Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He jointly led the European Tour 's Greens in Regulation statistics that year , but his putting was so horrendous that he was almost totally incapable of converting the countless birdie opportunities set up with excellent tee-to-green play . |
| 2 | One of the greatest of all sports car road races ever run , the Mille Miglia was first held in 1927 and , by tradition , cars set off at one-minute intervals from the centre of Brescia , raced down to Rome and returned . |
| 3 | We can develop in Europe only within the guidelines set out by Central Government , a Government quite clear that a joining of the attitudes and minds is desirable , not federalism . |
| 4 | It said that far too many teachers had the perception that unless they followed the good practice set down by local authority advisers , their career prospects in the city would be blighted . |
| 5 | In 1893 Scott set up in independent practice . |
| 6 | Pursuant to the Practice Direction ( Transfer of Action ) [ 1991 ] WLR 643 ( see para 1.35 ) , every action set down under automatic directions will be examined within seven days by a master to determine whether a transfer should be considered . |
| 7 | From the end of the seventeenth century , turnpike trusts set up under private acts of parliament began to appear . |
| 8 | It seems clear from the surviving images that emperors took interest in and approved the form of their portraits , particularly those that would be seen by many of their subjects on coins and statues set up in public places . |
| 9 | Subtle metallic sheens and bold black spots and lines set off with red areas of finnage , combine to produce a truly pretty fish . |
| 10 | When it becomes law , Scottish Natural Heritage will have to refer objections to proposed and existing SSSIs to yet another body , a new committee set up by Scottish Secretary Ian Lang . |
| 11 | The amendment forces Scottish Natural Heritage to refer objections to proposed and existing Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) to a new committee set up by Scottish Secretary Ian Lang . |
| 12 | Mrs Mitterrand said the hospital was on Iraqi soil , in an area controlled by the rebel Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan ( PDKI ) and inside the air exclusion zone set up by Western allies to protect Iraqi Kurds . |
| 13 | North-East Club for pre-war Austins Mad March Hare run sets off from Scotch Corner , 11am . |
| 14 | This view was echoed by a BBC director general , Alasdair Milne , who remarked that the prescriptions for broadcasting set out in previous eras — even only a matter of a decade or so ago — were of little value in a rapidly changing social and political environment . |
| 15 | Also issued on Oct. 26 , a decree granted foreign investors ( individual or corporate ) the right to set up on Soviet soil a 100 per cent foreign-owned enterprise , or to buy a shareholding in existing Soviet enterprises . |
| 16 | With all the possibilities set out in great detail , action could be taken , but the results are not striking . |
| 17 | JUN 1992 TOP post boxes and notice boards set up at various locations around the site and in mess rooms to communicate TOP news . |
| 18 | The move came amidst concern about the high levels of bad debt carried by the Nigerian banking system , particularly that held by some of the smaller banks set up in recent years . |
| 19 | Given that a prime reason for investing in science is to boost the nation 's technological performance , where was the discussion about the implications of the government 's plans to privatise the British Technology Group , the descendant of a body set up by Labour itself in the mid-1960s to perform precisely this task ? |
| 20 | The Social Science Research Council ( SSRC ) is a body set up by Royal Charter for the promotion of social science research . |
| 21 | ISS sets out in great detail ( paragraphs 3.9.3 to 3.9.16 ) both arguments . |
| 22 | The HIDB and the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno are both examples of intermediate institutions set up with intersectoral mandates to assist disadvantaged areas . |
| 23 | Contemporary concerns with the dangers posed to the rights of individuals by incorrect information are reflected in the laws and institutions set up on national levels to protect individuals against incorrect data and the implications that might arise from any errors . |
| 24 | We have some sympathy , however , with those who have said that where property was settled before 26th March 1974 the trustees should have the opportunity , for , a limited period , to distribute the capital absolutely to individuals or create an interest in possession so that the rules set out for discretionary trusts will not apply . |
| 25 | The Fitzgeralds had never known their neighbours very well , partly because Magdalen Street was wide , with houses set back behind small gardens and with steps to the front door , and partly because their big family made them self-sufficient . |
| 26 | And national or local government may offer subsidies for businesses to set up in favoured areas . |
| 27 | However , in the late 1970s they stated quite categorically that they were not able to take an initiative on the priorities set down in national policy . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've got four old Vickers guns set up in strategic positions , so neither group should be able to get in . |
| 29 | Weslo Housing Management — a new organisation set up by local Scottish Homes management and staff — have lodged a rival bid to take over all the housing stock in the district . |
| 30 | The Christian communities ( Comunidades Cristianas de Base ) were initially small study groups set up by local parishes to discuss social problems and to try to find practical ways of solving them through community action . |