Example sentences of "[verb] set [adv prt] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 We find similar striking juxtapositions in the finale of the ‘ Jupiter Symphony , where the contrast between the signs helps set off two of the five main motives of the movement : the angular four-note motive with its downward leaps of a 5th and a 7th is marked throughout the movement by strokes , and the linear , stepwise ascending six-note motive is marked throughout by dots .
2 Sam Reed had set up two of the goals and in the second half it was his cross that led to Grant 's second goal .
3 A sole practitioner , Mark Ledger , was brought in to head up the Salisbury office , which Ms Harris had set up prior to the merger ; the new firm set up an insolvency department under Geoffrey Morgan ; and 18 months later another sole practitioner , Philip Parmenter , was brought in to set up another office in Witney , Oxfordshire .
4 Parents and teachers have set up one of the first toy libraries in the country for visually handicapped children .
5 I have set out some of the reasons why the new clauses should not become part of the Bill and now I shall say something about general intention .
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