Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the owners had once been renters , thus , suggesting a pattern where young migrants , who can not afford land or property rent until they have sufficient savings to set up a home of their own . |
| 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 | So far David 's letters from a couple of children who understand his fascination but what he really wants is enough other fans to set up a collectors club for cone crazies . |
| 4 | The Master Locksmiths Association has its roots in the early 1950s , when a group of craftsmen set up the Greater London Locksmiths Association . |
| 5 | Much of this was funded by personal borrowing , providing jobs in Credit and Banking ; the security for lending often coming from people 's own homes , as the desire to own and furnish better homes set off a spiral of house-price inflation . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It seems necessary to conclude that in his view the words set up no trust . |
| 8 | The words set up an echo in Lorton 's mind : he remembered Sue 's death , and the doctor saying , She ca n't tell us what the problem was now , Mr Lorton . |
| 9 | To her horror , his words set off a ripple of excitement within her , and she felt a betraying warmth flood her cheeks . |
| 10 | There is evidence of Roman traders setting up a depot near Braughing , using the River Lea as the transport link with the Thames . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | The Justice Department has similar Guidelines setting out the situations in which vertical restraints are likely to attract attention from the authorities . |
| 13 | In 1967 , Bill and his wife Pam , sold everything including his house and insurance policies to set up a weaving factory in Cheshire which he called Mercia Weavers . |
| 14 | There are plans to set up a fund in her name to assist up and coming wildlife film-makers . |
| 15 | LIFFE was aware of plans to set up the DTB , and moved quickly to pre-empt its business in German long interest rates . |
| 16 | But because of the cash required the Town Hall wants to join forces with other major employers to set up the scheme . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A typical occasion was when Thornton used his contacts to set up a meeting between the paper and the trade-union-sponsored Unity Bank to borrow £10,000 to keep things going for now , and to test the water for the millions of pounds that would be needed in the future . |
| 19 | It is best in such cases to set out the contra agreement in writing right at the outset . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The Scottish nobles set up a Regency Council with control of Margaret 's baby sons , one of whom , Alexander , Duke of Ross , dies soon after his mother 's sudden departure for England . |
| 22 | Nothing happened until , quite independently , a group of enthusiasts set up the Folly Fellowship in 1988 . |
| 23 | The following year a further scheme of the Charity Commissioners set up an education system which led to that enjoyed today . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The companies set up the Volta Aluminium Company ( VALCO ) in 1959 . |
| 26 | Twenty green-minded companies set up the network with the aim of raising awareness of environmental issues . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | We did not have an echo chamber at CBR , so when Lance Sieveking required an echo effect our engineers set up a microphone in the gentlemen 's washroom where the reverberation off tiled walls and floor gave the desired effect . |
| 29 | Implementation of the Eleventh Company Law Directive will add further complexities to the law relating to disclosure of information by foreign companies setting up a place of business in the UK , according to the Institute 's Company Law Sub-committee . |
| 30 | will buy enough tools and seeds to set up a tree nursery . |