Example sentences of "[art] [noun] set [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He crossed to the window to set wide the shutter on the last night of May , and heave the smokiness of his long closeted hours out of him in great , assuaging breaths . |
| 2 | Even now he has not done so , although the judge set aside the statutory demand nearly five months ago . |
| 3 | In such circumstances the court has the power to make such order as it thinks fit ( IA 1986 , s238(3) ) including the right to set aside the transaction . |
| 4 | The court set aside the committal ‘ on all those three grounds ’ ( see p. 624 ) , but did not have to consider what would have been the position if only the third ground had been substantiated . |
| 5 | The charter setting forth the terms of the agreement ends : . |
| 6 | Morritt J. refused the application for leave to inspect but Hoffmann J. granted the application to set aside the registrar 's order . |
| 7 | That course would doubtless prompt an application by the P.C.A. to set aside the subpoena on grounds of public interest immunity . |
| 8 | ‘ that a person who has entered into the contract may either affirm or avoid such contract after the duress has ceased ; and if he has so voluntarily acted under it with a full knowledge of all the circumstances he may be held bound on the ground of ratification , or if , after escaping from the duress , he takes no steps to set aside the transaction he may be found to have affirmed it . ’ |
| 9 | The relevant conditions of section 142(2) and ( 4 ) were mandatory , not directory , and unless they were established there was no jurisdiction to set aside the earlier conviction . |
| 10 | The day before it was due to take effect , the tenant , having learnt of the order , made an application to set aside the order for possession and the judgment which had resulted in that order . |
| 11 | When the statutory demand is based on a judgment , the court will not normally go behind the judgment and inquire into the validity of the debt nor will it adjourn the application to await the result of an application to set aside the judgment ( Practice Direction , 6 January 1987 , ( 1987 ) 1 All ER 607 ) . |