Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] set [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Football Supporters Association have set out on a project to democratise the game , taking control of the clubs and institutions that so ruthlessly exploit their support . |
| 2 | Panic has set in as the league 's Draconian restructuring unfolds with four clubs relegated from Division One and seven from Division Two . |
| 3 | The first proof that the rot had set in at the Midland was the full disclosure of its profits and reserves in 1969 . |
| 4 | Rain had set in after the heatwave and there was an infestation of jelly fishes in the Moray Firth . |
| 5 | Putrefaction had set in around the nose and mouth , the skin felt cold and soggy as Corbett gently turned the head to look at the fatal weal round the neck , a broad , purple black gash with little round indentations which made it look like some ghostly parody of a necklace . |
| 6 | Although Stockholm was the base for spies of every warring nation , the Scandinavian connection that Foley had talked about was run by Norway , whose government-in-exile had set up in the neutral city . |
| 7 | The government has set out in the Patient 's Charter the principles on which the NHS is based . |
| 8 | There should be some recognition of the fact that the programmes that the Government have set up in the network of jobcentres , including restart , job clubs , job interview guarantees and all the programmes that they deliver through jobcentres or training and enterprise councils , help to alleviate the misery that comes with loss of employment . |
| 9 | We were made welcome by the teachers , provided with a floor to sleep on , and within an hour had set off into the forest to look for wild cocoa . |