Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | specific rules set out for stock provisioning rather than directors ' estimates . |
| 2 | The militias , or ‘ combat groups of the working-class ’ , are armed units set up within factories , agricultural co-operatives , big organisations or institutions . |
| 3 | The Labour Party was developing from the federation of industrial and political organizations set up in 1900 . |
| 4 | It was also decided that political parties set up in the future should only be granted " observer " status . |
| 5 | There was a significant improvement on the other side of the viaduct , a Victorian class divide that had survived the years , and within two blocks he was walking down a tree-lined avenue composed of tall , detached houses set back from the road behind fair-sized gardens . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In conclusion , tutors are again reminded of their great responsibilities for achieving the high aims set out in the first paragraph . |
| 8 | The constitution is not seen in the rosy terms set down in Chapter 1 , but neither is democracy seen in the new gloomy terms set down in Chapters 2 and 3 . |
| 9 | In 1829 Elie de Beaumont put forward the idea that the Earth is contracting and argued that compressional stresses set up in the crust as a result of the cooling of the Earth 's interior would give rise to faulting , folding and thickening of the crust , and eventually to the formation of mountain ranges . |
| 10 | Despite all the detailed criteria set out for assessment , despite the emphasis on course-work , in the end ‘ high ’ GCSE will be familiar enough , and the transition to A level not a matter of genuine difficulty . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The constitution is not seen in the rosy terms set down in Chapter 1 , but neither is democracy seen in the new gloomy terms set down in Chapters 2 and 3 . |
| 16 | Rich men in gowns , dresses and Roman robes set off on foot to north , south , east and west . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | According to the ADC , in the cases quoted by councils the properties by and large fulfilled all the principal criteria set down by the Government for a property suitable for occupation by older people , ie that it was let to persons over pensionable age ; access was relatively easy ; the accommodation was on level ground ; the dwelling had no more than two bedrooms ; the heating arrangements were adequate ; the property was reasonably conveniently located . |
| 19 | The Committee 's principal conclusions set out by Stephen Levinson , Chairman of the Employment Law Committee 's Working Group on Disability , are : |
| 20 | The Court of Appeal may not overrule a House of Lords decision : and only in the exceptional circumstances set out in the Practice Statement of July 1 , 1966 ( Practice Statement ( judicial Precedent ) [ 1966 ] 1 WLR 1234 ) , will this House refuse to follow its own previous decisions . |
| 21 | The basic principles set out in this Code will apply whether or not the lending in question is secured . |
| 22 | The later development of the hierarchy , a development which continued down to the eighteenth century , was essentially no more than an elaboration of the basic principles set out in the Kanunname . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | On receiving a petition it is the function of the Commission to ascertain the facts and seek to bring about a friendly settlement of the matter on the basis of respect for the human rights set out in the Convention ( Art.28 ) . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | These principles expand upon the basic standards set down in the rules of Conduct and indicate the standards which members should seek to achieve in the interests of good practice . |
| 27 | It also recommends that the future development of general SVQs should be guided by the broad principles set out in the Howie report . |
| 28 | For example , this is a passage of interpretive description of a Van Gogh self-portrait : ‘ … his emaciated , luminous head with its burning eyes set off against a whirlpool of darkness . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The scene is the Ritz Club , the prototype of a sophisticated Thirties nightclub in dazzling primary colours set off by a sleek black bar . |