Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] set [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , in addition to the basic meaning of ‘ constitution ’ — a document containing , at the very least , a code of rules setting out the allocation of functions , powers and duties among the various agencies and officers of government — there is a wider meaning of constitution , according to which every democratic state has a constitution . |
| 2 | LIFFE was aware of plans to set up the DTB , and moved quickly to pre-empt its business in German long interest rates . |
| 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 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 ’ . |
| 5 | Nothing happened until , quite independently , a group of enthusiasts set up the Folly Fellowship in 1988 . |
| 6 | The ‘ specially urgent need to take whatever steps were immediately possible to improve the safety testing of drugs ’ in the light of the thalidomide disaster led the Joint Sub-Committee on Safety of Drugs to set up the Committee on Safety of Drugs in 1963 . |
| 7 | see that er paragraph three of the statement of claims sets out the history of the transaction a and pleads the relevant facts . |
| 8 | Some concern was expressed about the slow progress on negotiations to set up the museum and it was hoped that a further meeting with Shropshire Leisure Services could be set up soon . |
| 9 | Instructions to invigilators setting out the details of the procedures to be followed in the conduct of examinations shall be approved by or on behalf of the Senate . |
| 10 | The policy speech comes less than a month before the likely date for ministers to set out the balance of subjects in the new curriculum for Scots children aged between five and 14 . |
| 11 | In 1611 he was consulted by Londoners setting up the Londonderry plantation , and showed positive interest in joining an oil-milling venture there . |