Example sentences of "[be] set [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This accusation had been set temporarily to one side after the discovery of the Phillips curve and its subsequent absorption into income-expenditure models . |
| 2 | In particular , a limited number of bursaries have been set aside for mature students . |
| 3 | He reported that £1,000 had been set aside for proper surfacing of paths at Radford Park . |
| 4 | The only substantial aid received by the government so far had been $300,000,000 from the United States agreed by the US Congress in May 1990 [ see p. 37450 ] , which had been gradually disbursed , except for $50,000,000 which had been set aside for clearing debt arrears . |
| 5 | VCPs are set apparently at random , and vehicles stopped in the same way , but there is a method in the madness . |
| 6 | The Moi University course offers problem-based learning , relatively few lectures , early patient contact , and a strong bias towards experience in the community ( 8 weeks of every year are set aside for this ) . |
| 7 | Twelve Fridays are set aside in each session for the passage of such bills although the Government can give extra time to measures it supports to ensure success . |
| 8 | It is possible that the boundary between mastery and non-mastery might be set differently for different educational purposes , but it is much more likely that different purposes will prescribe whether a boundary needs to be set at all . |
| 9 | Second , the way heads responded to PNP , and with varying degrees of success exploited its opportunities and resources for the children 's benefit , must be set firmly against this background . |
| 10 | A great adventure , a fitting enterprise for one who had known herself from infancy to be set apart for some rare destiny , and one that she had thought herself to have pursued courageously , successfully , with a redeeming love that had rescued even the anguished , complex , hostile Aaron , and had saved him from his wilder flights . |
| 11 | On Dec. 12 , 1991 , the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) approved standby credit of SDR75,000,000 ( about US$105 million ) for 1992 in support of Ecuador 's programme of economic reform ; 25 per cent of each of the five disbursements were be set aside for possible debt-reduction schemes agreed with Ecuador 's commercial bank creditors . |
| 12 | About ¥8 billion will be set aside for on-campus LANs for 20–30 national universities , according to a government official involved in the negotiations with the Ministry of Finance . |
| 13 | A wing of a home might be set aside in this way , with potential residents and their families allowed to view the kitchen before admission to provide reassurance . |
| 14 | However , it might be that , at first , such tests should be set only in those subjects which constitute the ‘ core curriculum ’ to be instituted nationally for all schools . |
| 15 | The main features of the provincial press were set well before 1939 . |
| 16 | Traditionally , these days were set apart for special prayer and fasting . |
| 17 | The fame of Aÿ was at its peak , and its wines were set apart from other growths ; as beautifully understated by Paulmier in his treatise De Vino et Pomaceo ( Paris , 1588 ) , Aÿ was ‘ the ordinary drink of kings and princes ’ . |
| 18 | The verdicts were set aside on 25 December by means of a law passed on 23 December empowering the President to quash any decision of the Special Court . |
| 19 | A ‘ Book of Hours ’ was the name given to such a prayerbook intended for private or family devotion , the term ‘ hours ’ indicating not an interval of sixty minutes , but less precise parts of the day that were set aside for religious and other duties . |
| 20 | The New Shed dealt with manufactured goods ( toys , groceries , hardware , etc. ) , the Old Down Shed with bulk traffic ( flour , grain , fresh fruit ) , and two special sheds were set aside for American and French imported goods . |
| 21 | The talks were held at the CPF site and included issues which were set forth in four documents , all of them unanimously approved by community representatives and by BPXC . |
| 22 | The scheme would offer temporary work for up to four days a week , with the other day being set aside for continuing job search . |
| 23 | It is important to obtain specific legal advice in all circumstances to protect the firm 's position and to minimise any likelihood of the arrangements entered into being set aside by any ‘ disgruntled ’ investor after the event . |
| 24 | When a wild pig is caught , the meat of the head is set aside for small children , for the vital principle is associated with it . |
| 25 | ‘ Though he is famous for the extension of his territories and conquests in which he is constantly engaged , he has also started many public works for the beauty and convenience of the realm ; some of these he has completed , and a great part of his wealth is set aside for pious honouring of his ancestors . |
| 26 | The status of the order of any court acting within its competence is one of full validity until , if ever , it is set aside by any other court acting within its competence . |
| 27 | The hotel was converted from a farm eight years ago and is set close to several Dales walks . |
| 28 | The Grand Trunk Canal promoted by him and his merchant associate Thomas Bently was set afoot in 1766 after the Duke of Bridgewater had already moved the line of his Runcorn cut to meet up at its northern end and complete the joining of the Trent and Mersey . |
| 29 | Total expenditure was set provisionally at 67,000 million francs CFA and revenue at 39,000 million francs CFA . |
| 30 | More than Dm300 million was set aside for future environmental protection measures , and stocks were valued according to the ‘ last in , first out ’ principle , which cuts out paper profit ( and thus reduces taxable profit ) when prices rise . |