Example sentences of "[noun sg] set [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there is some experience of contracting in such services as catering and cleaning , the scale of the programme set out in the White Paper is of a different order . |
| 2 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 3 | A military aeroplane set out for the Kaylayaan islands with voting papers for the village elections being held throughout the Philippines . |
| 4 | Given the philosophy set out in the previous section it is essential that the Senior Administrative Assistant have able and experienced Principal Officers who they can turn to and that such Principal Officers should not be overstretched by dealing with individual cases but are available to direct and manage operations . |
| 5 | Balanced growth incidence requires that , and from these equations it is possible to examine the effect of different combinations of taxes , taking account of the equivalence set out in the preceding paragraph . |
| 6 | A year and a half ago , Hotspur thought , this fierce faun was surely no more than seventeen years old , and married off , like many another , to an old miser three or four times her age , for the sake of a noble name and a set of paltry quarterings , and the hope of a grandson set up in the landed estate . |
| 7 | Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub . |
| 8 | Diversity can only be increased through a body set up with the specific task of creating and sustaining new media . |
| 9 | The Still Waters project began two years ago , while Denyer was doing shoots for the Broads Authority , a body set up in the late 1970s to manage and protect the area . |
| 10 | Checkpoint Charlie , the crossing point set up in the early 1960s between East and West Berlin is to be opened to millions of people on Wednesday . |
| 11 | A telephone failure at Eyemouth as a result of severe conditions meant that neither the coxswain nor second coxswain could be alerted , so the un-named 44ft Waveney class lifeboat 44–001 on relief duty at the station set out with the assistant mechanic , James Dougal , at the helm . |
| 12 | ( 1982 ) show , the coverage of the Law and Order issue by the media was dominated by the agenda set out by the Tory Party aided by the magistracy , the NAS and certain sections of the police . |
| 13 | Although the old colours ranged widely and included deep or light red , blue , ‘ grizzle ’ and all-white , nearly all had white finching and white on the belly and face and early selection was made for the famous white face in contrast to a deep , rich red body colour set off by the white brisket , belly , legs , shoulder stripe and tail switch . |
| 14 | The bearer set off along the wide , dusty street . |
| 15 | In such cases the procedure set out in the Senior Master 's Practice Note of 14 April 1988 should be followed . |
| 16 | He wanted people to get on with the urgent business of living the good life set out in the Eightfold Path , and not to waste time or energy in speculation and debate . |
| 17 | This nest set up on the flat lands beyond the power stations on the south east coast will provide the evidence to Bill and his bird watching colleagues It 's not only the owls that fly at night , waders will feed at any time , but the rising tide will force them to leave the mud flats day or night |
| 18 | The Stock Exchange is party to the central compensation fund set up under the Financial Services Act , in which losses due to fraud or the collapse of an institution of 100 per cent up to £30 000 and 90 per cent of losses up to £20 000 are recompensed , and then nothing after that . |
| 19 | It will start with something like that which appears in the version set out in the New English Bible : ’ When all things began , the Word already was . ’ |
| 20 | However , while the views of my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashton-under-Lyne ( Mr. Sheldon ) on Europe have not always been similar to mine , I was pleased to hear him say that he could not see how it was possible for 12 Finance Ministers in ECOFIN — about which we hear a great deal these days — to control a European central bank established on the model set out in the present draft treaty prepared by the Dutch Government . |
| 21 | THE investor protection system set up under the Financial Services Act is creaking under the strain , less than three years after it swung into operation . |
| 22 | It discusses the regulatory system set up under the Financial Services Act 1986 ( FSA or the Act ) , and the position of futures under that regime . |
| 23 | This responsibility to society is widely recognised , particularly in respect of risk issues , and is reflected in the various Codes of Conduct set out by the professional engineering Institutions and The Engineering Council . |
| 24 | Therefore , on 13 February 1991 , I tabled a written question : ’ To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners in previous years , in complying with his wishes to move to use computers , applied for a grant for the installation of a computer system that was above the figure of payment set out in the published computer cost reimbursement schedule . ’ |
| 25 | Mrs Major 's party set off for the northern half of the seat to goad the faithful and stir the idle while Mr Major toured the south . |
| 26 | Their cheeks were blanched and drawn as the party set out in the driving rain , armed with ropes and fresh lanterns . |
| 27 | Union officials held an hour-long meeting with Mr Clarke at the Home Office , urging him to retain the pay formula set up after the bitter nine-week strike in 1977/78 . |
| 28 | We should build up the Western European Union as the defence pillar of the European union , but the treaty embodies the view set out in the Anglo-Italian proposal two months ago , and endorsed at last month 's summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation that whatever we do at European level must be compatible with NATO . |