Example sentences of "set [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bertha set down a tureen for one before her . |
| 2 | The 1987 ( and subsequent ) Pay and Conditions Order set down a clear statutory requirement upon headteachers to consult with the staff of the school . |
| 3 | The Brigadier set down a fat puppy that he had been holding and squelched towards the yard , driving a dozen pullets before him . |
| 4 | In discussing its Strategic Plan for the decade from 1978 , NETRHA set down a number of unachievable objectives , as it was required to do by the DHSS . |
| 5 | The grinning waiter set down a cup of coffee by my hand . |
| 6 | The magistrate set down a trial date of the fourth of February . |
| 7 | It is best made at the last possible moment , although it can be kept warm for a short time in a bowl set over a pan of hot water . |
| 8 | Melt 50g/2oz plain chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of hot water . |
| 9 | When mussels have opened , drain them in a colander set over a bowl . |
| 10 | In Byzantine architecture was evolved the principle of the dome set over a square , first upon squinches which , built across the corners , provided an octagonal base for the dome , and later on pendentives . |
| 11 | Melt the chocolate gently in a double saucepan or bowl set over a pan half full of gently simmering water — do not allow the chocolate to get too hot or it will separate . |
| 12 | Break up the chocolate and place it in a bowl set over a saucepan of hot , but not boiling , water . |
| 13 | The last word came out fiercely and the force of it set off a slow noise from the crowd , like surf on a beach . |
| 14 | But that performance and the world record before the war inspired one young spectator at the White City , Roger Bannister , who was to run the first four-minute mile nine years later , and set off a string of British world record breakers , Derek Ibbotson , Sebastian Coe , Steve Ovett and Steve Cram . |
| 15 | Reports that electricity charges would go up by 13% in April set off a furore in the press . |
| 16 | This set off a major rebellion in which Russian settlements were sacked with a death toll of over 2,500 . |
| 17 | During 1968 the United States agreed to supply the F-4E Phantom which would , as The New York Times warned , ‘ set off a new round in the Middle East arms race ’ . |
| 18 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
| 19 | The Community 's scrapping of all steel quotas in March 1992 set off a surge of eastern exports . |
| 20 | The announcement , though , set off a wave of sympathetic outrage that had to be seen , and heard , to be believed . |
| 21 | Cuban refugees , trained by the Americans , were to invade the island and set off a spontaneous rising of the Cuban people against Castro . |
| 22 | ‘ Thirst for new land ’ set off a continuous process of abandoning and resuming cultivation until , in some districts , erosion took over . |
| 23 | In particular the assumption of the title of Emperor by Peter I of Russia in 1721 set off a series of complicated controversies ( notably with the Holy Roman Emperors who claimed a monopoly of the imperial title ) which dragged on intermittently for decades . |
| 24 | Time stood still and suddenly there was only one focus — this mounting , spiralling pressure that set off a high-pitched singing inside her head and made breathing hazardous . |
| 25 | Someone set off a rocket over the green , and red and blue sparks hung for a moment against the thunderclouds then vanished into thin air . |
| 26 | Yesterday evening , for instance , I realized that I was smiling to myself ( I was thinking about writing this minute ! ) and it set off a substantial debate , conducted entirely in silence . |
| 27 | The promotion-winning team set off a short time ago from the County Ground to tour the town in an open-topped bus , before a civic reception given by Thamesdown Council . |
| 28 | A small explosion resulted which detonated a store of hand grenades , which in turn set off a number of flamethrower fuel containers . |
| 29 | The vessel was eventually located after Mr Whelan , 44 , and his 15-year-old son , from Preston , set off a flare . |
| 30 | Westminster City Council community liaison officer David Tan set up a training session last week , with a Cantonese interpreter at the Man Fu Kung restaurant in London 's Leicester Square . |