Example sentences of "[be] set [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That record had been set earlier in the same evening when ‘ Bob 's worlds ’ ( Sotheby 's lot 37 , est. $250–350,000 ) , an important crockery picture , had been purchased by a telephone bidder against art adviser Jeffrey Deitch . |
| 2 | ( ii ) Second reading In his discussions with the Leader of the House relating to the Bill , the Minister will have arranged for certain times ( usually a day or two , but perhaps up to eight days ) to have been set aside for the second reading debate . |
| 3 | This column has been set aside for the punchcard machines , but I 'm not forgetting that some of you have manual machines and I hope in future issues in to include something for you from time to time . |
| 4 | In addition , a special photographer 's area ( including the whole of the former Down platform ) has been set aside for the serious cameraman who wishes to record the event for posterity . |
| 5 | A room had been set aside for the investigation . |
| 6 | The smallest of the three rooms had been set aside for the officer in charge ; it had a desk , a couple of chairs , and a telephone which , allegedly , would soon be functional . |
| 7 | A 20 acre site has been set aside for the Tivoli Gardens , a landscaped park with games , rides and entertainment . |
| 8 | Demand for the group 's Drypure paint recovery process has suffered , and , with the joint venture Drypure centre in Toledo , Ohio , incurring a small loss , £2½m has been set aside below the line , against its possible closure . |
| 9 | It was a perfect site because the building , for which a quarter of a million pounds ( £8,250,000 ) had been set aside from the Twentieth Century Fund , was meant to be ‘ a challenge to the Church of England ’ . |
| 10 | Donations totalling £15,000 have been set aside from the site 's charity trust fund to buy much needed equipment to help mothers and children , the elderly , the injured , the deaf and handicapped in the area . |
| 11 | Six of his retainers were put to death at York on the day of his own execution , together with another eleven rebels , including Roger Clifford and John Mowbray , whose claim to the lordship of Gower had been set aside by the king in 1319 . |
| 12 | Any doubt about his attitude should have been set aside by the speech with which he accepted the leadership : |
| 13 | Some DM2.15 billion ( US$1.36 billion ) has been set aside by the research ministry , the BMFT , to support the first three years of the plan . |
| 14 | last year , even though over 131,000 hectares have been set aside in the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | Ensure rocky structures are set firmly into the gravel ; more complicated structures can be siliconed together before placing in the tank ( and/or siliconed to the glass ) . |
| 16 | A MAFF spokesman said that the survey was unnecessary : " Pollution controls are set locally to the nuclear sites . |
| 17 | While it remains unclear to this reader exactly what moral or spiritual relations are set forth in the three stories which comprise the titular parables , Proofs , the main part of the present volume , concerns itself with how the collapse of communism threatens the whole Western intellectual tradition of idealism and asceticism . |
| 18 | The degree of abnormality leading to disqualification and the measures to be taken by breeders , are set forth by the Breeding Committee . |
| 19 | ‘ The paintings are set directly into the ceiling of an octagonal staircase , ’ Rab explains . |
| 20 | A certain number of days are set aside throughout the session for non-governmental business . |
| 21 | However , we have also stressed that any decline in reading standards in the inner city must be set firmly within the context of the political and economic circumstances which lead to poverty and social dislocation . |
| 22 | Political leaders , where they can be set apart from the party , may help to shape a party 's image . |
| 23 | Although the poem contains such pessimistic overtones and pathetic acceptance of fate there is hope to be found in the last two lines which seem to be set apart from the rest . |
| 24 | Just as with word processing type can be set flush with the left-hand margin , centred or justified . |
| 25 | The Threshold level must be set carefully for the unit to be fully effective , and beware , because getting this absolutely right takes a little time . |
| 26 | Such an edge should be set just below the level of the turf so that a machine can run smoothly over the top — simply neaten up once a year with a half moon iron or spade and save that chore of hand edging . |
| 27 | This appears not to have happened in the case of Samuel Pepys 's uncle ; writing in his diary for 6 July 1661 , he related the incident of ‘ My uncle 's corpse in a coffin standing upon joint stools in the chimney in the hall ; but it began to smell so I caused it to be set forth in the yard all night , and watched by my aunt . ’ |
| 28 | Any provision made against the minority debit balance should be set directly against the minority interest amount in the p&l account and in the balance sheet . |
| 29 | Second is a single rate poundage which will be set nationally by the government rather than local councils . |
| 30 | The NFFO will be set annually by the Department of Energy ; it aims to guarantee that new electricity distribution companies in England and Wales use a certain amount of renewable souces to generate power . |