Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry Fielding wrote of the capital in 1751 : " What an immense variety of places has this town and its neighbourhood set apart for the amusement of the lowest order of the people . " |
| 2 | As he will be aware , in June the United States Government had a sum of , I think , $21 million which had been earmarked for military aid set aside for the very purposes that the hon. Gentleman suggests . |
| 3 | The address position is formed with the weight set more to the left side , leaning into the slope in order to gain stability and balance . |
| 4 | He watched intently as the tiny shutters of tree-bark opened wider and wider , and when they were fully open they revealed a small squarish window set neatly in the curve of the big branch . |
| 5 | There are many other beautiful things there but I can not resist quoting a caption — for once , given in English — in the room set aside for the revolution of 1848 . |
| 6 | There was a breakfast room set aside for the train party where a piece of the mystery would unravel each morning . |
| 7 | Clauses 70 to 73 provide for the introduction of the council tax set separately by the regional , islands and district councils in respect of dwellings in their areas . |
| 8 | Which was when the other horse got to Hullabaloo 's quarters , a big , handsome bay , his bit covered in a white froth , his nostrils wide and red , and his eye set fast on the forthcoming obstacle . |
| 9 | It was a typical mode of response by Hoggart , contrasting the cultural solidity of the English pub and its robust pleasures with the contrived artificiality of the ‘ American ’ cafe ; the fantasy world of admass set unfavourably against the down-to-earth character of working-class tradition . |
| 10 | Despite increasing integration into the market , the village remained in large measure set apart from the world outside , regulating its own affairs through customary law under the tutelage of the police . |
| 11 | Despite increasing integration into the market , therefore , the village remained in large measure set apart from the world outside , regulating its own affairs through customary law under the tutelage of the police . |
| 12 | She did n't have enough money set aside for the simultaneous cost of rent , an unexpectedly high fuel bill and Christmas expenses , so borrowed money to pay : loan instalments added another £12.05 to her weekly outgoings . |
| 13 | Up in the ‘ Fish Tank ’ is an area set aside for the Inlay Operator , still many years away from his grander title of Electronic Effects Designer . |
| 14 | They 'd been strolling through the individual gardens within the whole for more than two hours , while Rune told her about the traditions of the gardens and how , despite attempts at imitation , they remained unique in Europe — if not the world — before they reached the area set aside for the funfair and he suggested she might like a ride on some of the attractions . |
| 15 | Brezhnev 's proposals for the Gulf were characterised as an ‘ extension of the conditions which the Soviet Union set earlier on the normalisation of conditions in the basin of the Indian Ocean , on transforming it into a zone of peace ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ We have a dedicated fund set aside for the regions , specifically Northern Ireland and Scotland and we systematically go around the country to meet independent producers . |
| 17 | Built in 1990 , the Hotel Rina is a modern , well-furnished property set away from the main road . |
| 18 | A choice of chalet-bungalow or traditional hotel-style accommodation in an extensive garden setting right by the sandy beach . |
| 19 | Even before the build-up to the Hinkley C Inquiry , the sum set aside by the Board each year in its special ‘ future provisions ’ fund had risen sharply from £133 million in 1982 to £604 million in 1986 . |
| 20 | It has a basic negentropic ( formative and organising ) effect even as heat increases , and therefore is the opposite of entropy which is the disintegration and disorganisation of matter set forth by the Second Law of Thermodynamics , which it thereby violates . |
| 21 | Use of biodiesel is favoured by European farmers , who would be allowed to grow rapeseed on land set aside under the EC 's Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 22 | Hill Street takes a little longer , but Aspen is conspicuous ; a long white villa set just below the crest of a low , wooded ridge , surrounded by white walls with ornamental black railings and little ball-head shrubs standing in wooden tubs . |
| 23 | This reluctance to accept death as a ‘ natural ’ and inevitable stage in the cycle of life recalls the doctrine set forth in the Old Testament and enshrined in orthodox Christian teaching . |
| 24 | For its distinct absence of bridges , cave sets and other hazards , Carole Ann Ford 's favourite story remained the two part adventure set entirely within the TARDIS ‘ The Edge of Destruction ’ . |
| 25 | This was only one among the many spatial , time , and monetary boundaries of liability set forth in the Hague Rules . |
| 26 | The intention is that the members of the household should have an opportunity to communicate with each other , to sense their unity as a family , and to enjoy time set aside from the normal rush of daily life . |
| 27 | Equally , however , the farmer is entitled to demand that the countryside be viewed neither as a more extensive version of an urban recreation ground , nor as an arcadian idyll set aside for the pursuit of an indulgent atavism . |
| 28 | The party set forth on the road for Verdun . |
| 29 | Lexicographers change these values in the course of their work but the system will not allow them to set the status field to a value set initially by the system . |