Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is actually a fairly simple matter , well within the capability of Neolithic and Bronze Age people , to set down a straight line across hilly country using three surveying poles . |
| 2 | The second related issue is whether it is appropriate to set down a single structure which puts topics under specific headings , given the interdisciplinary nature of the subject . |
| 3 | She wanted to set down the southern landscape . |
| 4 | In practice it is impossible to maintain any rigorous separation between executive power and legislative power — between the power to set down the broad direction of the state and to carry out the laws , and the power to make laws and general rules — and , in Britain , Bagehot saw the fusion as taking place in the Cabinet which he said was a committee of the legislative body chosen by the Commons to be the executive body and rule the nation . |
| 5 | ‘ Senility is known to set in a good deal earlier in many cases . ’ |
| 6 | He is learning to enjoy a new range of sour and bitter flavours , of gamey meat and dungy cheese , to set off the wholesome bread of his daily life . |
| 7 | The climate is good , not too hot but with brilliant sunshine to set off the vivid colouring and give shade and modelling to the arcaded treatment of façades . |
| 8 | The Canadian team developed this into a practical investigation aid and willingly helped Ray Davis , the AIB flight recorder specialist , to set up a similar system in the UK . |
| 9 | Nick Bollettieri , whose Bradenton , Florida Coaching Academy continues to be the base for a whole host of tennis champions , including currently , Andre Agassi , and who is committed to helping the Lawn Tennis Association to set up a similar training base her in the UK , has , in conjunction with adidas , launched a fast and functional range of tennis apparel for this country . |
| 10 | And it also plans to set up a mid-range company by the end of 1993 . |
| 11 | For obvious reasons , it is extremely difficult to set up a large-scale trial of dietary treatment among patients who are seriously disturbed . |
| 12 | The great success of the Junior School prompted the Governors to set up a Preparatory Department so that boys could be admitted at the age of 5 . |
| 13 | Runcorn 's Justin Wall had rattled the post before Phil Brown punished a debut slip by defender Andy Taylor to set up a close range opener for David Riley . |
| 14 | By 1780 John Browne could make one of the principal virtues of the expensive academy for gentlemen 's sons that he proposed to set up a total absence of corporal punishment . |
| 15 | There was , however , some sympathy for the applicant in his desire to set up a viable farming unit . |
| 16 | They undertook to set up a technical committee to oversee the ceasefire , under the supervision of ECOWAS ( the Economic Community of West African States ) , and to declare all ports and airports " military-free zones " . |
| 17 | SCOTVEC therefore welcomed the decision of SED to set up a small committee to look at the module/short course issues , particularly in the context of schools ' S3/4 stages . |
| 18 | Garden Management Group are to set up a small IT panel to monitor horticultural computing . |
| 19 | Recently , Steve gave up his joinery business to set up a small security firm , hoping for more time to devote to the much-needed rescue . |
| 20 | Billy Neilson , a prominent Wear Valley councillor until last May 's Christopherian coup , was approached the other day by someone seeking to set up a small business in Sunderland . |
| 21 | According to Wittgenstein , this initial belief is as incoherent as the solipsist 's claim to be able to set up a private language , since it relies upon too great a gap between our behaviour ( including linguistic behaviour ) and internal mental life . |
| 22 | Would a trust , for example to construct a public building or to set up a private monument , actually be enforced as such ? |
| 23 | Peter Sands believes in the National Health Service , but he 's leaving to set up a private practice ; one of 13 dentists in Abingdon . |
| 24 | That enabled Northampton to set up a five-yard scrum and they pushed Nottingham over their line to score a try touched down by Shelford . |
| 25 | Obviously , an employee is free to apply for another position even with a rival of his present employer , or to find premises in which to set up a future business so long as in doing so he is not in breach of any valid express term in his employment contract : see Searle ( GD ) & Co Ltd v Celltech Ltd [ 1982 ] FSR 92 . |
| 26 | Bullets seemed unable to set up a consistent attack — Alan Murray was top scorer with just 11 points — and they could not put things right in the second half . |
| 27 | The Transport Secretary has decided to set up a new rail pension scheme to safeguard their interests . |
| 28 | William Waites , of the University of Nottingham 's Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science , has urged the government to set up a new organisation along the lines of the US Food and Drug Administration , but without responsibility for drugs . |
| 29 | Fortunately , it was n't long before I was approached by other people to set up a new gallery . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ The new government is trying to set up a new country but they have no natural resources and they are desperately short of everything . |