Example sentences of "set [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Once again we have set down a marker for trans-Atlantic travel with a £93 for '93 offer which is the most competitive fare available , ’ said Branson , yesterday . |
| 2 | Too expedient and un-systematic to be called a philosophy , they comprise even so a kind of official doctrine , rather as though a series of government inquiries on the press had set down an official theory of ‘ the Fourth Estate ’ . |
| 3 | Police were alerted when they accidentally set off a smoke alarm . |
| 4 | Resort officials had deliberately set off a number of small avalanches on Saturday morning as a normal safety procedure . |
| 5 | The proposals have set off a heated debate within the milk industry , whose outcome is likely to have important ramifications north of the Border , where the Scottish milk boards are facing a similar fate to that of their English and Welsh counterpart . |
| 6 | Everything of mine at that stage was still packed , but I had set aside a separate box for tea and coffee things so tea was easy to arrange . |
| 7 | The Halifax , Britain 's biggest building society , also disclosed that it had set aside a £20m provision against its loans to the collapsed London docklands developer Kentish Property Group . |
| 8 | We are keen to help any disabled shareholders who come to the Meeting and have set aside a car parking area for people whose show a disabled sticker . |
| 9 | Once a week set aside a little time to give your body a conditioning and moisturising treatment . |
| 10 | Plans to transfer the management of the schemes to community organisations are almost complete , and Liz Taylor 's pet Aids charity , AMFAR , has set aside a small sum to fund them . |
| 11 | Because certain textbooks are in great demand , colleges often set aside a student reading room in which are placed multiple copies of textbooks that have been recommended by the lecturers . |
| 12 | But it 's basically down on the down on the first floor , we 've set aside a a room which erm the people from the Occupational Health Centre here in Harlow , come up and do vision screening for us on a regular basis they come when do they come ? |
| 13 | Lowestoft College was set aside a lake so there was no trouble in finding a good source . |
| 14 | The mistress has had her dinner , but I 've set aside a bite against your coming . |
| 15 | We were informed that the Prime Minister had set aside an hour for us , and she arrived on the dot , nicely accoutred and coiffeured and saying she was ready to go when we were . |
| 16 | He had set aside an hour to visit an old friend . |
| 17 | Special task forces have been at work in each board to deal with the longest waiting lists and I have set aside an extra £1 million this year and in each of the next two years to support their work . |
| 18 | Norwich Hotel School has set up a Chinese cookery course to inspire future chefs . |
| 19 | Agreeing that the cakes should be protected , Mr Pinkney had set up a sort of crêpe paper barrier along the front of the display . |
| 20 | ‘ What we need to do is set up a regular lunch date so everyone knows what 's happening . |
| 21 | On behalf of WHO and Unicef , the Consumer Research Laboratory ( CRL ) at Harpenden , Herts , has set up a special facility to test the equipment used to carry and store vaccines . |
| 22 | Intel has set up a recruitment office in Dublin . |
| 23 | Mr Tammames said : ‘ The Socialists have set up a client state where the pensioners , the people on the dole , are all sucking sustenance through government tubes . |
| 24 | Rosalind Wingrove , education committee chairman , said it had set up a panel to consider how best to consult parents . |
| 25 | Chrysler and Mitsubishi have already set up a $1bn ( £653m ) car plant in Illinois which has a capacity of 250,000 vehicles a year . |
| 26 | In August the Agitprop section of the Twelfth Party Conference had set up a commission to start a state subsidy for the politically reliable press . |
| 27 | The kids in the band whose guitar it really was set up a look-out in The Roebuck and , of course , they spotted him . |
| 28 | Then for a couple of years she helped set up a women 's bookshop and café run on high but unmanageable collective principles . |
| 29 | I have set up a Mormark Microlite 13 foot float rod , a Shimano 2500S reel loaded with 2 lb Maxima coupled with a 1.5 lb Double Strength hook length . |
| 30 | • Mazda has set up a research and development team to investigate ways of cutting its car 's full consumption by one-fifth by 1995 . |