Example sentences of "[vb mod] set [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers and schools are of necessity partners in the business of curriculum reform and partners must set forth on an enterprise with an understanding of what it is about , and a certain confidence in the policies they pursue . |
| 2 | To avoid potential disputes the parties should set out in a letter , preferably attached to the sale agreement , any specific adjustments that will need to be made for the purpose of the completion statement . |
| 3 | Quite how to choose your destination is not clear : You might set out for a holiday in Virgo and end up in the Crab Nebula . |
| 4 | This is the finest war memorial you could set up to the men who gave their lives , their limbs , or their health , and those who lost their dear ones in the country 's cause . |
| 5 | From Reading station one could set off round the world . |
| 6 | Even by the standards of ships that could set down upon the surfaces of worlds , the Tormentum Malorum was singularly sleek and streamlined for rapid departure or arrival through atmosphere . |
| 7 | Over the first four days it was all I could do to get Dawn to step off the perch I 'd set up in the field , with my glove just a few inches away from her . |
| 8 | As she 'd set off down the drive her one thought had been that perhaps it was n't too late . |
| 9 | ‘ Very nice , ’ said Joe , eyeing the purchases , she 'd set out on the bed , ‘ but explain why it 's taken you all day . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ She did n't say that , ’ he replied , the ebullience with which he 'd set out for the Greens ' household nowhere to be seen . |
| 11 | Weighed down by a burden of ‘ domestic Sorrows & external disappointments ’ that threatened to overwhelm him , he turned once again to Tom Poole — ‘ my dear , very dear Friend ’ — and on about 15 May set off in the carrier 's van for Stowey . |
| 12 | By making necessary height adjustments to the camel 's feet , the pier would set firmly over the natural irregularities of the foundation . |
| 13 | But ‘ it was evidently all she owned ; it was the home she had brought with her from the Fatherland , and would be the home she would set up on the prairie ’ . |
| 14 | After the neighbours and the dinner and the Queen 's speech , depression would set in from the rich food and the gins and tonics . |
| 15 | In 1954 I was eight and every Saturday morning I would set off to the movies with my first boyfriend , ten year old Skippy . |
| 16 | The enormous park was a source of delight to most visitors — though not all — for sometimes the Empress , an indefatigable walker , would set off with a group of people to tramp through the grounds , occasionally going part of the way in a carriage . |
| 17 | Then it was a half-hour 's drive from our base to Christophe and Hedwige 's house , and from there Mike would set off on an hour 's run with Christophe through the forest , still in darkness , to ensure they reached the chimpanzees ' nest site before the occupants moved off for the day . |
| 18 | They thought then that they would set out as an army and conquer the rest of the land and rule over it ; that was their mission . |
| 19 | Not for the first time did she wonder where and when that waiting British Armada would set out with the purpose of liberating Europe . |
| 20 | Much has been said about what a Labour Government could and could not do , but I am certain that a Labour Government would set out with the best of intentions to improve the situation . |
| 21 | The first to arrive , 3 Regiment , Army Air Corps , will set up at the base next month , with the staggered arrivals ending in 1995 when 4 Regiment , also presently based in Germany , settles in with a battalion of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and two Air-Sea Rescue helicopters . |
| 22 | ‘ There are too many people around who think it 's easy to make sandwiches and will set up in a garden shed , almost , ’ said Jim Winship , director of the British Sandwich Association . |
| 23 | Such teachers , marking students ' work with , say , the grades A , B , C , D , F , will set out with a predetermined grade-distribution in mind . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , Wallaby skipper Michael Lynagh will set out on a remarkable 24,000 mile round trip that will take him to Brisbane for an operation and back to Wales for the final fortnight of the Australian tour . |
| 25 | Ms Lamont , who will take over as chairwoman in March , will set out in a speech to the group its objectives for the 1990s and urge female supporters to continue the fight to shape the party 's agenda to reflect their concerns . |
| 26 | The two rafts will set off down the river at ten o'clock , each holding eight plus a guide . |
| 27 | The schoolboy team will set off at the end of the month . |
| 28 | Oag has just returned from Tokyo , and will set off for a climbing exhibition in Grenoble in a few days . |
| 29 | The team will set off with a ride around Anglesey , starting from Menai Bridge on Saturday , June 19 . |
| 30 | However , after about half an hour , some of the smell chemicals have started to evaporate creating an odour gradient , and the dog can set off on the trail . |