Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | WATERLOO BOY sets out on another chasing campaign tomorrow at Exeter with expectations high of a season full of more success . |
2 | Joy and Alan set off on one of their marathon walks , this time a coast-to-coast sponsored effort to raise money for our local church , one of the oldest in North Wales . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The government 's policy paper contained provisions for state-aided settlement schemes to encourage black farmers to set up on 485,000 hectares of government land . |
6 | With Italian and German bombers providing air cover , the convoy set out on 5 August , carrying some 3,000 men . |
7 | Among printers ' mementoes , one should not forget the special examples , in the nature of things not easy to find because of the infrequency of the occasions , produced by presses set up on frozen rivers , such as the Thames and Severn . |
8 | The government of the FRG declares that the memorials set up on German soil which are dedicated to Soviet victims of the [ Second World ] War and of the tyranny shall be respected and placed under the protection of German laws . |
9 | The whole detachment set off on 15 March from Siwa in the trucks of John Olivey 's Rhodesian patrol , heading for the Jebel mountains to the south of Benghazi , a journey of 400 miles . |