Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are any number of sensible diets set out in paperbacks or reputable magazine supplements , many of them suggesting specimen meals for a week or a month . |
| 2 | In 1988 the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors set up a ‘ cut-price ’ arrangement which enabled house-buyers to take disputes about house surveys to arbitration . |
| 3 | As Armstrong was riding homewards along the river bank at the end of the session , a group of English horsemen set off in pursuit , captured him , and bore him off to imprisonment in Carlisle castle . |
| 4 | However , where blacks had no viable method of expressing nationalism when disillusion with the achievements of civil rights set in , Catholics could revert to a nationalism which already shaped much of their previous experience . |
| 5 | Often these representations are made by the Faculty of the Institute alone , but wherever it is considered beneficial , submissions are made in conjunction with other professional bodies and , indeed , the Tax Faculty is represented on a number of joint bodies set up for this purpose . |
| 6 | A large crowd of white youths set up burning barricades and smashed windows , doors , and fences on the estate . |
| 7 | One way of attempting to assess the situation is to look at the list of unfair terms set out in the annex to the Directive , and decide the extent to which English law will already control such clauses . |
| 8 | The final major institution was to be the Court of Justice , not to be confused with the European Court of Human Rights set up under the 1950 Convention and based in Strasbourg along with the Council of Europe . |
| 9 | Almost as hard to credit , the figure for the number of nuclear explosions set off by the French in the Pacific since 1975 was said to be 52 . |
| 10 | He gave warning that the higher the number of small authorities set up , the more the cost would increase . |
| 11 | The second category of market counterparty consists of persons falling within the list of excluded categories set out in the COB Rules . |
| 12 | The HIDB and the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno are both examples of intermediate institutions set up with intersectoral mandates to assist disadvantaged areas . |
| 13 | Only 100 years ago a zoo meant a series of caged animals set up exclusively for recreation . |
| 14 | He was fortunate in finding a good post — as a draughtsman of Gothic work — and in the company of congenial colleagues set about enjoying the experiences London had to offer in the 1860s . |
| 15 | I now want to draw together the four aspects of intelligent machines set out above and three prima facie features of consciousness : these three seem to me necessary criteria for any explication of consciousness , and I will suggest that the aspects of such machines already described are interestingly related to these facts . |
| 16 | The League Against Cruel Sports set up an undercover operation which it says proves that some hunts make up to twenty thousand pounds a year without paying tax.Huntsmen say the League is resorting to desperation tactics . |
| 17 | By the end of the week 11,000 Meskhetians had fled their homes and were living in refugee camps with troops protecting them ; even here they were not entirely safe as a motorised column armed with automatic weapons set out for one of the camps and was stopped only by a detachment of helicopter gunships . |
| 18 | 250 They 've become accustomed What they 're forgetting is that this fits in with the stated local plan and with original proposals set out in 1989 which is n't so long ago but people tend to forget that sort of thing 328 |
| 19 | At first Daedalus sought a lubricating oil freezing at about 0°C , with some idea of boiling tons of it in vast kettles set up near ski slopes . |
| 20 | Much of the committee 's and the JMU 's perception of the profession to date has been derived from early visits set up in response to doubts created by registration information and by JMU visits in response to complaints . |
| 21 | Outside of London , too , generally over the South , the West and the South-east , a decline in real wages set in at some point in the two decades centred on 1760 , as money wages fell behind rising prices . |
| 22 | Soon , however , distributors were able to secure cheaply-made films from small studios set up to supply their needs , and some American companies began to make their own ‘ quota quickies ’ . |
| 23 | The accreditation reflects C&P 's commitment to environmental objectives set up to make the company 's environmental performance ‘ measurably better ’ . |
| 24 | A more subtle form of political influence on the content of television programmes is provided by the Government 's power of appointment to controlling bodies ( the BBC Board of Governors and the Independent Broadcasting Authority ) and to statutory commissions set up to supervise complaints about unfair treatment ( the Broadcasting Complaints Committee ) and programme standards ( The Broadcasting Standards Council ) . |
| 25 | As sailing boats bob beside the quay , visitors take their places at open-air cafés set out beneath the shade of cool chestnut trees . |
| 26 | The businessmen then trade their wares , which also include pictures and antiques , at makeshift auctions set up around the province . |