Example sentences of "set [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Business men in my constituency believe that the Maastricht agreement set exactly the right tone for business in the 1990s . |
| 2 | Their rejection of the Old Testament set aside the argument from fulfilled prophecy which had played a notable part in his conversion . |
| 3 | On the application of both defendants Wright J. set aside the order in so far as related to such disclosure on the ground that it infringed their privilege against self-incrimination . |
| 4 | The court set aside the committal ‘ on all those three grounds ’ ( see p. 624 ) , but did not have to consider what would have been the position if only the third ground had been substantiated . |
| 5 | Even now he has not done so , although the judge set aside the statutory demand nearly five months ago . |
| 6 | For the moment he set aside the obvious solution . |
| 7 | Where a summons or other originating process has been served on a defendant by post or insertion in his letter-box under Ord 7 , 4 10(1) ( b ) or 4(a) or r 13(1) ( b ) or ( 4 ) and after judgment has been given or entered it appears to the court that the process did not come to the knowledge of the defendant in time , the court may of its own motion set aside the judgment and may give any direction or make any such order as the court may think just . |
| 8 | The World Health Organization at the Alma Ata Conference in 1978 set forth the importance of community participation in primary health care . |