Example sentences of "set [adv] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Executive power — the power to set down the broad policies to be followed by the state and the ability to carry out or execute the laws was in the hands of the King , but the means for carrying it out had to be provided by parliament . |
| 2 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be stated , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 3 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be states , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 4 | There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed . |
| 5 | In the summer , blues and pinks predominate but there are always plenty of white flowers , especially the white forms of cosmos and Campanula persicifolia , to set off the other colours . |
| 6 | Thus provided with capital and having gained almost a decade of experience in the iron industry , he resolved to set up a similar ironworks with the assistance of his two elder sons , John and Archibald . |
| 7 | He takes over from Jenny Goddard who has held the post since 1989 , and who leaves to set up a new careers service at the College of Law . |
| 8 | ‘ To set up a million dominoes you need a huge hall that has to be totally isolated for more than six weeks , ’ says Peter Matthews . |
| 9 | The Dutch government has helped to set up a national halons " bank " to ensure the most effective use of the chemicals . |
| 10 | Attempts to set up a national printers " union in Scotland date from 1836 , but both the General Typographical Association of Scotland and its successor , the Northern District Board of the National Typographical Association , came to grief after only a few years . |
| 11 | That is why it is so important that , as one of the conclusions of the Maastricht settlement , it was agreed that the 12 countries should set up an organisation loosely known as Europol whose first job would be to set up a Europeanwide drugs intelligence unit among the Twelve , which should lead to a greater level of co-operation with our continental partners to stop Ecstasy and other drugs coming into the country . |
| 12 | They will also help to set up a Turkish sites and species database . |
| 13 | We 've got to set up a proper complaints procedure , so that people know how to complain about Social Services , although I doubt very much whether anybody would ever want to complain about Oxfordshire 's Social Services , and so on . |
| 14 | His task was to set up a dummy gems firm in Bombay . |
| 15 | Prosecution witness Isham Chandra Dutta said he agreed to set up a dummy gems company in Bombay , for a £20,000 fee , which included a mail message centre with false letterheads and invoices . |
| 16 | Gen. Asparukhov alleged that Mishev had attempted to set up a secret arms deal with Macedonia . |
| 17 | The home secretary announced plans to set up a special police unit to investigate suspects . |
| 18 | THE French government has launched a programme to set up a nationwide telecommunications research network , in an effort to catch up with Britain 's JANET system and Germany 's DFN . |
| 19 | Firms are now required to set up an internal complaints procedure " which shall , inter alia , ensure that clients are informed whom to approach in the event of any problem with the service provided " ( Solicitors ' Practice Rule 15 and see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 20 | Is the Secretary of State aware that in London there is a majority in favour of Labour 's proposal to set up an elected police authority for the Greater London area ? |
| 21 | Delegates representing miners in most Soviet coalfields held a week-long congress in mid-June in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk , at which it was decided in principle to set up an independent miners ' union . |
| 22 | We we we 're empowered er by these orders to set up the new constituencies , er they do not actually come into effect to enable the elections to be held upon them er until all the countries of the E E C have agreed the changes that are necessary to accommodate the new numbers that er they will be having , er so the act , the ninety three act , has a commencement hour within it . |
| 23 | To invoke these programs , it is necessary to set up the DCL verbs as follows : |
| 24 | To invoke these programs , it is necessary to set up the DCL verbs as described in Appendix F. |
| 25 | In the bold decision to set up the Kurdish safe-havens and the no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq after the Gulf war , and the decision to intervene militarily in Somalia , we see a significant departure from the principle of absolute sovereignty over domestic matters . |
| 26 | Working in conjunction with the British Mountaineering Council and the Ramblers ' Association , COLA plans to set up the British Uplands Footpath Trust . |
| 27 | It absorbed over £500,000 from Mr Green and his fellow private investors in the capital investment needed to set up the electronic links between the telephone ordering service and wholesaler Heathcote Books ( which did not invest any money ) . |
| 28 | Bott was given huge amounts of space on the inside pages of Ink in December 1971 and January 1972 to set out the scrambled views on life which he was culling from a variety of standard left-wing and anarchist gurus . |
| 29 | In this type of case it is better to set out the two consequences in separate sub-paragraphs . |
| 30 | The purpose of the Corporate Finance Manual is to set out the required procedures and technical standards for all Special Engagements . |