Example sentences of "[coord] set [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Peter Gibson J said , at p638 : An employee with experience in a particular industry who is intending to leave , whether to join a competitor as an employee or to set up in competition on his own account , commits no breach of contract in doing so unless either there is a specific term of his contract to that effect which does not fall foul of the doctrine against restraint of trade or he is intending to use the confidential information of his employer otherwise and for the benefit of his employer .
2 Those taking up job-release allowances must not take a job or set up in business on their own , and their employer must undertake to recruit as soon as possible a registered unemployed worker .
3 For this reason the list of factors is neither exhaustive , nor set out in order of importance .
4 ‘ When Brad escapes from the Nebulan experiment lab and sets off with Cord and Tara to immobilize the directed-energy scythe on the Xerxian attack ship — where 's Chelsi ? ’
5 Choice pears masked with chocolate sauce and cream , beautiful fresh peaches smothered in raspberry purée and set around with vanilla ice seem to me offences to nature , let alone to art or basic principles .
6 He hoped the facility could eventually become portable so it could be taken into the community and set up in village halls .
7 John stormed out and set up in business on his own .
8 Mayhew continued to give private lessons , and set up in practice near Paddington Station .
9 Not much , says Mr Day , and he predicts that smaller firms that do n't want to work in regulated areas will break away from the Institute and set up in practice as plain accountants .
10 Ltd. he and his brother were made directors , but there was apparently some friction between them and in 1882 he resigned and set up in practice on his own as a consultant .
11 His son , Mark , trained as an osteopath or something and set up in practice here .
12 She left her cleaning-woman , Maryann , in charge of the house , and set out on foot one evening .
13 He soon decided that he would never be a successful artist and set out on foot to tour France and Germany and contribute articles to newspapers and magazines , including The Times .
14 A proof must be in the form known as " proof of debt " ( whether the form prescribed by the rules and set out in Sched 4 to the rules as Form 6.37 or a substantially similar form , see App C , form 34 ) and must be signed by the creditor or someone authorised on his behalf ( r 6.69(3) ) .
15 My hon. Friend has set out his concerns very clearly for the House , and set out in detail how this case was handled by British Rail .
16 Adam of Bremen states that Cnut 's sister Margaret ( usually known by her other name , Estrith ) married Duke Richard , who repudiated her , and set off on pilgrimage to Jerusalem to escape Cnut 's wrath .
17 On Monday , 6 September 1773 , Boswell and Johnson left the home of Sir Alexander Macdonald and set off on horseback to a staging-post near their embarkation point for Raasay .
18 I cradled the gun in my arms and set off at Emergency Speed , hurtling down the path back to the island at maximum , trusting to luck and adrenalin that I would n't put a foot wrong and end up lying gasping in the grass with a multiple fracture of the femur .
19 But while the mystery deepened , the princess put royal problems behind her — and set off at daybreak on her second trip in four days to comfort cancer patients at a hospice .
20 At Warrington , a deaf man decided to pay a visit to a relative he had not seen for some time , and set off to cycle there .
21 You may refuse to believe it 's happened to you : some people who 've been made redundant pretend everything 's the way it was and set off for work at the same time , then spend hours hanging around the streets , teashops or libraries until they can go home at the usual time .
22 I must go and break it to dear Dimity , and then we must clear up things here , and set off for Thrush Green without delay . ’
23 She turned to her right and set off for home , all thought and feeling evacuated along with her energy and her sweat , in touch only with the irregular paving-stones , the light-rays interrupting the pink-grey clouds , the number-plates of cars , the lines on the faces that passed her , the name of the day , its date .
24 They got their rods and landing nets together and set off for home .
25 They mounted the white dune and set off towards town square and church , past a few white cottages .
26 Nineteenth August — the 1st Commando Brigade left the area south of Bavent and set off in pursuit of the enemy .
27 He remounted immediately and set off in pursuit of the other runners , but as a Gold Cup trial the race was a mess , and the announcement that Jonjo O'Neill was once more to replace Mullins for the big race came as no surprise .
28 Turning , realizing it was Perdita , Angel gave a howl of rage and set off in pursuit .
29 Not to be denied , at least a dozen fans hailed waiting taxis and set off in pursuit .
30 Tom put two and two together and set off in search of the youths , asking the Security Guard to summon the Police .
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