Example sentences of "set [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last season , an overwhelming number of players declared themselves unavailable for the competition , a sure indicator that they set little score on the provincial matches and they think the national selectors do likewise . |
| 2 | ‘ The Community proposals mean that one out of ten farmers set aside land in the rest of Europe compared to six out of ten in the UK . |
| 3 | The current US policy toward Cambodia had its roots in the late 1970s when President Carter had set aside concerns over the appalling human rights record while in power of the Khmers Rouges in order to maintain friendly relations with China , the principal patron of the Khmers Rouges . |
| 4 | In photographic terms , this is called backlighting , and the camcorder 's attempt to find a compromise setting generally results in the under-exposure of the foreground , though some machines have metering systems which are sufficiently sophisticated to avoid the worst effects of this . |
| 5 | It was a closely fought struggle in Grade Three between the two Ballynahinch teams , with just one point separating them for first and second places , with the ‘ B ’ set just edging into the lead for top honours . |