Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the greatest of all sports car road races ever run , the Mille Miglia was first held in 1927 and , by tradition , cars set off at one-minute intervals from the centre of Brescia , raced down to Rome and returned . |
| 2 | From the end of the seventeenth century , turnpike trusts set up under private acts of parliament began to appear . |
| 3 | It seems clear from the surviving images that emperors took interest in and approved the form of their portraits , particularly those that would be seen by many of their subjects on coins and statues set up in public places . |
| 4 | Subtle metallic sheens and bold black spots and lines set off with red areas of finnage , combine to produce a truly pretty fish . |
| 5 | JUN 1992 TOP post boxes and notice boards set up at various locations around the site and in mess rooms to communicate TOP news . |
| 6 | The move came amidst concern about the high levels of bad debt carried by the Nigerian banking system , particularly that held by some of the smaller banks set up in recent years . |
| 7 | The surrender values set out in these tables have been calculated according to the rules prescribed by Lautro . |
| 8 | The surrender values set out in these tables have been calculated according to the rules prescribed by Lautro , ( the regulatory authority for the marketing of life assurance and unit trusts ) . |
| 9 | The HIDB and the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno are both examples of intermediate institutions set up with intersectoral mandates to assist disadvantaged areas . |
| 10 | Contemporary concerns with the dangers posed to the rights of individuals by incorrect information are reflected in the laws and institutions set up on national levels to protect individuals against incorrect data and the implications that might arise from any errors . |
| 11 | We have some sympathy , however , with those who have said that where property was settled before 26th March 1974 the trustees should have the opportunity , for , a limited period , to distribute the capital absolutely to individuals or create an interest in possession so that the rules set out for discretionary trusts will not apply . |
| 12 | For reasons set out in earlier reports and in statements ( IG 16–19 ) concerning her car , abandoned in Exeter station car-park , it is possible , even likely , that she met someone there by arrangement … |
| 13 | The Fitzgeralds had never known their neighbours very well , partly because Magdalen Street was wide , with houses set back behind small gardens and with steps to the front door , and partly because their big family made them self-sufficient . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've got four old Vickers guns set up in strategic positions , so neither group should be able to get in . |
| 15 | Among printers ' mementoes , one should not forget the special examples , in the nature of things not easy to find because of the infrequency of the occasions , produced by presses set up on frozen rivers , such as the Thames and Severn . |
| 16 | All bookings are made and accepted subject to the terms set out in these conditions . |
| 17 | Windfarms are groups of 100ft high wind turbines set up in exposed areas to create electric power . |
| 18 | Darlington 's Conservative MP , Michael Fallon , said : ‘ It is far more important to get the valuations right rather than fulfil time limits set down by local councils . ’ |
| 19 | In particular , stresses set up in such samples can be relieved in all directions whereas stresses in bedrock are much more concentrated since the rock is confined both laterally and vertically . |
| 20 | It was a government word used , for example , in the 1975 slogan ‘ Socialism and freedom are one ! ’ ( later to become ‘ Islam , socialism and freedom are one ! ’ ) , painted on walls and on the triumphal arches set up over main roads . |
| 21 | Throughout the period a high percentage of workers , especially in the newly developed areas and the many enterprises set up in rural areas , were born into peasant families . |