference to what has been stated above , since the judgment in the Brugnoni case is based , as the Commission points out , on the general objective of the First Directive in so far as it applies to transactions with the Directive liberalised , and it is clear from Commission of the European Communities v. Hellenic Republic ( Case 194/84 ) [ 1987 ] E.C.R. 4737 , 4750 , para. 9 , that capital movements set out in list A also benefit from ‘ unconditional liberalisation . ’ |
| 25 | The question is which form will be compatible with the general curriculum aims set out in the last chapter . |
| 26 | The stately whooper swans fly in from Iceland in late September or October , the timing probably depending on how soon the first winter frosts set in up north . |
| 27 | On the rare occasion where a good bargaining position is not supported by ready access to funds , however , the various chain reactions set in , and the implications and insolvencies become far-reaching . |
| 28 | Industrial tribunals were established under s.12 of the Industrial Training Act 1964 with a narrow jurisdiction to consider appeals against the levy on employers to finance the industrial training boards set up under that Act . |
| 29 | The effect of the wage differential may be seen from the general equilibrium equations set out in Lecture 6 , modified for the possibility that . |
| 30 | Such powers were a necessity for advanced warning , as were the short wavelengths for the much greater precision in the location of targets than was possible with the 11-m waves of the coastal radar stations set up during the late 1930s . |