Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] be set [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ( The separate ‘ Tramways ’ enumerated in the 1902 and 1903 Acts are set out in Appendix B ) .
2 A further 100 seats were set aside for members to be appointed proportionally among political parties winning at least 5 per cent of the vote , including 20 reserved for overseas Chinese .
3 If and only if it does , that route is followed , which means counting how many of the 26 bits are set up to and including the required one , to establish which member of the pointer array to follow to the next level in the tree .
4 Up to 180 boats were setting as much as 8000 km ( 5000 miles ) of net each night during the 4-month season .
5 They stopped for lunch at a wayside trattoria and were shown into a shady courtyard at the back , where half a dozen tables were set out under the trees .
6 A proposal emerged in 1974 that the work of the two committees should be transferred to the CNAA , a working party of the three bodies was set up , and in November 1975 the CNAA 's Management Studies Board considered a statement of intent .
7 First of all , three lines of three chairs are set up .
8 In 1979 fourteen committees were set up to concern themselves with the work of specific ( or in some cases two specific ) government departments .
9 If five peaks were set up they could provide the basis for the tentacles of hydra , or for the fingers in the early development of the human hand .
10 AN explosion in a Canadian gold mine that killed nine workers was set off deliberately , police said yesterday .
11 Twelve Fridays are set aside in each session for the passage of such bills although the Government can give extra time to measures it supports to ensure success .
12 Two commissions were set up to regulate the Danube , on which no warships were to be allowed below the Iron Gates .
13 Centrally planned production targets required that 2 million hectares be set aside for cotton production each year , with no provision for crop rotation to allow natural pest control ; the resulting heavy use of pesticides led to severe problems with soil-borne disease .
14 Early in 1942 two committees were set up by the Central Housing Advisory Committee to report to the Minister of Health ( the minister responsible for housing ) on the question of post-war housing rebuilding .
15 The two committees were set up under the provisions of the European parliamentary elections act nineteen ninety three , to carry out the task of determining the European parliamentary constituencies into which England and Wales should initially be divided to give effect to the increase , the section one of that act , made to the number of constituencies .
16 Detailed revised budget target of two point one five nine million pounds is set out in paragraph two , and you 'll note that the main addition to the estimate approved by the County Council last February of one point eight , nine , two .
17 Two bodies were set up in October 1990 to press for the introduction of multiparty democracy and the convening of a national conference on the country 's political future .
18 A back-up tank of 780 gallons is set up in John 's garage for quarantine and emergency purposes .
19 And that was plucked out by its roots , and two rows were set up on the green ; boys and girls were in each row .
20 At Westons cidermill in Much Marcle , Herefordshire three hundred revellers are setting off for the apple orchards.They 're following in the footsteps of their pagan ancestors in the hopes of ensuring a bumper harvest .
21 A further 19 days are set aside for debate on matters selected by the opposition .
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