Example sentences of "[vb pp] set [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new clauses are designed to set out the structure for a funding council skeleton on which such structures would be built . |
| 2 | The Secretary of State was tackling negligent parents in a wide-ranging , keynote address to Conservative Party members in Aberdeen , designed to set out the Government 's renewed — but traditional — agenda for schooling . |
| 3 | The particular principles adopted relate to attitudes and stated priorities , so there are schools where something like the Danish approach is used , and other schools where committees have been formed to set out the principles of a formal system comparable to SEE or SE . |
| 4 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 5 | Volunteers were sought to set up the tables . |
| 6 | Finally , do n't forget the value of such structural objects as walls , containers , raised beds or even large boulders sited to set off the plants . |
| 7 | An effort was made to set up the stud in a more favoured , not to say more conventional , site in the foothills of the Nilgiris . |
| 8 | It was decided to set up the PMIS as part of an " on-line " system ( directly connected to the computer ) using a computer terminal for input and output . |
| 9 | Julia cleared the glasses from round the room and prepared to set out the coffee on the drum table beside the chief armchair . |
| 10 | Regulations have been made setting out the circumstances and the way in which the name of an RFL may be changed on the register . |
| 11 | The most common failings are to rely too much on words rather than extensively labelled diagrams , to use technical terms and concepts which the user may not understand , to focus on what it is at the expense of what it does and to fail to separate the needs of the operator from the details which are needed to set up the device , to locate faults , to provide remedies and to provide routine maintenance . |
| 12 | The interval between the two sets was the time needed to set up the instrument for the lower illumination passing through the filter , about twenty minutes . |
| 13 | The money will be used to set up the trail and to produce a waterproof colour guide . |
| 14 | Three other LEDs are used to set up the operating status , arranged in a horizontal ‘ traffic light ’ formation : red indicates that the input signal is below the Threshold level , yellow that it has reached Threshold , and the green that it is above Threshold . |
| 15 | It seems rather strange that the accuracy for navigating/surveying now , by state of the art technology , is of the same order as has been used to set down the Circles of Time several thousand years ago . |
| 16 | Watkins believed that natural markers were used to set out the ley system . |
| 17 | At his office in the stable block of a former count 's palace in north east Moscow , Grigoriev 's company , Vagrius , has helped set up the Task Force Against Piracy , a legal action fund to combat flagrant breaches of copyright which sees Western books and Russian editions illegally produced and sold . |
| 18 | She 's helped set up the protest group , Mothers Against Murder and Agression . |
| 19 | The mornings of Sunday and Monday were spent setting up the arena , putting in some dance and fight practice , and generally preparing for the show before the pre-show meeting . |
| 20 | Orders in Council were then passed setting out the conditions for participation in the fund . |
| 21 | I said we was sent to set up the seating and the pulpit . ’ |
| 22 | The cost of one SPS according to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration was in 1979 put at $25 billion while $30 billion would be required to set up the project . |
| 23 | The Review recommended that there be a fixed period within which the parties would be required to set down the case for trial or to report to the court . |
| 24 | The recital quoted sets out the reason for adopting such a provision ; and when it comes to interpreting one or other of those detailed provisions , the recital is helpful in setting out the overall purpose to which they relate . |
| 25 | Salmond called on Sept. 27 for a referendum to be held setting out the choices for Scotland as full independence within the European Communities , limited self-government or continuing with the constitutional status quo . |