Example sentences of "[num] [noun] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Flook was confident that the authority could meet the March 31 deadline set by the Government for getting the wait for in-patient or day surgery down to a maximum of two years . |
| 2 | The Gainsborough films that best characterize the desire of filmmakers to close their eyes to the darker currents in society , to make believe that the world really is as cosy as some wartime films made it out to be , are Holiday Camp ( 1947 ) and the three sequels set amongst the jolly Huggett family . |
| 3 | In its place are three buttons set into the right hand cab pillar . |
| 4 | There are barely 500 wireless sets in the whole country . |
| 5 | A United States State Department official was quoted as saying on April 16 that US sanctions would remain in force pending South Africa 's compliance with the remaining two of five conditions set by the US Congress . |
| 6 | There were five television sets in the house now : one for the nursery , one for the nanny 's room , one for her and Brian 's bedroom , one for their sitting-room and one for the room off the kitchen . |
| 7 | There have been urgent calls for action to end all production of ozone-depleters such as CFCs well ahead of the 2000 deadline set by the Montreal Protocol [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 8 | There are three pairs of pads set into the surface of the tube ; one pair set on the top control the forward and backward motion , the second pair mounted on the side at the top control the up and down motion . |
| 9 | The partnership sensibly place their account of five Seidl setting before the Rellstab and Heine sings . |
| 10 | It was reported that 200,000 of these had registered officially as addicts by the July 23 deadline set by the government at the start of its new anti-drugs campaign begun in early January 1989 . |
| 11 | In Scotland during the past year we have witnessed the distasteful spectacle of Dounreay scouring the planet and touting for business as the nuclear prostitute of the world , seeking to sign as many contracts as possible to dispose of other countries ' spent nuclear fuel while the clock ticks away towards the 1994 deadline set by the Government when funding for the 250 MW prototype fast reactor will cease . |
| 12 | She follows this with a beautifully breathy version of Cole Porter 's ‘ You Do Something To Me ’ ( from ‘ Red , Hot & Blue ’ ) and the Marilyn Monroe classic ‘ I Want To Be Loved By You ’ ( boo boo be doo ! ) and ( next week , fan mugs ! ) you get the chance to buy the second half of this two CD set including the title track ( again ) plus ‘ Someone To Watch Over Me ’ and — wait for it — ‘ My Heart Belongs To Daddy ’ . |
| 13 | All of those factors lead the City Council to the view that the current level of residual given emerging government advice , the City Council could no longer support the idea of a new settlement of something like fourteen hundred dwellings set in the countryside beyond the outer edge of the York greenbelt . |
| 14 | The Trade Secretary , Nicholas Ridley , has extended the January 12 , 1990 deadline set for the Monopolies Commission 's report on the proposed merger of the Colne Valley , Lee Valley , and Rickmansworth water companies to February 12 . |