Example sentences of "sets [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A steel frame , bolted together , which can be finished in a matter of months , before the Armenian winter sets in with temperatures of 40 degrees below freezing , it 's the brainchild of a school consultancy from Gloucester , but it 's taken agreement between Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher at today 's Downing Street talks to make it happen . |
| 2 | Umbrellarama … a forest of umbrella 's brightens up the Hong Kong stadium 's cloak of grey as the rain sets in on finals day . |
| 3 | The north-east monsoon sets in during October . |
| 4 | Thanks to its central mountain range , Sri Lanka has two monsoons : the North-East monsoon sets in during October , the South-West monsoon in April . |
| 5 | Selected 24-piece cutlery sets down from £120 to £79 . |
| 6 | A few million dollars were kept abroad to provide for the family 's regular needs from videos and colour television sets through to Nicolae Ceauşescu 's preferred Gillette razors . |
| 7 | This one is n't a novel , but a personal travelogue whose scenario can be summed-up thus : successful , celebrated author buys an old biplane and sets off across America to recreate the old barnstorming days while rediscovering himself and his country and … |
| 8 | Early bird Ruth arrives on her bike and pitches in with the adult workers at her grandfather 's stables every morning before she sets off for school Pictures : STUART FOSTER |
| 9 | Then , from U hu , someone else sets off for Lāmri and for Lorpa . |
| 10 | ‘ When Brad escapes from the Nebulan experiment lab and sets off with Cord and Tara to immobilize the directed-energy scythe on the Xerxian attack ship — where 's Chelsi ? ’ |
| 11 | And so he sets off on foot , aiming nowhere . |
| 12 | Inset : The River Bus , MV Conrad Chelsea Harbour sets off from Lambeth Pier with its royal passenger on board . |
| 13 | Class V2 60815 sets off from Victoria for the south in about 1950 . |
| 14 | The village cat owner sets off from home and finds the pet cat tagging along . |
| 15 | North East Club for pre-war Austins Mad March Hare run sets off from Scotch 11am . |
| 16 | The carnival parade sets off from Nun 's Close car park at 10am on Monday and winds its way through the town . |
| 17 | Once the nest is completed , the male sets off in search of a female . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's no doubt about her getting the distance , but in this top grade it 's essential she sets off in front . ‘ |
| 19 | In pursuit of these , Mopsus proposes marriage to a fine lady and is beaten by her servants ; he steals his father 's rent money and sets out for London where he is robbed by a prostitute and thrown into gaol ; his father sends more money which he uses to bribe the gaoler ; he is tricked into marrying an aristocrat 's mistress who promptly gives birth ; the woman leaves and the baby dies ; the prodigal returns to his father . |
| 20 | After the death of Haran , Terah sets out for Canaan , with his grandson Lot and his son Abram and childless daughter-in-law Sarai . |
| 21 | He then sets out to scourge the thronging temples of moneychangers and idolators . |
| 22 | It clearly sets out to branches delivery goals that depots intend to achieve and it sets out how , in return , the branches can aid the delivery process . |
| 23 | SAILING into winter … the ancient steamer , Gondola , sets out across Coniston Water on its last trip of the year before being laid up until spring |
| 24 | Nevertheless he faces a huge step up when he sets out from Chester in 123rd position in a race that will decide the final destination of the FIA World Rally Championship , which must go to either France 's Didier Auriol , or Carlos Sainz of Spain , or to last year 's RAC winner Juha Kankkunen . |
| 25 | When he sets out from Rivendell Boromir blows his horn , the family heirloom , and is rebuked by Elrond for doing so ; but he takes no notice . |
| 26 | In addition it should be noted that this Act also sets out in Schedule 2 approved methods of euthanasia . |
| 27 | DAVIE GIBSON ( GS Modena ) sets out in defence of his Scottish Time Trial League title in Gala CC 's Tour of the Valleys on Sunday . |
| 28 | ANDY YOUNG ( RP/Kapsco ) sets out in defence of his Scottish Grand Prix title on Saturday , when the 1993 series gets underway with the Lomond Roads 85 miles race on the Rosneath peninsula in the Firth of Clyde . |
| 29 | The alternative approach of the evaluative typology that Barthes sets out in S/Z privileges the writing of the text , and sees it not as a structure or as a copy of a structure ( poetics ) , but as a practice . |
| 30 | ( a ) which sets out in summary form the most important information derived from your research and the main lessons to be learned from your interpretation of that information ; ( b ) which spells out the policy implications of your findings and , where appropriate , the follow-up actions that appear to be necessary ; and ( c ) which indicates what further research might be undertaken to pursue some of the findings uncovered by your own research . |