Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Smoking a cigarette will not normally set off a smoke alarm . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | in a garage , where exhaust fumes could set off the alarm . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Even brief air disturbance will set off the alarm . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Anyone making a noise could set off the bomb , therefore , if the judge catches anyone talking or making a noise , that person is out . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Thus the electrons and positrons will set up a kind of sonic boom , or shock wave , in the electromagnetic field . |
| 15 | He 's an expert on the buildings history and if the building is bought up and say , converted to offices , would like one or 2 rooms put by so he can set up a museum of psychiatry . |
| 16 | Councillor Seamus Rogers of the Workers Party felt that the County Council should set up a sub-committee to look into the issue , while Councillor Brian Gallagher said they should get experts down to the area quickly to issue a ‘ statement that this will not be detrimental in the long term ’ . |
| 17 | You also have , I 'm gon na set up a sub-committee called the Form sub-committee to meet after Christmas er , to review this work , once it 's been done and decide what to do with the , all the other forms that are n't versions . |
| 18 | And for regular savings we can easily set up a standing order . |
| 19 | A FATHER whose son was killed in a road accident has helped set up a support network in the North West for the families of other victims . |
| 20 | ‘ They might not set up a road block , ’ said Jean , biting her lip . |
| 21 | If my right hon. Friend succeeds in gaining enough support for his efforts , the European Community will set up a framework of support and it will be up to individual countries to decide , within that framework , how they wish to use the funds . |
| 22 | The Labour government will set up a Defence Diversification Agency to assist workers , communities and companies affected by change . |
| 23 | If we are prepared to participate in a European bank for reconstruction and development to help countries in eastern Europe which are facing the same problems as Britain 's defence industry workers , could we not at least set up a defence diversification agency to help the tens of thousands of workers in the north-west and throughout the United Kingdom who will be thrown on to the scrap heap ? |
| 24 | Mr Patten even mused that the Conservative Party might set up a think-tank on the lines of Germany 's Konrad Adenauer Stiftung , the research arm of the governing Christian Democrats . |
| 25 | ‘ If they think they can set up a squad at three months ’ notice , they 're sadly mistaken . |
| 26 | The governing body must set up a selection panel and the post of headteacher or deputy headteacher has to be advertised nationally . |
| 27 | Leaving this aside for the moment though , let us set up a contrast between the two as follows : |
| 28 | ‘ The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust told me how we could set up a clinic to register as many people as possible , ’ said Mr Griffiths . |
| 29 | Remember to reduce speed on downhill stretches and to watch in the mirror for traffic which may be about to overtake , and which could therefore set up a swing . |
| 30 | Under the Industrial Courts Act of 1919 the minister may set up a court of enquiry into a trade dispute . |