Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] set [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Here she created opportunities for social workers to train in more advanced skills and set up a variety of support and counselling groups .
2 Their protest ended when on Sept. 30 the People 's Assembly passed an amnesty law providing for rehabilitation of former political prisoners and setting out their economic rights .
3 Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river .
4 According to the report the SSPV , led by Nguyen Kiet , had planned to assassinate a number of high-ranking officials and set off bombs near Ho Chi Minh 's mausoleum on Sept. 2 , Vietnam 's national day .
5 I found the proper cracks and set off jamming in between the bulging , blocky flutes that reminded so much of the solid Sennen cracks and of the second pitch of Doorpost — but they were rounded , too , and the cracks not deep — in places like a Lundy cliff , complete with grit and tufts of grass and alarming rattles .
6 The many and varied attempts by governments both to take over foreign assets and to set up new state-owned businesses , have seldom been successful .
7 Even though its evolutionary course was eventually destined to lead it into the complicated and probably costly distortions involved in having two eyes on one side , even though the skate way of being a flat fish might ultimately have been the best design for bony fish too , the would-be intermediates that set out along this evolutionary pathway apparently did less well in the short term than their rivals lying on their side .
8 The really dangerous scientists are those who do have political and moral ideas and set out to use their science to further their own ideological ends .
9 The company plans to stage Edward II , music and performance arts and contemporary films and set up bars and food pavilions on the riverside walk
10 Randolph , smiling from ear to ear , quickly dressed into warm clothes and set out towards the toy factory .
11 Options are exercisable by the Directors and the Company Secretary over a total of 1,398,330 Ordinary Shares as set out above at prices ranging from IR59.25p to IR£1.28 and from 73pStg to £1.19Stg .
12 The defendants ' actions were not detrimental to road safety and were exceptional cases as set out under article 11 of AETR ,
13 But when the great general of the Civil War , Oliver Cromwell , lost his temper with the Rump Parliament for trying to monopolize power , and made himself supreme instead , he regretted this war between Protestant countries and set out to make peace between them as soon as possible .
14 As soon as the Shivah days of deep mourning were over , Mrs Neumann converted her small front parlour into a shop selling basic foodstuffs and domestic items and set up a camp-bed for herself in a corner of the kitchen by the range so as to rent out the two attic rooms to lodgers .
15 He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole .
16 The RJWG made youth policy the second pillar of its pedagogical intentions and set up youth departments in every region .
17 At the conclusion of the meeting , little progress had been made beyond agreeing procedural rules and setting up two working parties .
18 Resolution 6 at the AGM renews this authority for a further year in respect of up to 15 million shares ( 9.63% of the present issued share capital ) on the existing terms as set out in the resolution .
19 Despite the acceptance of this principle the Commission found that a large number of people were not obtaining adequate legal services and set out the principles that should , in future , govern the provision of legal services :
20 This is , of course , scarcely different from the effects of frugivorous birds as set out in Chapter 6 .
21 Where labour and manufacturing facilities are often quite economical in overseas countries and setting up a manufacturing base saves transportation costs .
22 He gives talks and shows videos to various organisations and sets up stall at open days .
23 Councils in other parts of the country also adopted the Manchester approach and appointed workers or set up a unit .
24 They then look at that figure , break it down into separate realistic amounts achievable in various ways and set up the systems that are going to raise that cash .
25 However , Beecroft 's attempts , little noted at the time because they were mounted from Fernando Po , proved much more successful than the highly publicized expeditions that set out from England .
26 In my opinion , they should stop hounding law-abiding citizens and set about catching the obvious culprits , whoever they are .
27 We allocated various jobs and set about finding out the answers ; monthly progress meetings were arranged .
28 They unfolded the stiff green branches and set up the metal stand .
29 It would also be a major knock-back for the scum because , without a doubt , he 's been the difference for them scoring vital goals and setting up others .
30 Act 1974 , I/we [ ] of [ ] having agreed to purchase [ ] ( " the Article " ) for use at work , hereby undertake in accordance with the above Section that I/we will implement the Specified Steps as set out below in order to ensure , so far as reasonably practicable , that the Article will be safe and without risks to health when properly so used .
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