Example sentences of "set [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is important however that the manager should set down the areas where responsibility for decisions is vested in the surveyor in order that any uncertainty regarding delegated authority is kept to an absolute minimum .
2 We can also recognise , as we did , at an , on an earlier paper that it is national government policy and increasingly so , to encourage the development of capital schemes , borrowing , we noted that in relation to transport and the availability of S C A's I think it 's also right to say that the government does set down the level of borrowing which can be entered into in in any one year , that is the credit approvals are controlled by the government and they do make them available to the County Council and to district Councils , so in a sense , the government is both saying that we expect borrowing to be a feature of a budget and also that we want to control , and restrict the amount of money that can be borrowed through the amount of credit approvals .
3 We will set down the bones of the left critique of pluralism in this chapter , but will attend to the more positive aspects of the left perspective on British politics in later chapters .
4 First , we will set down the Establishment perspective of the constitutional authorities — the perspective , that is , of those who do so much to say what is the constitution in the absence of a written legal document .
5 Third , we will set down the perspective of the Left within the Labour Party — the party that has very belatedly come to an awareness of the significance of constitutional politics and of the need for change .
6 For it will set aside a conviction whenever it appears unjust or unsafe to allow the verdict to stand because some failure has occurred in observing the conditions which , in the court 's view , are essential to a satisfactory trial , or because there is some feature of the case raising a substantial possibility that , either in the conclusion itself , or in the manner in which it has been reached , the jury may have been mistaken or misled .
7 The court will set aside a decision if it is taken by someone who is not or can not be appointed as the expert .
8 I shall set aside a part of each day to think about you . ’
9 Holidaymakers should set aside a day for the glass-bottomed boat trips to Walt Disney World in the lost city of Orlando , where the spires of Cinderella 's Castle rise majestically above the waves .
10 However , the court can also still remit or set aside an arbitration award , under s22 and s23 of the Arbitration Act 1950 , and this continues to be a relatively frequently exercised right .
11 It is only when thus defined that Parliament ‘ has , under the English constitution , the right to make or unmake any law whatsoever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognised … as having the right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament ’ .
12 The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this , namely , that Parliament thus defined has , under the English constitution , the right to make or unmake any law whatever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament .
13 Parliamentary sovereignty , he wrote , meant that Parliament had " the right to make or unmake any law whatever ; and , further , that no person or body is recognized by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament . "
14 The judges also said that they would set aside the orders of Justice Morling that the Tobacco Industry of Australia could never , at any time in the future , replicate the claims contained in the offending sentence .
15 Hence they are pronounced illegal unless the parties to an agreement can set aside the presumption by " proving " to the satisfaction of the Restrictive Practices Court that the agreement operates in the public interest .
16 Despite the older officers ' complaints , the level of job satisfaction — when they can set aside the paperwork and get out into the field — is high ( cf.
17 The interventions of God do not set aside the need for careful evaluation .
18 Such research does not set aside the need for divine guidance , but the evidence produced by investigation forms some of the ingredients .
19 The court may set aside the demand if the debtor appears to have a counterclaim , set-off or cross claim equalling or exceeding the debt demanded , the debt is disputed on grounds which appear to the court to be substantial , the creditor appears to hold some security for the debt of sufficient value , or the court is satisfied on other grounds that the demand ought to be set aside .
20 Smoking a cigarette will not normally set off a smoke alarm .
21 The government , claiming that granting the pilots ' wage demand would set off a wage explosion and damage the economy , expressed its support for the airlines and took unprecedented steps to break the strike .
22 These areas of flexibility need to be defined very carefully and the possible options spelled out as far as possible , for in a tightly knit plan a sudden deviation at one point can set off a chain reaction of confusion throughout the plan .
23 Then the rocket propeller , having completed two and a half turns , would set off the detonator , which exploded in front of the ‘ plane you were firing at .
24 in a garage , where exhaust fumes could set off the alarm .
25 This may also involve physically not going to places ( e.g. the staffroom ) or meeting people ( your head of department ) who might set off the alarm by mistake .
26 Even brief air disturbance will set off the alarm .
27 He does , however , set off the tragedy by displaying his lack of insight , judgement and knowledge of true love in the division of his land .
28 Anyone making a noise could set off the bomb , therefore , if the judge catches anyone talking or making a noise , that person is out .
29 Humiliating and unrealistic conditions should set off an alarm in the coalition 's collective head : they carry echoes from 1919 of Versailles , the treaty that ended ‘ the war to end all wars ’ and brought Europe , and the world , a new era of instability .
30 Thus the electrons and positrons will set up a kind of sonic boom , or shock wave , in the electromagnetic field .
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