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

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1 On Friday 24 March 1933 they set up an experiment in which a mixture of ethylene and benzaldehyde was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres at 170°C in the hope that the two substances would combine together .
2 In January 1933 it set up a central By-Election Insurance Fund to help needy constituencies to put forward candidates .
3 The Government Actuary 's Department prepared a document in 1980 which sets out a suggested basis for making the calculation and this was supplemented ten years later by recommendations from a committee of industrial tribunal chairmen .
4 It was a hundred almost of the grand stature of that which set up the historic victory here over West Indies a year ago , even if it was reached with a thick edge .
5 The most famous chapter in the Policraticus is that which sets forth the organic image of the commonwealth , the prince the head , the church the soul , the senate the heart , the soldiers the arms , the peasants the legs — a classical cliché brought up-to-date .
6 In about 1784 he set up a press there , and founded an ambitious system of circulating libraries ; to anyone wishing to set one up he offered a stock of books , a catalogue , and instructions .
7 In 1932 she set up a facility at the Settlement Hall in Newport Road , teaching children basic skills , walking , and speech therapy .
8 In January 1986 we set up The Desktop Publishing Company and bought a complete Apple Macintosh desktop publishing system .
9 4 Entry The right for the Tenant and all persons expressly or by implication authorised by the Tenant to enter upon other parts of the Centre and ( if any ) the Adjoining Property to carry out works to the Premises where such works would otherwise not be possible , or may be possible but rendered more expensive than they would otherwise be if this right was available The problem of access over a neighbour 's land has been greatly alleviated by the passage of the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 which sets out a procedure whereby a person may obtain a court order permitting access to a neighbour 's property in order to carry out works to protect , repair or maintain their property in circumstances where the neighbour refuses consent to such access .
10 Fothergill was a doctor and in 1740 he set up a practice in White Hart Street very near the Collinson establishment and flowers from Peckham might well have adorned yet another house in the City .
11 At the time of the James Committee 's deliberations two research programmes were gaining educators ' attention which confirmed the anxieties of those who set up the Committee .
12 In Chapter 6 we set out a dual-route model of reading aloud , distinguishing between a lexical procedure and a non-lexical procedure for converting print to speech .
13 To show this , consider Table 1 which sets out a simple numerical example in which there is a direct linear relationship between disposable income and consumption , and between disposable income and saving .
14 In 1961 he set up a working group , in the Ministry , ‘ to study the long term development of roads and traffic in urban areas and their influence on the urban environment ’ ; the leader was Colin Buchanan .
15 In the 1860s Spence became interested in copper smelting , and in 1866 he set up a company in Gode to develop his ideas .
16 In Chapter 15 we set out the basic case for allowing free markets to allocate resources .
17 In 1880 he set up the Art Furnishers ' Alliance at Bond Street to sell ‘ artistic house furnishing material ’ .
18 Yes , in our document N Y Two which sets out the objectives of the York greenbelt in more detail .
19 In January 1857 he set up a " Secret Committee on the Peasant Question " to discuss ways in which the abolition of serfdom might be achieved .
20 Mrs Thatcher 's speech at Bruges in September 1988 which set out the government 's view of its relations with the European Community was drafted by her Private Secretary and foreign policy adviser , Charles Powell .
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