Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ that a person who has entered into the contract may either affirm or avoid such contract after the duress has ceased ; and if he has so voluntarily acted under it with a full knowledge of all the circumstances he may be held bound on the ground of ratification , or if , after escaping from the duress , he takes no steps to set aside the transaction he may be found to have affirmed it . ’ |
| 2 | It is scarcely feasible for the communes to set up the apparatus to assess local household incomes ; this is a matter that is best left to the republics and provinces . |
| 3 | The Master Locksmiths Association has its roots in the early 1950s , when a group of craftsmen set up the Greater London Locksmiths Association . |
| 4 | The following paragraphs set out the response of the University of Oxford to the HEFCE 's invitation in circular letter 17/93 to submit information on its strategic plans and financial forecasts up to 1996–7 . |
| 5 | The paper proposed for each area of the curriculum for pupils 5–14 ‘ a nationally agreed set of guidelines setting out the aims of study , the content to be covered , and the objectives to be achieved ’ . |
| 6 | The Justice Department has similar Guidelines setting out the situations in which vertical restraints are likely to attract attention from the authorities . |
| 7 | LIFFE was aware of plans to set up the DTB , and moved quickly to pre-empt its business in German long interest rates . |
| 8 | But because of the cash required the Town Hall wants to join forces with other major employers to set up the scheme . |
| 9 | In consequence there are no autumn colours to be viewed in surroundings that look as though there should be — no golds and flaming reds to set off the whites , blues and blacks of snow , water and rock . |
| 10 | It is best in such cases to set out the contra agreement in writing right at the outset . |
| 11 | The GX-7 is a small plastic box measuring some 12cm x 6cm x 3cm with a minimum of controls : two rotaries for Drive and Level and a bank of eight miniature switches to set up the gain and simulation modes . |
| 12 | Nothing happened until , quite independently , a group of enthusiasts set up the Folly Fellowship in 1988 . |
| 13 | The tanks are directly connected to one another by a balance rope attached to the centre of each tank and passing over pulleys set about the centre of each plane . |
| 14 | The companies set up the Volta Aluminium Company ( VALCO ) in 1959 . |
| 15 | Twenty green-minded companies set up the network with the aim of raising awareness of environmental issues . |
| 16 | Hadleigh 's winner came eight minutes before the end when Keys set up the chance for Smith to score his second with a shot on the run . |
| 17 | To minimise potential bias , the study investigators set up the ventilators but were not involved in the clinical management of patients . |
| 18 | The dogs were set off by it and the dogs set off the sheep and the goats and the cows . |
| 19 | We bought the machine and I spent several hours over the next few days setting up the system . |
| 20 | He and Tam Henderson spent two days setting up the recording equipment before the orchestra arrived . |
| 21 | All Home Risks policies set out the cover for BUILDINGS , whether or not this cover is currently in force , so we are sending you the new wording , which you should keep with your policy . |
| 22 | These rules set out the order in which your relatives will inherit your property if you die without leaving a will . |
| 23 | The RPB rules set out the standards and procedures to be followed . |
| 24 | In November 1940 the Vichy government abolished the ineffective Commission de Châlons , intending to replace it with an organisation called Le Bureau de Repartition du Vinicole de Champagne , but in April the following year the Germans set up the CIVC . |
| 25 | For example , the researchers set up the apparatus hours and even days before they took the final readings . |
| 26 | A company must pay consultants to set up the programme and chemists to test the urine . |
| 27 | In the following year Koops set up the Minerva Universal Insurance Office in Pall Mall , Westminster . |
| 28 | Sch 6 to the 1992 regulations sets out the information in respect of associated bodies that must be included in the notes to societies ' accounts . |
| 29 | The regulations setting out the procedure whereby a soldier in the British Army can apply for conscientious objector status are classified as a ‘ restricted ’ document — to which only army officers have access . |
| 30 | The text of their draft resolution will ask the secretary general , Boutros Boutros-Ghali , to study ways to set up the court . |