Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [adv] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The luxurious cream decor is set off beautifully by the patterned curtains . |
| 2 | The links are set up temporarily by the DBMS at run time following a user request for this information . |
| 3 | The command verb , LIFESPAN_PMR , should have been set up previously by the System Manager . |
| 4 | The Global Environmental Facility has been set up jointly by the World Bank , and the UN Environment and Development Programmes . |
| 5 | People with learning disabilities who need residential care in Bassetlaw can go to one of four staffed homes which were set up partly by the health authority and are run by the Mencap Homes Foundation . |
| 6 | Labour 's intentions to shift the focus of campaigning were succinctly set out yesterday by the shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke , after a speech which surprised his supporters and confounded his critics by its professional , tough delivery . |
| 7 | Lord Hesketh , the chief whip in the Lords , also went for flower power in the form of a pink carnation set off nicely by a red bow tie and cream shirt . |
| 8 | Eventually , a central department set up jointly by the refugee committees helped to alleviate major problems like the treatment of refugees as Nazis , refugees and Nazis being kept in close proximity , inadequate accommodation , lack of adequate medical care and the separation of families . |
| 9 | Only five years before , an inter-departmental committee set up jointly by the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor 's Department , under the chairmanship of a High Court Judge , had rejected the solution of permanent Crown Courts to handle the much increased workload of criminal cases and to reduce the time spent by defendants awaiting trial . |