Example sentences of "set [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those leaders have tried to keep their empires isolated from the Darwinian laws of survival , despite the fact that none of the ‘ gods ’ as presented by them has ever been able to set aside the inexorable operation of those laws . |
| 2 | Lies applied by summons to set aside the fourth party notice served on them and succeeded in their application . |
| 3 | The relevant conditions of section 142(2) and ( 4 ) were mandatory , not directory , and unless they were established there was no jurisdiction to set aside the earlier conviction . |
| 4 | DOCTORS are hoping to persuade North-East sportsmen to set aside the magic sponge for more sophisticated medical techniques . |
| 5 | These tremendous images … are not the whole of Christ 's teaching , but they set forth the supernatural mystery which is the heart of the teaching … . |
| 6 | Somewhat ironically , in view of the detailed , convoluted negotiations of the previous year , the constitutional agreement was not put to the test in the ways intended as the outbreak of war in September 1939 set aside the anticipated position irrevocably . |
| 7 | This balance was what set apart the New Testament view from its Greco-Roman surroundings . |
| 8 | The bountiful buffet breakfast served each morning sets just the right note to start the day by the fresh-water swimming pool . |
| 9 | The most famous chapter in the Policraticus is that which sets forth the organic image of the commonwealth , the prince the head , the church the soul , the senate the heart , the soldiers the arms , the peasants the legs — a classical cliché brought up-to-date . |
| 10 | The CPV had made a number of errors in the past ; it had taken too much time setting forth the initial stage of the transitional period to socialism and had made " many mistakes " in reforming prices , wages and money and in ideological and organizational tasks . |
| 11 | Clearly he was against setting aside the international competition and had no particular liking for Gothic , but the chief reason was probably his relationship with Palmerston . |
| 12 | Setting aside the final volume as the copter 's blades slowed , Duroc mused that Gibbon was sending a message to the end of the 20th Century , a message he had never realized was implicit in his text . |
| 13 | The thing about community life is that even setting aside the actual word arts through the way in which community arts workers work with small groups of people who have come together because they 're doing something interesting because it looks something that they want to do , brings groups of people together . |
| 14 | Concern is growing that the 1985 decree setting aside the Yanomami Park — a large area of Brazilian rainforest inhabited by the Yanomami Indians — faces such massive opposition from Brazil 's powerful politicians , rich landowners and the military that it may never be enacted . |
| 15 | For the first years or so of the war , oil and gas operations , setting aside the damaged Gulf terminals and the dislocation of the northern pipeline , continued very much as during the previous decade . |
| 16 | Setting aside the physical hardware , in terms of power a Macintosh performs roughly the same as a PC/AT , there are other fundamental differences between the two systems . |
| 17 | Setting aside the important caveat about the reliability of these numbers in the absence of an audit , what conclusions can we draw about performance indicators such as these ? |
| 18 | Business men in my constituency believe that the Maastricht agreement set exactly the right tone for business in the 1990s . |
| 19 | For the moment he set aside the obvious solution . |
| 20 | Even now he has not done so , although the judge set aside the statutory demand nearly five months ago . |