Example sentences of "to set [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that in fact is headed by erm a summary table erm which attempts to set down on p one piece of paper , where the differences erm erm lie . |
| 2 | After my four days Ken was to set off on his own curtailed family holiday . |
| 3 | ‘ Guv'nor says you 're to set off on the side nearest him , ’ Bob said briefly . |
| 4 | And it was able to set off on a totally different , and more professional , tack . |
| 5 | If the wind is blowing directly onshore , you should also work out which is the best tack to set off on . |
| 6 | He now travelled in disguise from St Malo on 18 December 1715 , to Dunkirk , from where , after a six-week wait , he was at last able to set off on a small eight-gun 200-tonner , for Scotland . |
| 7 | The Vimy was constructed on February 13 , it was No 13 of the batch , the Vickers crew numbered 13 , the Vimy reached Newfoundland on May 26 ( twice 13 ) , Jack arrived in Newfoundland on May 13 , and because 13 was lucky to him Jack wanted to set off on the attempt on June 13 . |
| 8 | Well , it happened that Maureen and Aubrey were about to set off on a round-Britain motoring holiday . |
| 9 | It was time for News on Sunday to set off on the trail of the people and organizations who had theorized about the prospects for a popular left-wing newspaper for so long . |
| 10 | He showed us his collection of guns , taking them down from their racks and handing them out to us as if we were about to set off on some dangerous mission . |
| 11 | A month later , just before he was about to set off on his journey ‘ into the interior by way of Namoi , Gould wrote to Sir John Franklin in Hobart of his progress so far : ‘ After spending a fortnight in the lowland brushes I proceeded to the upper districts and the Liverpool ranges whence I have just returned having made several discoveries of new species both of Birds and Quadrupeds , of the latter I believe I have two new kinds of Kangaroo . ’ |
| 12 | They would expect to learn of the success of the Tay landings , and to set off on the seven miles that would take them to the central strongholds of Alba , already besieged by their fellows . |
| 13 | Gerald plans to set off on his trip in December . |
| 14 | Fresh from the indulgence of driving the fastest and most powerful Jaguar saloon ever built over several hundred kilometres of demanding roads , I was about to set off on a journey that would take me from one end of Europe to the other . |
| 15 | This however proved to be the catalyst that Bowran needed to set up on his own . |
| 16 | Kind souls , such as Mr Smith , who had reckoned that Tiller had encouraged his son to set up on his own , were proved wrong . |
| 17 | She had built up a good little business in the indoor market-hall and now she and George had amassed enough in the bank to set up on a farm of their own . |
| 18 | Training : Tax relief will be given to employers helping employees leaving their company to set up on their own . |
| 19 | The fourth phase of the development of headhunting may be identified as the splintering of individual consultants from existing firms , to set up on their own , such as Haley from Ward Howell and Egon Zehnder from Spencer Stuart , both in 1964 . |
| 20 | Stork was attracted to the idea of headhunting , but less to the idea of working for GKR , so he decided to set up on his own , working at both headhunting and marketing consulting . |
| 21 | She knew she did not want to be an employee or to set up on her own and accepted a position as Recorder on the South-East Circuit while looking at the appointments pages in the newspapers . |
| 22 | Eventually it may become so big that one of the young sons may be able to set up on his own in one corner of it . |
| 23 | I accept that there has been a steady concentration of power in the hands of large , sophisticated and diversified publishing companies , yet it is still possible for you or me to set up on our own , and publish highly professional and innovative books from our own back bedroom at very little cost . |
| 24 | A disagreement over patients ' preparation and post-operational recovery regime resulted in Daniel leaving his father in 1763 to set up on his own at Ingatestone , Essex . |
| 25 | I do n't think I 'm good enough to set up on my own . |
| 26 | Ligachev argued that collective and state farms were still the backbone of the system and that most peasants did not want to leave them to set up on their own . |
| 27 | Also issued on Oct. 26 , a decree granted foreign investors ( individual or corporate ) the right to set up on Soviet soil a 100 per cent foreign-owned enterprise , or to buy a shareholding in existing Soviet enterprises . |
| 28 | The government 's policy paper contained provisions for state-aided settlement schemes to encourage black farmers to set up on 485,000 hectares of government land . |
| 29 | I 'm going to set up on my own — put my plate up . ’ |
| 30 | Then Joanna asked thoughtfully , ‘ Sophie , when you first made up your mind to set up on your own , did you contemplate doing any large-animal work at all ? ’ |