Example sentences of "which [modal v] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the time is long past when the question of who deserves what was taken out of the hands of politicians and time-serving bureaucrats and given to a genuinely independent and truly meritorious body which might set about trying to put honour back into the honours system . |
| 2 | Mr Heseltine is expected soon to release a white paper on energy policy which could set out plans for saving some of the jobs at pits BC want to close . |
| 3 | Another new instrument that the Commission will be considering next year is a revised draft of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture , which would set up an international system of visits to places of detention , aimed at preventing torture and ill-treatment . |
| 4 | In the late 1690s the Scottish government gave its support to a proposal intended to enable the country to escape from all its economic problems : a trading company was to be launched which would set up a commercial centre at Darien on the Panama Isthmus . |
| 5 | Although one of the gowns sent by Tamar was quite deep brown in colour , the other was of a pretty shade of blue , which would set off Martha 's eyes , which were the same deep blue as her father 's . |
| 6 | Perhaps this was why I turned myself into some happy-snap Diane Arbus , seizing the camera and cavorting mirthfully in search of an angle which would set off Stuart 's embryonically goitrous condition to a satirical T. Displacement activity . |
| 7 | ‘ We would like the Community to work towards a simple document — a European Record of Achievement — which would set out an individual jobseeker 's qualifications and experience in a way which could be recognised easily by employers in other countries . ’ |
| 8 | There are prototyping packages available which will set up screen layouts and bring in blocks of code for validating and presenting data . |
| 9 | As a result of this visit , the accountant will prepare a royalty examination report , in conjunction with the solicitor , which will set out the claims for underpayment of the band 's royalties by the recording or publishing company . |
| 10 | The report will be sent to the parties together with the minister 's letter of decision , which will set out the factors which have influenced the minister . |
| 11 | We propose to establish a , an investment charter which will set out our policy and in particular balance the duties of us as trustees . |
| 12 | But we are in no doubt that , if the electorate fails to pardon the Conservatives at the polls today , it will pay a price at the hands of a Labour government , perhaps sustained by the Liberal Democrats , which will set back this country a generation . |
| 13 | The close relationship of light and radiant heat was discovered at the turn of the century in infra-red radiation , and that between light and chemical affinity in the ultra-violet rays which will set off reactions . |