Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ?
2 Consider for a moment the bustle of the scene a hundred years ago , with horse-drawn barges and occasional steam tugs nearing the end of their journeys or perhaps setting out on the return trip towards the sea .
3 Very quickly , however , the three young people began to exert over one another the complex mutual attraction which remained characteristic of their relationship , and more than three weeks passed before Coleridge finally set off on the road back to Stowey .
4 A further delay ensued and it was not until July that the two great armies finally set forth on the third anniversary of the Battle of Hattin .
5 These calculations can be easily set up on a computer spreadsheet and variations may be performed to determine the best-looking selection according to the investor 's risk-return preferences .
6 IF EAST GERMANY finally sets out on the path to reform without further bloodshed and repression , it will be largely thanks to the efforts of the Protestant church .
7 Its founders were clinging to the wreckage , not setting out on a brave new voyage .
8 Buffy was a young man at the time , just setting out on the journey of life , if you know what I mean .
9 The strategy which controls the frequency , duration and destination is usually set up on a systems availability base rather than being controlled by the quantity of data to be transferred and its " design delay " costs .
10 Of the two European companies that did become members , Méliès had built its fortunes around the genius of one innovative filmmaker , whereas Pathé had deliberately set out on an internationalist path , making films not only in France but also in Britain , the US , Italy , Germany , Russia and Japan .
11 But Charlie also sets out on a series of scandalous liaisons and unfortunate marriages with very young girls .
12 A group of more than 30 travellers ' caravans have now set up on a roadside site a mile from the village at Crew crossroads .
13 Is is it correctly set out on the day 's programme ?
14 Paradoxically , much of what I have said about the writing of straightforward mystery stories applies just as much to inverted stories , the books that seemingly set out on an exactly opposite course .
15 Such injunctions are normally immediately set aside on the publisher 's application or lifted by the Court of Appeal .
16 My first attempt on these hills ended at about 1500 feet when two of us were simply blasted off , which I suppose served us right for even setting out on a morning dark and grey as a used Brillo pad .
17 Well , it happened that Maureen and Aubrey were about to set off on a round-Britain motoring holiday .
18 Fresh from the indulgence of driving the fastest and most powerful Jaguar saloon ever built over several hundred kilometres of demanding roads , I was about to set off on a journey that would take me from one end of Europe to the other .
19 You are about to set out on an interesting and formative experience , something that is likely to have a major impact on your life .
20 Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting .
21 First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right .
22 I went home to the cottage , had an early supper , then set off on the walk to the post office .
23 He hitch-hikes to San Francisco , lives briefly in a commune , and then sets off on a journey with two of its members , Lockett and Meridith .
24 Sir Roy Strong stumbles off the block with his opening sentence ‘ The portrait was a child of the renaissance ’ , which seems to have forgotten about classical antiquity , but then sets off on a thought-provoking and terse survey of themes and ideas throughout the three centuries covered by the book .
25 He comes home at 8am to snatch an hour 's snooze and then sets off on the bus for a full day 's preaching to the people whose failing legs ca n't get them to church .
26 He sat down and picked up the sheaf of papers neatly set out on the top of his desk .
27 He pulled open the door , and they came into a tiny attic , with several large piles of typescript , and several files , neatly set out on the table .
28 I have therefore set out on the attached sheet the recommended Council Tax structure at the senior level .
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