Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 2 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 3 | A final technical point on audio versus video recording : it takes no longer to set up for a simple video recording than it does to position a microphone for an audio recording . |
| 4 | Todd soon set up as a rival next door , a firm which became Hudswell , Clarke & Co . |
| 5 | These calculations can be easily set up on a computer spreadsheet and variations may be performed to determine the best-looking selection according to the investor 's risk-return preferences . |
| 6 | If you wish to have separate UICs , simply copy the account you have already set up to a new UIC and VMS account name . |
| 7 | Once suitable terms have been settled and , one hopes , clearly and concisely set out in a signed agreement , you will be in a position to give the job your undivided attention , secure in the knowledge that you have created the right conditions for job survival . |
| 8 | The strategy which controls the frequency , duration and destination is usually set up on a systems availability base rather than being controlled by the quantity of data to be transferred and its " design delay " costs . |
| 9 | Social groups are often deliberately set up for a purpose . |
| 10 | The Action Teams have been deliberately set up with a wide brief so that they can adapt to local needs without having to conform to a rigid pattern . |
| 11 | They were also set up as a way of avoiding off-site referral . |
| 12 | A Parliamentary and Local Government Advisory Committee was also set up with a brief to ‘ consider and recommend to the General Committee what , in their opinion , is necessary for the purpose of effectively carrying into effect the resolution passed at the Swansea Congress ’ . |
| 13 | But Charlie also sets out on a series of scandalous liaisons and unfortunate marriages with very young girls . |
| 14 | Without resources , unable to earn a living , at the mercy of at least two Federal agencies determined to silence him by one means or another , and now set up as a government-approved target for any stray kook or fanatic , Coleman had to find a more defensible position . |
| 15 | A group of more than 30 travellers ' caravans have now set up on a roadside site a mile from the village at Crew crossroads . |
| 16 | Mr Clark continued : ‘ Now set out in a most scholarly book of some 700 pages , it is probably the important revisionist text to be published since the war . |
| 17 | She was eighteen and had never been out of England , yet she unhesitatingly set off for a remote and savage country in Africa . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend may like to know that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State today set out in a speech the importance of improving and strengthening competition in a range of postal services . |
| 19 | A few months as a registrar in Nottingham , then he would be well set up for a job in the place of his choice . |
| 20 | Between 1873 and 1878 , for example , the hesitant growth of American trade unionism was dramatically set back by a 5-year economic depression . |
| 21 | My first attempt on these hills ended at about 1500 feet when two of us were simply blasted off , which I suppose served us right for even setting out on a morning dark and grey as a used Brillo pad . |
| 22 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
| 23 | As far as I know , there are only two still in existence : one , the U.505 , was captured by an American task force towards the end of the war , towed up the St Lawrence and through the Great Lakes to Chicago where a special cradle was built for it to cross the Lake Shore Drive and then set up in a little house of its own in the Museum of Science and Industry . |
| 24 | He then set out in a violent storm and heavy snow for Fort William , where he hoped to take the oath in the presence of the local commander of government troops . |
| 25 | When he reached the gates , pushing through the children , he looked both ways along the main road , then set off at a trot in the general direction of the Stones ' household , several miles away . |
| 26 | She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view . |
| 27 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 28 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 29 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 30 | He hitch-hikes to San Francisco , lives briefly in a commune , and then sets off on a journey with two of its members , Lockett and Meridith . |