Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — Suspected drug traffickers set off 12 bombs , injuring 35 people , in the latest round of violence here linked to the country 's cocaine war , authorities said . |
| 2 | Windfarms are groups of 100ft high wind turbines set up in exposed areas to create electric power . |
| 3 | Last year the Association of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences and the Association of Social Research Organisations set up the Social Science Forum ( SSF ) to campaign on issues that were affecting social scientists . |
| 4 | In the Old City men set up small roadside stalls around big red earthenware pots containing jal jeera , a dark , spicy , green liquid which burns the mouth but cools the body : a more primitive yet more effective coolant than anything on offer in the new town . |
| 5 | He jointly led the European Tour 's Greens in Regulation statistics that year , but his putting was so horrendous that he was almost totally incapable of converting the countless birdie opportunities set up with excellent tee-to-green play . |
| 6 | These are cooperative credit societies set up and controlled by local people from a defined geographical area . |
| 7 | It 's the only one in Worcestershire — other real ale breweries set up in the county during the nineteen eighties have all since closed down . |
| 8 | If only we could have real country feasts set out like this one : |
| 9 | In the following year Koops set up the Minerva Universal Insurance Office in Pall Mall , Westminster . |
| 10 | Whether British experience has come anywhere near the good practice ideal enshrined in the OECD guidelines set out in Chapter Three can be seen from an examination of the principal design guidelines set out in its pages . |
| 11 | On the heavy oak table beside him there were good silver goblets set out , and a flagon of wine . |
| 12 | In the same way , key performance indicators set up for each function are reviewed quarterly against its business plan with relevant managers ‘ but it 's not a dull , dry event : it 's when everybody pulls together , discussing everything that 's happening in great depth and giving managers the opportunity to explain to directors why they 're falling short , the constraints and obstacles , and so achieving agreement with the figures and the indicators used , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Until the complex family trusts set up to protect his inheritance are unravelled , the liabilities of the new Lord Spencer remain unclear . |
| 14 | The differing viewpoints are here polarised into the two major value positions set out below , though it is recognised that these positions represent relatively extreme points on a dimension of views , rather than two all-embracing categories . |
| 15 | ANGRY building bosses set off in a ‘ battle bus ’ yesterday — to confront Ministers at the Tory conference and demand action . |
| 16 | The question is which form will be compatible with the general curriculum aims set out in the last chapter . |
| 17 | On the rare occasion where a good bargaining position is not supported by ready access to funds , however , the various chain reactions set in , and the implications and insolvencies become far-reaching . |
| 18 | Industrial tribunals were established under s.12 of the Industrial Training Act 1964 with a narrow jurisdiction to consider appeals against the levy on employers to finance the industrial training boards set up under that Act . |
| 19 | The effect of the wage differential may be seen from the general equilibrium equations set out in Lecture 6 , modified for the possibility that . |
| 20 | Such powers were a necessity for advanced warning , as were the short wavelengths for the much greater precision in the location of targets than was possible with the 11-m waves of the coastal radar stations set up during the late 1930s . |
| 21 | Thus some northern textile firms set out to hire black workers because white workers will not work shifts for the kind of wages paid . |
| 22 | USAID , the World Food Programme , and the UN have funded food donations to the army-controlled model villages set up after the uprising in the highlands in the early 1980s . |
| 23 | But this ignores the effect of new accounting rules set out in SSAP 24 , which require companies to spread a surplus over a number of years . |
| 24 | As already stated , the change only affects those joining new pension schemes set up after 13 March 1989 or new members joining existing schemes after 1 June 1989 . |
| 25 | Looking outside again Joseph saw then that the smoke and explosions were emanating from tall bamboo poles set up around the courtyard . |
| 26 | In May , following these forays , Hitler had his first top-level meeting to discuss the western defences with the Todt Organisation , and plans were begun for the so-called Atlantic Wall , although there already existed a series of defended ports and the original defence arrangements set up when fleets of craft were being assembled for an invasion of England . |
| 27 | MEN-HUNGRY Californians are flocking to enrol in special aerobics classes set up to beat flabby backsides — after a survey showed that many guys rated a pert behind as highly as a pretty face . |
| 28 | In the days when unemployment in parts of East Cleveland was up to 90 per cent , Tippett was invited to direct musical activities at special work camps set up at Boosbeck , largely to cultivate rough land . |
| 29 | Nahum told her that a teacher 's needed for one of the permanent Romany camps set up in Kent by a preacher . |
| 30 | The huge ammunition wagons set off for the crossroads , their massive iron-rimmed wheels digging great gouges into the road 's surface . |