Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catherine laid it down that every post should be paid , but the limited funds set aside by the government were rapidly eroded by inflation . |
| 2 | Henry Fielding wrote of the capital in 1751 : " What an immense variety of places has this town and its neighbourhood set apart for the amusement of the lowest order of the people . " |
| 3 | As he will be aware , in June the United States Government had a sum of , I think , $21 million which had been earmarked for military aid set aside for the very purposes that the hon. Gentleman suggests . |
| 4 | The address position is formed with the weight set more to the left side , leaning into the slope in order to gain stability and balance . |
| 5 | Ideally , gates should be hung on sturdy posts set well into the ground , but where this is impossible , such as against a house wall , the only secure way to fit the post is to screw it to the wall using large expanding bolts , such as Rawlbolts . |
| 6 | In more and more grounds , fences and grilles have been built around the ‘ ends ’ and the areas set aside for the visiting supporters , further highlighting the sense of territory . |
| 7 | After several cups of coffee in The Golf Inn Hotel , the golfers set forth onto the links . |
| 8 | On April 29 , the co-ordinator of the UN programme for returning Kurdish refugees said that the $100,000,000 set aside for the operation was totally inadequate . |
| 9 | He watched intently as the tiny shutters of tree-bark opened wider and wider , and when they were fully open they revealed a small squarish window set neatly in the curve of the big branch . |
| 10 | ‘ According to the witnesses we have consulted , it seems likely that the growth expectations set forth in the Second National Plan ( 1954–57 ) were in contradiction to the conventional wisdom at the beginning of the 1950s , which expected that only low rates of growth were possible … |
| 11 | Still positioned as a technical , rather than a commercial Unix supplier — and with its sights set firmly on the Cray Y-MP and Convex Computer Corp user community — the Mountain View , California company has introduced Challenge and Power Challenge server systems , claiming Cray-equivalent performance at a tenth of the price . |
| 12 | Furthermore , it became clear that a number of the parties would be arriving some time before the three days set aside for the conference , thus giving themselves time to prepare their ground and gauge the mood of fellow guests , though their exact arrival dates were , again , uncertain . |
| 13 | Silicon Graphics maintains it is still a technical , rather than a commercial Unix supplier and has its sights set firmly on the Cray Y-MP and Convex Computer Corp user community with its latest offerings . |
| 14 | Local initiative and pluralism , growth of decision-making centres , and space for individual/group autonomy would promote an active citizenry as opposed to individuals set apart from the authoritative state which has grown under the Conservatives in the last twelve years . |
| 15 | There are many other beautiful things there but I can not resist quoting a caption — for once , given in English — in the room set aside for the revolution of 1848 . |
| 16 | There was a breakfast room set aside for the train party where a piece of the mystery would unravel each morning . |
| 17 | On the morning of the day before her departure Delia Sutherland was sitting in front of the fruit and toast Luney set daily on the terrace , and which not once had she been able to eat . |
| 18 | Clauses 70 to 73 provide for the introduction of the council tax set separately by the regional , islands and district councils in respect of dwellings in their areas . |
| 19 | Which was when the other horse got to Hullabaloo 's quarters , a big , handsome bay , his bit covered in a white froth , his nostrils wide and red , and his eye set fast on the forthcoming obstacle . |
| 20 | There is , in other words , no simple ‘ culture of failure ’ or ‘ culture of resistance ’ , but rather a complex set of strategies set generally within the context of strong attachments to families and black cultural identities ( Fuller , 1982 , 1983 ; Dex , 1983 ; Riley , 1986 ; Mac an Ghaill , 1988 ) . |
| 21 | Pour in the eggs and stir once or twice , allowing the eggs to set lightly around the edges . |
| 22 | The King of Saudi Arabia is not exempt from the regulations set forth by the Shari'a . |
| 23 | At the instigation of the Council , the Commission have proposed a legislative programme of some 48 measures to implement the principles and aims set forth in the Social Charter . |
| 24 | It was a typical mode of response by Hoggart , contrasting the cultural solidity of the English pub and its robust pleasures with the contrived artificiality of the ‘ American ’ cafe ; the fantasy world of admass set unfavourably against the down-to-earth character of working-class tradition . |
| 25 | Despite increasing integration into the market , the village remained in large measure set apart from the world outside , regulating its own affairs through customary law under the tutelage of the police . |
| 26 | Despite increasing integration into the market , therefore , the village remained in large measure set apart from the world outside , regulating its own affairs through customary law under the tutelage of the police . |
| 27 | She did n't have enough money set aside for the simultaneous cost of rent , an unexpectedly high fuel bill and Christmas expenses , so borrowed money to pay : loan instalments added another £12.05 to her weekly outgoings . |
| 28 | Náprstek was also an enthusiastic supporter of the emancipation of women , and there were rooms set aside in the apartments for the American Club of Czech Women . |
| 29 | Both parties enjoyed freedom to contract or not to contract and both parties exercised that freedom by contracting on the terms set forth in the written agreement and on no other terms . |
| 30 | Up in the ‘ Fish Tank ’ is an area set aside for the Inlay Operator , still many years away from his grander title of Electronic Effects Designer . |