Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A typical short cut was the successful assumption that some indicators set up by the operators in the four machine windows were not random but girls ' names or four-letter dirty German words . |
| 2 | Charles , the bridegroom , was in some ways set apart from his three brothers ; for a start he appears to have been illiterate , whereas they were not , and also he was the only one who was not a cardmaker — or if he had learned the trade , he chose not to practise it . |
| 3 | Inspired by the success of the excellent professional watercolourists of that time , many travellers set out for the Lakes with their sketching equipment , mirrors and paints . |
| 4 | However , not all historians set out with this purpose . |
| 5 | Throughout the period a high percentage of workers , especially in the newly developed areas and the many enterprises set up in rural areas , were born into peasant families . |
| 6 | With more and more bodegas setting up in Rioja — there was 62 in 1985 , 140 by 1991 — and with sales either static or declining , there seems little for recession-hit bodega bosses to laugh about . |
| 7 | Dischargers are thus permitted to pollute by the water authorities — but only ( in theory ) up to those levels set out in the discharger 's consent document . |
| 8 | The Emperor 's apartments were on the ground floor and included as well as his bedroom those rooms set aside for work , for it was from here that Napoleon III governed . |
| 9 | How on earth would it affect his negotiating position if he were to give the net farm income figures on the impact of his own proposals set out in ’ Our Farming Future ’ ? |
| 10 | All the others will get a handout from any funds set up for whatever reason , Douglas . |
| 11 | On Boxing Day most families set off for their main summer holiday , heading either for campsites in the bush or at the beach . |
| 12 | Disapproval turned to horror when both boys set off in their Mirages for the Falklands . |