Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Master Locksmiths Association has its roots in the early 1950s , when a group of craftsmen set up the Greater London Locksmiths Association . |
| 2 | The following paragraphs set out the response of the University of Oxford to the HEFCE 's invitation in circular letter 17/93 to submit information on its strategic plans and financial forecasts up to 1996–7 . |
| 3 | Nothing happened until , quite independently , a group of enthusiasts set up the Folly Fellowship in 1988 . |
| 4 | The tanks are directly connected to one another by a balance rope attached to the centre of each tank and passing over pulleys set about the centre of each plane . |
| 5 | The companies set up the Volta Aluminium Company ( VALCO ) in 1959 . |
| 6 | Twenty green-minded companies set up the network with the aim of raising awareness of environmental issues . |
| 7 | Hadleigh 's winner came eight minutes before the end when Keys set up the chance for Smith to score his second with a shot on the run . |
| 8 | To minimise potential bias , the study investigators set up the ventilators but were not involved in the clinical management of patients . |
| 9 | The dogs were set off by it and the dogs set off the sheep and the goats and the cows . |
| 10 | All Home Risks policies set out the cover for BUILDINGS , whether or not this cover is currently in force , so we are sending you the new wording , which you should keep with your policy . |
| 11 | These rules set out the order in which your relatives will inherit your property if you die without leaving a will . |
| 12 | The RPB rules set out the standards and procedures to be followed . |
| 13 | In November 1940 the Vichy government abolished the ineffective Commission de Châlons , intending to replace it with an organisation called Le Bureau de Repartition du Vinicole de Champagne , but in April the following year the Germans set up the CIVC . |
| 14 | For example , the researchers set up the apparatus hours and even days before they took the final readings . |
| 15 | In the following year Koops set up the Minerva Universal Insurance Office in Pall Mall , Westminster . |
| 16 | The three partners set up the Viscose Syndicate in 1893 , with the aim of producing adhesives , films , coatings for natural fibres , and mouldings , and British Viscoid Ltd. followed in 1896 . |
| 17 | Material sufficient for three divisions was despatched to the nationalist regime of Mustafa Kemal Pasha in aid of his war against Greece , and the honeymoon period with Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-Shek ( 1922–27 ) saw the granting of more than $2 million in military aid to the Kuomintang : whilst Soviet advisers set up the Whampoa military academy and trained soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army in the field , Soviet troops performed limited combat missions , including aerial bombardment and reconnaissance . |
| 18 | The Sheriff , Mr. Truelock , was called and with two of the men set about the work of destruction . |
| 19 | These Holy Ones set out the rules by which we can live our lives and , in turn , reach the state of a higher being which is dormant within each one of us . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , Britain 's early filmmakers set about the business of film production with some brio and not a little flair . |
| 21 | While some made their way to the more traditional setting of the cafe by choice , two of them in denim overalls and safety boots set about the polishing , cleaning and oiling of duty loco , Maid Marian . |