Example sentences of "set [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if the carriages are at the right , you must set them for an anti-clockwise circle , if they 're at the left , for a clockwise circle ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 2 | The natives are amenable for all their savage state , and impart their wisdom to us in exchange for fribbling items : a mere hairpin will set them to an ecstasy of delight , for they are like to children and have no metals . |
| 3 | A second interpretation of the developments of the 1980s would set them in a longer context , dating back to the late 1960s . |
| 4 | And of course , quotations of APR by individual traders would be very much more valuable if people could set them against a background of what is typical than if they stood alone , in isolation . |
| 5 | In December , after Eisenhower had belatedly denounced him for trying to " set himself above the laws of our land " , he was condemned by the Senate . |
| 6 | Mr Cruickshank has spent just over three years in charge of the Scottish health service and has helped set it on the Government 's controversial road to self-governing hospitals and fund-holding family doctor practices . |
| 7 | Another housemaster in describing what he would ideally like to do also set it in the context of his sense of powerlessness . |
| 8 | Yeah you ca n't set it by the book |
| 9 | She 'll set us on the right track . ’ |