Example sentences of "[coord] set [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " 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 | Workers are more limited to particular geographical locations , and workers ' organizations can be completely destroyed or set back for years by unsuccessful struggles such as long running strikes or ( still more ) a general strike . |
| 4 | For this reason the list of factors is neither exhaustive , nor set out in order of importance . |
| 5 | In pursuit of these , Mopsus proposes marriage to a fine lady and is beaten by her servants ; he steals his father 's rent money and sets out for London where he is robbed by a prostitute and thrown into gaol ; his father sends more money which he uses to bribe the gaoler ; he is tricked into marrying an aristocrat 's mistress who promptly gives birth ; the woman leaves and the baby dies ; the prodigal returns to his father . |
| 6 | This one is n't a novel , but a personal travelogue whose scenario can be summed-up thus : successful , celebrated author buys an old biplane and sets off across America to recreate the old barnstorming days while rediscovering himself and his country and … |
| 7 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 8 | I still believe that that someone is to come by the name of David and setting up of God 's kingdom but but |
| 9 | any motor vehicle standing on a part of a road specially set aside for the parking of vehicles , or as a stand for hackney carriages , or as a stand for public service vehicles , or as a place at which such vehicles may stop for a longer time than is necessary for the taking up and setting down of passengers where compliance with this regulation would conflict with the provisions of any order , regulations or byelaws governing the use of such part of a road for that purpose ; |
| 10 | There was time only to grab a piece of burnt toast before jumping into her car and setting off for London . |
| 11 | It 's dependent on the purposeful pulling of triggers and setting off of bombs . |
| 12 | Some demolition of property and setting back of frontages was completed , but by no means as much as provided for in the Act . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Some of your family had already emigrated during the last century and set up as moneylenders . |
| 15 | He hoped the facility could eventually become portable so it could be taken into the community and set up in village halls . |
| 16 | Erm , I really feel that this consultation is coming more than a too late because we started on the slippery slope when the consortium was er first dreamed of o , you know about a year ago and set up in April and that really this is the sort of the inexorable next move , and this consultation is far far too late ! |
| 17 | John stormed out and set up in business on his own . |
| 18 | ‘ It was a photograph of Mark and I heard how he 'd qualified as a chiropractor and set up in Falmouth where it 's uphill work . |
| 19 | Mayhew continued to give private lessons , and set up in practice near Paddington Station . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | His son , Mark , trained as an osteopath or something and set up in practice here . |
| 23 | They came home , packed their bags , left Wales for good and set up in Brussels until they found a new house . |
| 24 | She left her cleaning-woman , Maryann , in charge of the house , and set out on foot one evening . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | So it was that with high spirits I packed Baedekers and prejudices , boots and a bootload of assumptions and set out for Dover . |
| 27 | Now financially secure , he and Emma married and set out for France , their first holiday abroad . |
| 28 | Undaunted , the Carlist militias — the Requetés — formed into columns and set out for Madrid , some 500 kilometres to the south , in buses , in trucks and on foot . |
| 29 | Was equipment easily available and set out for children ? |
| 30 | Clare went immediately to pay the bill for the stone , and set out towards Shaston , where he found Mrs Durbeyfield and her children living in a small house . |