Example sentences of "set [adv] [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | UNLIKE those rich enough to set aside assets for a period of years in order to avoid tax , those dependent on income — particularly those subject to Pay As You Earn — have limited scope to fend off the taxman . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ I was prepared to set aside time at a future meeting for full discussion , but the clubs felt they did n't want to even talk about the issue any further . |
| 3 | Dave Morpfee again impressed as he bagged 3–33 to set up Bangor for a response of 111–5 , Hefin Lewis , Andy Savage and John Parry all scoring 23 as Ruthin 's John James pocketed 4–29 . |
| 4 | After their early opportunity Holland did not glimpse another scoring chance until eight minutes before half-time , when Kieft and Koeman combined to set up Berghuis for a hard , low cross which Taffarel could not hold . |
| 5 | Athens could not ignore this , and an indecisive battle ( Tanagra ) followed by a decisive one ( Oinophyta ) gave Athens control of Boiotia till 446 ( see p. 43 for her ‘ land empire ’ ambitions , and for Sparta 's desire to set up Thebes as a counterweight to Athens ) . |
| 6 | To find out what potential customers think of Foodbase , we asked Steve to set up stall in a local health food shop . |
| 7 | To hand the work over to elected local authorities covering an extensive area would be to set up bodies with a genuine degree of independence and power , and this is suspect . |
| 8 | That let off seemed to breathe relief back into the home side , and not for the first time this season the imposing physical presence of youngster Ferguson proved crucial with a deft header which set up Cleland for a fine angled finish from 15 yards for the leveller . |
| 9 | The German half point rate cut yesterday has set off speculation on a rate cut in the UK despite Chancellor Kenneth Clarke dampening speculation . |
| 10 | The one thing that these , and other applications have in common , is a measurement of the Hall effect , in which , in certain circumstances , a voltage is set up perpendicular to a magnetic field and a current passing through a material . |
| 11 | Microsoft has set up Windows as a rival to a component of OS/2 called Presentation Manager , which is still backed by IBM . |
| 12 | Joseph Truman , ‘ based on papers now lost ’ , is said to have set up business as a brewer in 1666 , the year of the Great Fire of London . |
| 13 | assimilation : it is argued that initial information sets up expectancies about a person . |
| 14 | And , like Sir Geoffrey and Mr Heseltine , he routinely sets up federalism as a straw man to knock down . |
| 15 | And , like Sir Geoffrey and Mr Heseltine , he routinely sets up federalism as a straw man to knock down . |
| 16 | A working party , chaired by Robin Bidwell of the consultancy Environmental Resources , sets out proposals for a scheme to provide ( i ) a framework within which environmental consulting groups can declare their competence for carrying out environmental auditing and ( ii ) a code of practice to be followed when undertaking environmental audits . |
| 17 | Radchenko was the creator , moving into the penalty area before setting up Piatnitski for a simple finish . |
| 18 | If women want to spend their lives with something that is slim , sanitary and sensitive , perhaps they should consider setting up home with a thermometer dipped in Dettol . |
| 19 | ‘ If you are staying some while , sir , you must tell it me privately , ’ Mary said , ‘ since I am setting up shop as a connoisseur of grave stories . ’ |
| 20 | Picking up the pieces was no easy task but Connors was one of the first traders to get back on its feet , temporarily setting up shop in a portacabin . |
| 21 | Now , even while the treaties were being negotiated , Henry was seizing Scottish shipping , demanding the queen 's person , trying to bully Arran into handing over the Scottish castles south of the Forth into English hands , considering setting up Arran as a client king . |
| 22 | In this way a precise sampling of the vegetation could be obtained , and , by setting up quadrats over a wide area , a systematic assessment of distribution could be worked out . |
| 23 | J. Chapman , Sledmere Drive , Acklam , Middlesbrough : I was a final year pharmacy student in Sunderland and I was setting up apparatus for a chemistry experiment , when another student came in with the sad news that the King had died . |
| 24 | Seth scored 60 not out and then returned figures of 17–5–42–5 as Witham were reduced to 97 for six , setting up Sudbury for a 60-run success . |
| 25 | Nicholas slipping and sidestepping deftly , set up Creaney for a close range shot which Hamilton one-handed , just turned round . |
| 26 | Lee Doherty set up Johnston for a right-wing cross and Gorman ghosted between two Bangor defenders to keep up his record of scoring in every round . |
| 27 | PEARS : Andrew Pears , son of a Cornish farmer , set up shop as a hairdresser in Soho in 1789 and began developing a more gentle soap than the harsh ones then used . |
| 28 | When Ernest set up shop as a photographer , she had gone to work as his assistant and their friendship blossomed into romance . |
| 29 | He set up shop as a publisher and on 26 August 1594 married Jayne Vrique ; a son , Isaac , was baptized on 19 April 1595 ; three other children , Thomas , Joan , and Alice , figure in his will . |
| 30 | It was during this period that a young buyer for Adidas based in Liverpool ( but originally from Yorkshire ) set up shop in a small back-street in Liverpool City Centre . |