Example sentences of "set [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So she gazed and her finger traced the outlines of nymphs — thinner , higher cheek-boned than she could ever hope to be , garlanded with flowers , stepping barefoot through the forest ; and sometimes she saw an exhausted Venus , a hand below her belly , lying in a countryside where oxen were driven and ships set sail on uncharted seas . |
2 | The Dunera , an 11,000 ton former troopship , bound for Australia , set sail on 10 July . |
3 | That provided a large data set based on face-to-face interviews , self-completion questionnaires and physical surveys . |
4 | Due to work by the union , the community is now set to act on repetitive strain injury , something we 've campaigned on for years and in late June the E C's Head of Health and Safety will share a platform with John and Nigel in Brussels to launch G M B's campaign to create working environment funds at E C level to channel money to unions and their health and safety work . |
5 | The commission 's decision to allocate £1 million of its budget for hospital and community health services to support developments in primary care illustrates the imaginative approach now being adopted by managers who have broken free of a mind set concentrating on acute hospital services and have started to use their resources to respond to need and not demand . |
6 | Fifa set to stamp on pro foul . |