Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Dr Richard Earle , director of the IOS , accelerated ageing is most likely to set in between 40 and 50 , with women ageing faster during this decade than men ( an average of eighteen years compared to fifteen ) . |
| 2 | One of the polarisations which took place has centred on the question of whether management development should be focused on the provision of specific tools/skills for managers ( a competency model ? ) — or whether it would be more appropriate to set out along a more generic path which emphasised the attitudinal and interpersonal aspects of management . |
| 3 | There were six miles of gauntlet to run before reaching the open sea , and some damaged craft limped through this passage while others were still able to set off at some speed , making smoke cover with their special equipment . |
| 4 | Railway transition curves are usually related to the velocity cubed — a cubic curve is comparatively easy to set out with a theodolite . |
| 5 | She loved Simon ; too much to set out with him in that way — two pawns in a combinazione , a deal , even if partly his own . |
| 6 | It is therefore useful to set out in some detail the position as it was prior to the 1980 Local Government , Planning and Land Act . |