Example sentences of "the [noun pl] set [adv] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the Frankish Church 's new emphasis on godparental obligations , such a reinforcing of a biological kin-tie by a spiritual one became an adroit response to the dangers set out by Charlemagne in the 806 division-project . |
| 2 | But Mr Rafsanjani is exposed to accusations that he is departing from the policies set out by the leader of Iran 's Islamic revolution , the late Ayatollah Khomeini , and may have seized on the Mujahideen attacks to demonstrate that he is not selling out the imam 's legacy . |
| 3 | Setting aside the exact figures chair , I think Leeds position is that left late at the goalposts set down by R P G two , erm our members are the City Council 's grasped the mettle of accommodating the level of accommodation that that implies . |
| 4 | As employers respond to the guidelines set out by the UKCC then parity of courses will emerge and budgets for courses will need to be arrived at in response to local situations . |
| 5 | We can develop in Europe only within the guidelines set out by Central Government , a Government quite clear that a joining of the attitudes and minds is desirable , not federalism . |
| 6 | And with this would come a second liberation for women , the freedom to transcend the roles set up by figures like Annie Lennox and Janet Jackson , and to recover the right not to be strong , independent , immaculately in control . |
| 7 | They used bulldozers to break the barriers set up by UNIFIL troops to protect the villages . |
| 8 | Out went the Lovebooks set up by Miles and John Hopkins ; its new holding company was KNULLAR , which could be , the paper suggested in August , the ‘ Karmic Neo-Universal League for Liberty and Reality ’ ; but to a Swede , It pointed out ‘ it could mean something entirely different ’ — ‘ fuck ’ to be precise . |
| 9 | The conditions set out by Samuel were intended to distance the National Government from the Lloyd George coalition which had cast its shadow across the politics of the 1920s . |
| 10 | It fits the principles set out by Conrad ( 1980 ) in allowing language stimulation by making available a number of forms of code . |
| 11 | Also the appeal is governed by the principles set out by the House of Lords in G. v. G. ( Minors : Custody Appeal ) [ 1985 ] 1 W.L.R. 647 . |
| 12 | The King of Saudi Arabia is not exempt from the regulations set forth by the Shari'a . |
| 13 | This versatility rested on two bases : first , the structure of the rights set up by trusts ; second , the procedural system by which they could be enforced . |
| 14 | The arrangements set up by the two Houses differed widely , but they have had in common that their powers derive from the practical assistance given by the United Kingdom Government in the prompt provision of legislative proposals and other Community documents , and from the Government undertaking not to agree any proposal in the Council of Ministers until parliamentary scrutiny is complete . |
| 15 | Thai campaigners have also criticized poor standards in the centres set up by the police to hold animals seized during raids . |
| 16 | The stresses set up by the effects of heat and cold on the glass could have weakened it to the point that it may fracture under pressure in the aquarium . |
| 17 | I was delighted to take over with the CIT in the UK in such good heart , locally and nationally , thanks to the initiatives set up by my predecessors being so well supported by the Uk Board , as well as Section Chairman and their committees . |
| 18 | Dissonance , for example , he treats within the criteria set up by bourgeois art music . |
| 19 | The contention that the human species can experience the sensations and instinctive urgings of all others put together , automatically implies that they carry the leanings towards the communal living such as is evident in the colonies set up by , for example , the social insects . |
| 20 | Whatever the public disclaimers of those in authority , many of the mechanisms set up by the ERA seem to teachers to be specifically designed to reduce themselves as professional people to the status of paid servants , to leave them as little margin for discretion as possible and therefore to reduce ‘ curriculum management ’ to technical trivia : the drawing up of timetables and the efficient disbursement of limited resources . |