Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] set [adv] the " in BNC.
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1 | By s. 259 of a private Act of Parliament of 1836 setting up the railway line , it was provided that , if a line should be abandoned , the lands acquired for the track should vest in the owners for the time being of the adjoining lands . |
2 | In 1873 he returned to England to take up the post of electrician to the Highton Battery Company , and in 1877 set up the first experimental overhead telephone line in England , only two years after the invention of the telephone in the United States by Alexander Graham Bell [ q.v . ] . |
3 | The World Health Organization at the Alma Ata Conference in 1978 set forth the importance of community participation in primary health care . |
4 | In a rather haphazard fashion , and greatly encouraged by the British , Roosevelt finally agreed in 1942 to set up the Office of Strategic Services ( OSS ) under the command of Colonel William Donovan . |
5 | Rules 6.172 to 6:177 set out the procedure for the application for a public examination , requisitioning the official receiver to apply for such an examination , at the hearing itself and the expenses of it . |
6 | Rules 7.2 to 7.4 set out the procedure and practice on the filing and service of originating and other applications . |
7 | Paragraph 2 sets out the permissible exclusions from investigation , and paragraphs 3 to 5 set out the functions of the adjudicator . |
8 | We proceed by first setting out the difference equations for the variables and in this case . |