Example sentences of "set [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Protocol was strict in a less democratic age ; members of the Engineer 's staff were not permitted to speak to students unless spoken to , and all maintenance staff were issued with two sets of overalls and instructed to keep one set spotlessly clean . |
| 2 | This is a big sound with everything set rather far back in a reverberant hall in the orchestra 's hone city . |
| 3 | Marron hair pulled back and clipped over her ears , falling freely behind ; lack of make-up bestowing a pallor which dramatised her generous brown eyes ; petite mouth and jaunty nose , set rather low on the tapered oval of her face , thus emphasising the curved hauteur of her forehead . |
| 4 | If they are strongly and exclusively attached to domineering parents who set impossibly high standards and are deeply ‘ hurt ’ when their offspring fail to live up to them , it is probable that they will acquire a sense of conscience so severe and restrictive that their spontaneity and emotional life will be crippled and much of their creative energy will remain unused . |
| 5 | The Convention set down certain human rights and created a political and judicial procedure to secure their protection . |
| 6 | Melt chocolate in bowl set over simmering water , brush over leaves . |
| 7 | They also set forth joint plans to conserve wildlife and to cope with environmental emergencies such as oil spills in Arctic waters . |
| 8 | It set off packed from top to bottom with Sheffield area anglers , fishing rods and maggots and dropped you off on the canal at Clayworth where George lived until he died about ten years ago . |
| 9 | When it came , the eruption was of massive proportions and deposited a great thickness of ash which completely buried the town , and it set off great tidal waves which may have been responsible for the termination of the Minoan civilization by ravaging the coastal towns all around Crete . |
| 10 | For this was Gold Cup day , and Norton 's Coin had a very small supporting role in a performance that Thursday afternoon which would see the hugely popular grey Desert Orchid set off fresh waves of fanaticism with a second victory in the most coveted prize of the National Hunt season . |
| 11 | In terms of what they were doing , they were crude , heavy-handed models , more likely to destroy the brain than control it ; systems of blocks and stimulae that set off whole chains of unwanted chemical and electrical responses . |
| 12 | This would of itself set off ecumenical vibrations such that , although it could not be called a ‘ Council of reunion ’ like Florence , it could be a Council leading towards what he called ‘ the recomposition of the whole mystical flock of Christ ’ . |
| 13 | Trippy took his cue and banged the palm of his left hand on the top of the cab and Ali must have put down his book — or got to a frightening bit — because he set off sharpish , left back towards Oxford Street . |
| 14 | In 1983 the Department of Employment set up Regional Benefit Investigation Teams . |
| 15 | After last year 's bomb the City 's police installed surveillance equipment , hired around 40 extra officers , and set up occasional road blocks . |
| 16 | Fox set up New World Pictures to make British films , and Columbia Pictures engaged Irving Asher , who had been making quickies for Warners , to initiate a production programme that led to such interesting pictures as The Spy in Black ( 1938 , U-Boat 29 in US ) and Q Planes ( 1939 , Clouds Over Europe in US ) , both of which tapped into contemporary anxieties about the prospect of war . |
| 17 | While Gainsborough was becoming enfeebled , nothing was being done outside Ealing and Independent Producers to bring on talent or set up new centres of production strength . |
| 18 | In the past year , five electronics firms have either expanded or set up new factories in Glenrothes , creating extra work for a couple of hundred people . |
| 19 | In response , the Public Health Act 1872 set up new local sanitary authorities to police legislation . |
| 20 | Termites and ants do it seasonally when the time comes for them to mate , disperse and set up new colonies . |
| 21 | Vera Brittain was very much in sympathy with new feminism and together with Eva Hubback set up fee-paying baby clubs for middle class mothers during the late 1920s , because she recognised the anxieties of women struggling to follow the impossible infant-feeding and training schedules advocated by specialists . |
| 22 | The object-oriented database developer , Object Design Inc is aiming to become a $100m company by 1995 , and to do so , has expanded its direct sales operations and set up European headquarters in the UK . |
| 23 | When local government reorganization in 1974 led to Sheffield being ordered by the national Labour Party to disband these structures , the city 's labour movement set up other channels of influence , and the trade union delegates were elected directly to the new District Labour Party , which in turn monitored the activities of the new District Council . |
| 24 | They write the programmes , devise the repertoires and set up standard operating procedures without which the financial , welfare , military and economic management tasks of government would not be administratively feasible . |
| 25 | It set up complex criteria . |
| 26 | Bruce Palmer , a partner , said he had helped Mr Tancock set up Global Finance earlier this year , but had not received independent confirmation of what the company did . |
| 27 | The summit set up working parties to examine specific issues of regional co-operation , and produced outline agreements on a number of economic initiatives including the construction of new road , rail and telecommunications links . |
| 28 | In the following two years most of the major unions , and the TUC itself , set up working parties and produced a range of discussion documents and policy statements . |
| 29 | To clarify the confusion , Brent CAB set up temporary special sessions to advise people about their status in the UK , their rights to British citizenship and the associated costs . |
| 30 | Users can be forced to change their passwords at set intervals , and you can examine an audit trail of a user 's previous passwords , and set up temporary accounts . |