Example sentences of "set [adv prt] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to set down the southern landscape . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For all the talk of Welsh rebirth , Scotland 's performance ought to be good enough to set up the Triple Crown chance at Twickenham next month . |
| 6 | To set up the required LIFESPAN symbols for all your users , insert the following lines prior to the $EXIT line , at the end of SYLOGIN.COM : |
| 7 | The DBTG also specified a language to set up the logical schema , called the data description language ( DDL ) and a DDL to set up particular user views ( sub-schemas ) of the data structures . |
| 8 | The user must write software to set up the appropriate input parameters and invoke the required procedure . |
| 9 | One of the first steps taken was to set up the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme ( EMEP ) to measure emissions and deposition of sulphur and nitrogen oxides in Europe . |
| 10 | The other major difference from the straightforward version is that the variable LR now stores a list of all rules which helped to set up the current state . |
| 11 | The seven percent of the first wave fund-holders was allocated £14.5 million to set up the administrative side of the scheme , but the remaining 93 percent were given a total of £19 million in the 1991 autumn statement . |
| 12 | We tend to think that it is a modern problem , trying to set up the best lifestyle so that the need for personal commitment to the home is balanced with other social and career activities . |
| 13 | I had occasion to set up the chunky machine ( this had to go in the bedroom , because of lack of space elsewhere ) . |
| 14 | In fact , he said , one of the reasons IBM France decided to set up the new division was to cater for software partners and other customers . |
| 15 | Then back here to set up the new squad . ’ |
| 16 | Why else would there already be the reported droves of tour operators and speculators visiting South Africa , if not to set up the same kind of hospitality package deals that South Africans were forced to buy in 1991 ? |
| 17 | Jack Boyle ( Brian Devlin ) showed very good comic timing , helping to set up the comic aspect of the play . |
| 18 | I hope that the Minister will listen carefully to the call from the Opposition and ensure that when privatisation takes place , the golden opportunity will not be missed to set up the Scottish bus passenger consultative committee , which , we hope , will examine customers ' complaints and safeguard their interests . |
| 19 | These are powerful controls , and Hartke recommend using them first in order to set up the initial sound . |
| 20 | He swivelled round to set up the next track . |
| 21 | This group then went on to set up the Teifi Valley Economic and Social Regeneration Project ( TVESRP ) , the aim of which was to undertake more projects which would create employment in that part of Dyfed . |
| 22 | The decision of the Post Office to set up the British Broadcasting Company in 1922 as a co-operative of radio set manufacturers was an attempt to overcome a series of essentially technical and organizational problems : the need to satisfy set manufacturers by ensuring that all participated in the birth and development of broadcasting , the need to avoid chaos on the airwaves on the American scale , and the need to guarantee an efficient and satisfactory service to all listeners . |
| 23 | Many of these will be unleashed in Britain by Lynmart , a company headed by Mr Raggett , who worked closely with the Russians to set up the British Astronaut Project , JUNO . |
| 24 | How about a monthly column showing how to set up the ever-expanding range of multi-effects processors to get the sounds made famous by the professionals : eg. Eddie Van Halen 's ‘ brown ’ sound , Brian May 's sound and Nuno Bettencourt 's sound , just to name a few . |
| 25 | All you do is set the input gain to a reasonable level ( the green input level LED flashes gently if there 's too much signal ) and then use the plus/minus switches to set up the desired sound via the graphic . |
| 26 | The Composers Pen instrument screen enables the user to set up the basic layout of the score . |
| 27 | Note that two terminals may be required for the Offline process : the Operator terminal and one other to handle normal LIFESPAN operations and to set up the Offline run . |
| 28 | Note that two terminals may be required for the Offline process : the Operator Terminal and one other to handle normal LIFESPAN operations and to set up the Offline run . |
| 29 | The first thing we need to do is to set up the vertical grid on the page . |
| 30 | The Comintern , completely disregarding their past policy , called upon " all Communist Parties to make yet another attempt to set up the united front of struggle with the social democratic workers through the medium of the social democratic parties " . |