Example sentences of "set [adv prt] the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is formality … such as the Elizabethan knot garden , with its tiny box hedging … and the walk of Lime trees.But such order simply helps to set off the flower borders which overflow with colour.Here can be found a blue and white monkshood … the towering flower spikes of acanthus , commonly known as bears britches … crimson penstemon blooms , and the perennially popular day lily . |
| 2 | That 's if we 're not going to set off the alarm system ! ’ |
| 3 | It was presented to the Aids organisation by Brian May , a guitarist in the group , and drummer Roger Taylor to set up the Freddie Mercury Memorial Trust . |
| 4 | At the point where the program is trying to set up the tutorial files it reports that it is unable to find ‘ Festina Text ’ and skips the entire operation . |
| 5 | As a result , President FRanois Mitterrand 's support for Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's policy on German reunification at Strasbourg was dependent on the West Germans agreeing to set up the government conference by the end of next year . |
| 6 | Three other LEDs are used to set up the operating status , arranged in a horizontal ‘ traffic light ’ formation : red indicates that the input signal is below the Threshold level , yellow that it has reached Threshold , and the green that it is above Threshold . |
| 7 | Once the school librarian or teacher has mastered the simple stages of switching on the different parts of the microcomputer , e.g. to set up the BBC microcomputer , the user 1 ) Plugs in the computer , the disk drive , the monitor and the printer 2 ) Switches on the microcomputer , the disk drive , the monitor and the printer 3 ) Puts a disk into the disk drive 4 ) Types in a command on the microcomputer s/he will be able to use programs for different applications such as database creation or word processing and the applications are covered later in this book . |
| 8 | In 1979 widespread disruptive action led the then Labour government to set up the May Inquiry , intended to be a major review of the entire prison system ( May , 1979 ) . |
| 9 | At this point you have to set up the machines CMOS memory for the new drive . |
| 10 | A COLLEAGUE 'S 4½-year-old son has asked him to set up the video camera in front of the chimney on Christmas Eve to catch Santa on camera . |
| 11 | In 1965 Lloyd went back to being Student 's editor , and Jim Haynes headed south to set up the London Traverse Company at the Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre in Holborn . |
| 12 | Her Majesty 's Government is also involved , for it is planning to set up the BritTrak Consortium which would reduce the rail network to a single , high profit track , ‘ running from the City to a decent little pub in Chobham ’ . |
| 13 | At eleven she asked Janice , her PA , to set up the flip charts in the conference room . |
| 14 | The Cambridge substitutes , Paul Raynor and Steve Claridge , combined to set up the opening goal after 64 minutes for Mike Norbury . |
| 15 | The implementation of the recommendation to set up the Crown Court is recounted in a later chapter , but we should note here the implications for the Lord Chancellor . |
| 16 | Aw , c'm on , it was just like that in Australia not long ago : one of the wire services reports in a condescending way that under local law , the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil recognises only the principle of priority in brand names , so that companies like IBM Corp , Xerox Corp and Sony Corp have had to ‘ buy back ’ their names before they could do business under them in Brazil ; the US is pressing Brazil to change the law to protect internationally recognised brand names — but it is not so long ago that , legend has it , an enterprising travelling Australian spotted that car hire was becoming big business , so when he got home , he registered the names Hertz and Avis , sold the Hertz name back to the company when it wanted to set up in Australia — and then used the cash he got from Hertz to set up the Avis concession in Australia . |
| 17 | He felt he had the upper hand for once , and they had n't been able to set up the Microwave Gun yet , either ; he felt cool and relaxed . |
| 18 | The motivation behind making central funding available to set up the alumni bodies seems to be an elaboration of the same theme . |
| 19 | You may have noticed that the dialogue boxes used to set up the Program Groups and Program Item both have a Password option . |
| 20 | The move to set up the staff commission comes after local authorities asked that a body be set up to protect the interests of employees . |
| 21 | We were closely involved in trying to set up the transport arrangements : we had to get the airforce to ferry the pieces from Phnom Penh to Bangkok and then the Australian national carrier Qantas to bring them to Australia . ’ |
| 22 | Coun Tony Richmond , leader of the Conservatives on the council , has already been in touch with the South African embassy in London to set up the trade visit . |
| 23 | She had earned a great deal of money from her swimming , which she then used to set up the Mercedes Gleitze Homes for Destitute Men and Women . |
| 24 | On arrival Rick and I walked around the lake and chose two likely looking swims towards the bottom end near the dam where we proceeded to set up the carp rods . |
| 25 | But the assumption , doubtful in itself , that in a Co-operative Community the distinction would have had no meaning does not explain why , when in the real world of Rochdale in the 1850s the distinction became apparent to them the Pioneers chose to set up the production arm as a separate society . |
| 26 | The first was over £1 million to set up the George Pitt-Rivers Chair of Archaeological Science in memory of the distinguished anthropologist , the late Captain George Pitt-Rivers . |
| 27 | ( Section 2.7 explains how to set up the Charge Code itself , and Section 3.1 how to create other storage directories . ) |
| 28 | And it 's this that inspired the pair of them to set up the Thomas Appeal . |
| 29 | In 1972 he was appointed chief executive ( second permanent secretary ) to set up the Property Services Agency at the Department of the Environment and held that position until his appointment as chairman of the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations in 1974 , which he held until 1978 . |
| 30 | It is appropriate to set out the opening words of Rule 26 of the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure : |