Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strikes and spares aplenty were required and both Scottish Amicable teams set out to prove once again that consistency counts . |
| 2 | It should be noted that this definition of " residence " applies throughout the taxing code including the provisions in TA 1988 , ss739 and 740 although there are some transitional provisions set out in s110 . |
| 3 | Many of the South-Asians responded to this crisis by organising self-employment or by working in new small or medium sized businesses set up , owned and run by members of their own communities or by members of extended families . |
| 4 | Indeed , although there were fifteen fewer quangos overall than in the previous year , the twelve months ending April 1987 still saw sixty-six new bodies set up , the Ministry of Agriculture leading the way with twenty-eight . |
| 5 | These Protestant refugees set up ‘ stranger churches ’ in London , thus providing models of the ideal Reformed church , and also forged close links with influential English Protestants , such as John Hooper , the future Bishop of Gloucester . |
| 6 | The scene is the Ritz Club , the prototype of a sophisticated Thirties nightclub in dazzling primary colours set off by a sleek black bar . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The three new studies set out to examine the problem in more detail . |
| 9 | These Holy Ones set out the rules by which we can live our lives and , in turn , reach the state of a higher being which is dormant within each one of us . |
| 10 | First , there was the 1960 agreement , to which both Iran and Iraq were parties , whereby several major oil-producing states set up OPEC . |
| 11 | Not all bodhran players set out to drown out the rest of the musicians . |
| 12 | Many ex-army tradeswomen set up in the brewing trade , opening licensed houses where they could . |
| 13 | Trade ministers and their respective chief negotiators set up working groups to cover six specific topics — market access , trade rules , services , investment , intellectual property and dispute settlement . |
| 14 | Some of its leading citizens acquired great wealth , especially from saffron and wine , and landed property , in the course of the twelfth century , and they displayed their newfound status by building the lofty towers which still make the skyline of the city so beautiful and so absurd — beautiful especially from a little distance , for the rolling Tuscan hills set off the imaginative colour and the dramatic skyline to remarkable effect . |
| 15 | Several prominent figures refused to take the test , including a former state prosecutor Mohammad Moussavi Khoeniha and a former chief justice Ayatollah Abdelkarim Moussavi Ardebili ; among those who did take it , but failed , were Ayatollah Karrubi and Ayatollah Sadeq Khalkhali ( the head of the Islamic revolutionary courts set up after the 1979 revolution ) . |
| 16 | Our work should be carried out in accordance with the general technical standards set out in the Corporate Finance Manual and summarized in Chapter 02 of this guide . |
| 17 | It has a large overdraft , a matter of some 5 million , secured on Ingard Holdings — that 's the finance company holding shares in the various subsidiary companies set up to buy and sell blocks of property . |
| 18 | Moreover , in contrast to the neo-classical school , Marxists have often emphasized that before any countervailing tendencies set in , the processes of growth in one region and decline elsewhere may for long periods become self-reinforcing . |
| 19 | Under cover of the so-called United Nations Commission for Korea , American ruling circles set up a puppet ‘ Government ’ under the traitor Syngman Rhee , who traded away the independence and national wealth . |
| 20 | Twenty green-minded companies set up the network with the aim of raising awareness of environmental issues . |
| 21 | Any competitive networks set up might produce an increase in demand as a result of having stimulated new requirements . |
| 22 | You can view any special links set up between users using option 7.2.7 — View User Special Links . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Last year the UK Government gave £9m to two international organisations set up to limit the population in China and Tibet , he said . |
| 25 | The two forged blocks set up a visual field where the entire space becomes a manifestation of sculpture . |
| 26 | Two stunning resorts set around a glimmering bay . ’ |
| 27 | The meeting concentrated on the activities and progress of the three main working parties set up late last year to consider : rail privatisation ; the bus industry and financing of transport infrastructure . |
| 28 | Note the support and educational measures intended to increase compliance with the Written Professional Standards set out in paragraph 71 above . |
| 29 | It will be the first international tribunal of its kind since the main allied powers set up courts at Nuremberg and Tokyo after the Second World War to try leading Axis war criminals . |
| 30 | In another move to improve services for parents , principal child protection officer Evelyn Joseph is helping local voluntary organisations set up an advocacy project for black parents who come into contact with the child protection team . |