Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " 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 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The arrangements for such a meeting are normally set out in the articles of association of the company . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Rapid weight loss may have made you feel good at the time , but depression and frustration soon set in as the pounds or kilos slowly creep back on again . |
| 7 | These calculations can be easily set up on a computer spreadsheet and variations may be performed to determine the best-looking selection according to the investor 's risk-return preferences . |
| 8 | Stephen had already set off down the path . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The strategy which controls the frequency , duration and destination is usually set up on a systems availability base rather than being controlled by the quantity of data to be transferred and its " design delay " costs . |
| 12 | Social groups are often deliberately set up for a purpose . |
| 13 | Of the two European companies that did become members , Méliès had built its fortunes around the genius of one innovative filmmaker , whereas Pathé had deliberately set out on an internationalist path , making films not only in France but also in Britain , the US , Italy , Germany , Russia and Japan . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Stones were also set up along the Great North Road in 1708 , but the first true milestone to be set up in Britain since Roman times was that at Trumpington , just outside Cambridge , in 1727 , where it is still to be seen . |
| 17 | They were also set up as a way of avoiding off-site referral . |
| 18 | A Parliamentary and Local Government Advisory Committee was also set up with a brief to ‘ consider and recommend to the General Committee what , in their opinion , is necessary for the purpose of effectively carrying into effect the resolution passed at the Swansea Congress ’ . |
| 19 | Other computer firms with particularly idiosyncratic names — Acorn , Torch , Camputers and Jupiter Cantab — have also set up in the city . |
| 20 | Kallicharran , assuming that the entertainment had been concluded for the day , also set off for the dressing-room . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | documents clearly set out to the staff , what I thought was our collective understanding of the section engineer oblique project engineer relationship |
| 23 | Regulation should require that the rate and amount of any commission should be clearly set out in the credit agreement which the customer signs . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It is vital that this point is understood by all parties concerned and clearly set out in the terms of engagement letter . |
| 26 | The procedures are clearly set out in the planning circulars . |
| 27 | All aspects of the fee structure must be clearly set out in the engagement letter . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | The bronzes were later set up in the Porticus Metelli , the first secular building in Rome specifically intended for the display of booty . |
| 30 | 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 . |