Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travis set about building the fire before Paige could offer to do so . |
| 2 | Gorbachev set out to correlate the CPSU 's policy of " humane and democratic socialism " with Marxism . |
| 3 | And yet the matter was quickly screened out as Pakistan set out to secure the piffling 138 needed for their second Test victory at Lord 's . |
| 4 | The Secret Committee which Alexander set up to consider the matter also played for time . |
| 5 | Canary set out to purchase the base airframes for the planned conversions and marginally flyable Texans and Vibrators were collected from across North America and ferried to the modification headquarters at Long Beach , California . |
| 6 | There are two ways in which company law set about tackling the problem of legitimacy of corporate managerial power which was thus posed . |
| 7 | Haavio-Mannila set out to test the assumption that wives share the same status ranking as their husbands . |
| 8 | The new council set up to reform the judiciary fell under the control of the Supreme Court , which was generally seen as being heavily under the influence of Cristiani 's right-wing ruling National Republic Alliance ( Arena ) . |
| 9 | The ‘ substantial case ’ for compensation was underlined yesterday by the local authority co-ordinating committee set up to represent the interest of councils which lost money . |
| 10 | The players will form part of a six man committee set up to oversee the Subscription Scheme which chairman Wallace Mercer hopes will entice fans to help pay for the renovations . |
| 11 | Lord Justice Higgins was appointed as a county court judge in 1971 and in 1975 he became a member of a special committee set up to review the Emergency Provisions Act . |
| 12 | The 1947 Act set out to remedy the deficiencies . |
| 13 | This Act set out to enlarge the range of civil remedies for wrongful acts done in contemplation or furtherance of ‘ industrial disputes , ’ but through the new statutory concept of unfair industrial practices , not through the law of tort . |
| 14 | The act set out to reduce the powers of the unions . |
| 15 | A special steering group set up to examine the idea has chosen Citigen , a joint venture between British Gas and two French energy management companies , from six tenders for the system . |
| 16 | And an action group set up to fight the route looks set to demand a meeting with Mr Hunt 's successor , John Redwood . |
| 17 | Welford 's Cambridge group set out to identify the nature of the work for which the older worker was best suited and the most suitable methods of retraining those whose skills had become redundant as the result of modifications in the industrial process ( Welford 1951 ) . |
| 18 | JOHN HIND and STEPHEN MOSCO set out to try the patience of Britain 's most caring MPs |
| 19 | The Farm Animal Welfare Council , an independent body set up to advise the Ministry of Agriculture , suggested that 600 square centimetres should be adopted as a minimum allowance in Europe . |
| 20 | It was in this frame of mind that Helen set about renovating the cottage and planning schemes to incorporate a wide range of colours , styles and woods . |
| 21 | So Rémy set out to explore the situation , and laid himself out to please , and his gifts and graces , when he tried , were considerable . |
| 22 | Across the table sat the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits ( ARATS ) , a Beijing front organisation set up to give the SEF a liaison partner . |
| 23 | Scare stories about Britain 's beaches have abounded since 1976 when an EEC directive laid down the acceptable limits of sewage pollution , the year Wessex Water set about turning the tide of increasingly dirty beaches . |
| 24 | After parliament dissolved , Gaunt set about recovering the initiative and control by adopting a stridently popular antipapal and anticlerical tone : he employed Wyclif to denounce the papacy , the wealth of prelates and clergy , and the independence of the church . |
| 25 | It was full of trees and boulders , but with a team of local men Jack set about getting the field cleared of rocks , fences and walls . |
| 26 | Armed with a lamp , Dyson set off to check the connection . |
| 27 | President Eisenhower set out to heal the divisions in the nation . |
| 28 | A parliamentary commission set up to investigate the extent of the responsibility of the security service ( StB ) for , and the political background to , the violent police action against student demonstrators on Nov. 17 , 1989 [ see p. 37026 ] published its report on May 9 . |
| 29 | Some ten to fifteen years later the French eyewitness accounts were to be corroborated by their erstwhile enemies at the court of enquiry set up to determine the extent and nature of the pillage by the Prussian troops involved in the pursuit . |
| 30 | In one area of the central fruit-growing region , north-east of Santiago , 600 seasonal workers have joined a new union set up to address the needs of the seasonal labourers and their families and to negotiate with employers . |