Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In several European countries there were disclosures during November concerning clandestine anti-communist units , apparently set up at the height of the Cold War in the 1950s and intended to lie dormant for activation in the event of a communist takeover .
2 The new requirements are largely set out in the Building Societies ( Accounts and Related Provisions ) Regulations 1992 , although where the change necessitated a change to the 1986 Act itself , that has been effected through the s 104 mechanism , which enables company law to be applied to building societies by Order .
3 Very quickly , however , the three young people began to exert over one another the complex mutual attraction which remained characteristic of their relationship , and more than three weeks passed before Coleridge finally set off on the road back to Stowey .
4 Stephen had already set off down the path .
5 In a report entitled ‘ Disability , Discrimination and Employment ’ the Committee calls for new legislation , on principles similar to those already set out in the law prohibiting sex and race discrimination .
6 The longer stretch which contains the Creole part of the turn , beginning with " I did n't mind " and ending " but to dance " — disrupts this pattern and is thus set off from the rest of the turn .
7 But real life , both human life and plant and animal life , is not set up for the benefit of spectators .
8 If that right is not set out in the expert clause the agreement of the parties ( and , probably , the agreement of the expert as well ) will be needed for it to become part of the reference .
9 Scottish Natural Heritage ( SNH ) has been formally set up from the merger of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Countryside Commission for Scotland .
10 In this paper , we follow this idea first formally set out in the economics literature by Akerlof ( 1980 ) in the context of a fair wage , and extended to trade unions by Booth ( 1984a , 1985 ) , Naylor ( 1989 , 1990 ) , and Naylor and Cripps ( 1989 ) .
11 Other computer firms with particularly idiosyncratic names — Acorn , Torch , Camputers and Jupiter Cantab — have also set up in the city .
12 Kallicharran , assuming that the entertainment had been concluded for the day , also set off for the dressing-room .
13 The London English sequence here is clearly set off from the rest of Brenda 's turn by its function , which is to elicit a " lost " piece of information .
14 Regulation should require that the rate and amount of any commission should be clearly set out in the credit agreement which the customer signs .
15 Although in theory we do not know how it would have turned out if that had been the only option available to Mr. Thorpe , we know that the principles are clearly set out in the health service management documents and at a political level by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State .
16 The procedures are clearly set out in the planning circulars .
17 All aspects of the fee structure must be clearly set out in the engagement letter .
18 ‘ The BBC 's position on its future will be clearly set out in the charter review document now being drafted and which will be published in the autumn . ’
19 This hillside defence system was probably set up by the Votadini , a tribe whose continual harassment by the neighbouring Selgovae led it to seek alliance with Rome at a very early stage .
20 The Purple Airway is temporarily set up over the route covered by a Royal Flight .
21 A Fish Association was duly set up under the chairmanship of the Duke of Kent .
22 The judicial commission of inquiry , announced by the Prime Minister , Vere Bird Sr , on April 25 , was duly set up under the chairmanship of a British QC , Louis Blom-Cooper .
23 Although warranties may be implied by statute , not only may they be inadequate , but the vendor will want the purchaser to acknowledge it has not relied on any warranty , representation or undertaking unless expressly set out in the sale agreement .
24 The product was discreetly set out towards the back with the label half turned away .
25 Is is it correctly set out on the day 's programme ?
26 Members of the Women 's Patriotic Association — originally set up by the wife of the Chinese army general as a pro-Beijing front — gathered on March 12 .
27 In many ways the CPVE conforms very closely to the goals originally set out for the GCSE .
28 Does the Prime Minister recall that the cause of reconciliation in Northern Ireland was tragically set back in the aftermath of the 1974 election ?
29 Communication channels were immediately set up between the site , Melbourne , Port Moresby and London .
30 Did she then grow impatient , and concerned at the pasty cooling in the wickerwork basket , lighted a candle and bravely set off up the tunnel determined that her daddy would have a hot meal ?
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