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

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1 He crossed to the window to set wide the shutter on the last night of May , and heave the smokiness of his long closeted hours out of him in great , assuaging breaths .
2 Even now he has not done so , although the judge set aside the statutory demand nearly five months ago .
3 In such circumstances the court has the power to make such order as it thinks fit ( IA 1986 , s238(3) ) including the right to set aside the transaction .
4 The court set aside the committal ‘ on all those three grounds ’ ( see p. 624 ) , but did not have to consider what would have been the position if only the third ground had been substantiated .
5 The charter setting forth the terms of the agreement ends : .
6 Morritt J. refused the application for leave to inspect but Hoffmann J. granted the application to set aside the registrar 's order .
7 That course would doubtless prompt an application by the P.C.A. to set aside the subpoena on grounds of public interest immunity .
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