Example sentences of "set [adv] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 If you are up so bright and early we will be able to set off in very good time . ’
2 I was quite suprised how good he was that year … back heeling the ball to set up at least 2 goals … and the drag back and turn for a goal vs Wimbledon ( I think ) ! !
3 In particular , unsteadiness may set in at much lower Ra than it would in their absence .
4 The few ships out in the harbour sent up fireworks and flares , and the low hills around town echoed with the wail of sirens and foghorns — at least until the dark did set in at about three in the morning .
5 Then start reading — set aside at least one hour today .
6 Set aside until almost ready to serve .
7 The company will set aside at least four hectares of forest around each of the 100-odd woodpecker colonies in its lands in Arkansas , Louisiana , Mississippi and South Carolina .
8 Sometimes the bus did n't set off until nearly four o'clock .
9 They set out in relatively light winds and gentle snow , with Met Office reports that the winds would drop .
10 Not having set off from directly overhead Gransden ( a practice advisable in murky conditions ) we are slightly south of track .
11 The tank has been set up for about 5–6 weeks and houses five Tiger Barbs and five Serpae Tetra .
12 Brazil 's Free Zone of Manaus ( ZFM ) provides a good illustration of the difficulties of adjustment , even though it was set up for quite different purposes .
13 What I want to ask is , firstly , who are you funded by , and these teams , I note erm paragraphs three erm these nurses and so on , are they existing staff , or is this a new team , erm management team which has been set up at yet more expense to the health authority ?
14 Not all models are the curvaceous female variety and studio shots can be set up with less glamorous professional models where this is required .
15 New political parties , and other types of public association such as trade unions , could be set up by as few as 10 people .
16 It was set up by about thirty young unemployed men in January 1965 .
17 History is set out in apparently discouraging detail .
18 The story behind these is set out in typically complete sleeve notes , but essentially it all started with a recording of Mussorgsky 's pictures at an Exhibition with the Chicago SO under Kubelik .
19 Statements of attainment could be set out in very general terms , permitting a great variety of learning routes and greater autonomy for teachers in the classroom , but they would run the risk of being uninterpretable by SAT developers and teachers , or , given the political imperative to produce national assessments , interpretable in an arbitrary fashion .
20 ‘ The average train may leave 10 minutes late , but it has been proved that the average car journey sets off at least 40 minutes after the announced time . ’
21 She was concentrating on her appearance , adding the finishing touches before setting out on yet another shopping expedition .
22 Clutching at the safety of recollection , the Glovers set off for more familiar regions .
23 The rest divided themselves up amongst the remaining transport and set off with only enough petrol to cover the 400 miles to Jalo .
  Next page