Example sentences of "[conj] set [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Murray 's cross from the right in the 67th minute was precise and evaded everyone except McCoist , whose header was turned towards Dykstra 's right-hand post and was as finely judged as the ball that set up the chance . |
| 2 | Nor could jumpy Orrell cope with the efficiency of the steady , unflurried Pilgrim , the full-back , who kicked Wasps ' penalty goals besides putting in the delicate chip that set up the try for Oti . |
| 3 | The reason I started writing tunes was because I could n't find tunes that set up the kind of guitar playing I wanted to do as an improviser . |
| 4 | The nuts and bolts of the deal have been put together cleverly to comply with the 1982 Cable Act and with the specific terms of the 1984 consent decree from Judge Harold Greene that set up the Baby Bells . |
| 5 | The Mirror rang the London firm that set up the line , Cablecom Productions . |
| 6 | The wretched towns of lower Aragon , detested by liberal soldiers , became strongholds of Carlism and it was the desolation of decaying artisan towns that set off the polemics on the effectiveness of ecclesiastical charity . |
| 7 | He was dressed in a dark suit , expensively tailored , and a plain white shirt and bright silk tie that set off the crisp , glossy blackness of his hair . |
| 8 | William Wilberforce and Marmaduke Langdale were patrons of the church and set up the Langdale Charity . |
| 9 | It has outgrown the baby-clothes of Count and Duke and breeched itself in manhood , it has put down the dwarf and set up the man . ’ |
| 10 | We appointed a superb chief inspector of prisons , Judge Tumim , and set up the Woolf commitee on prison reform , which has produced an excellent report . |
| 11 | He became the first Earl of Iveagh , and set up the Guinness and Iveagh Trusts which provided homes for the poor in Dublin and London , and made substantial contributions to Trinity College and Dublin hospitals . |
| 12 | You accomplish this and set up the cups again . |
| 13 | However , it soon became clear that Laura could not secretly organize such a major undertaking while based abroad , and , in desperation , brought in Deborah , She , realizing the potential of the project , begged another year and set up the operation openly in the company 's London workroom at Clapham . |
| 14 | And of course , as I 'm the Editor and set up the rules for these features , I can cheat a little bit over costs … |
| 15 | But protestors objected and set up the Heart of Cheshire Action Group to fight the plans . |
| 16 | For each option you can allocate a small help comment that you view by pressing the ‘ ? ’ key , and set up the commands to load a program . |
| 17 | The latter , who had helped clear a space and set up the seating , had so enjoyed it they said that if the vicar would make it an annual event he could count on their support , they would organise their outing to coincide with it . |
| 18 | They then look at that figure , break it down into separate realistic amounts achievable in various ways and set up the systems that are going to raise that cash . |
| 19 | They unfolded the stiff green branches and set up the metal stand . |
| 20 | No wonder boss Jim Driscoll — who invented the Shoe People and set up the company — is being dubbed Britain 's answer to Walt Disney . |
| 21 | We had time for a couple of runs through and set up the tape recorders ( I took two in case of trouble ! ) and by 10 a.m. we were all standing in our place s — white skirts dazzling and hearts beating fast — waiting for the signal to start . |
| 22 | Rudd 's job was to complete Lotus 's new two-litre engine and set up the plant to make it . |
| 23 | The 30-year-old produced three excellent first-half stops to keep Boro out and set up the draw that leaves Chelsea seven points behind leaders Norwich . |
| 24 | When creating a database you start in the SHEET environment and set up the fields you require , specifying their length and type — which can be label , number , date , time or computed ( in which case you +:F7 do not enter data but let Symphony calculate it on the basis of a formula . |
| 25 | Such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the Kingdom of God on earth . ’ |
| 26 | That was sufficient because the early Christians expected Jesus to return immediately and set up the reign of God on earth . |
| 27 | He had already stowed the cockpit awning and set up the barbecue . |
| 28 | This is going to be great , I said to Taff as we settled ourselves in the trench and set up the Bren gun . |
| 29 | Offering coffee , she went straight into the kitchen , her shoulder bag over her arm , and set up the filter machine , talking as she did so about the day 's gossip . |
| 30 | Charity relieved him of it carefully and set about the operation with skill and familiarity . |