Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Panic set in on the twelfth day when , after ‘ lifting ’ milk , a lorry picking up the churns stopped , the driver beckoning Harry . |
| 2 | In short , there are many variations on the theme set out in the last paragraph . |
| 3 | We were glad enough that the weather seemed set fair for the remainder of our voyage and next morning set off on the last few miles of our northerly course to round the utmost tip of Shetland . |
| 4 | The programme entitled " Socialism , Democracy , Progress " , written by Gorbachev and his aide , Georgii Shakhnazarov , after drafting by a commission set up at the 28th Party Congress in July 1990 [ see pp. 37614-17 ] , unequivocally condemned Stalinism , and committed the party to forming a " controlled market economy " ( including the principle of private ownership ) , and to converting the Soviet Union into a " democratic federation of sovereign republics " , thereby recognizing " the principle of independence of the republican parties included in the CPSU " . |
| 5 | In 776 , when the Frankish army set out on the second invasion of Italy to quell the rebellious supporters of Prince Adelchis , the Westphalians and Engrialls revolted . |
| 6 | While Pavel set out for the next town on his list . |
| 7 | By 1987 seven county-based PPA referral schemes had been established and a branch scheme set up in the eighth county . |