Example sentences of "set [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were tears in the eyes … a mixture of pride and fear in the faces as the good ship Dodo 's Delight prepared to set sail for the rest of the world … |
| 2 | Rosemary , who has learnt to cope with severe tinnitus , is all ready to set sail for the THIRD time aboard Lord Nelson , the specially adapted tall ship for disabled adventurers run by the Jubilee Sailing Trust . |
| 3 | AROUND 50 yachts are expected to set sail from the Mersey this evening in Tranmere Sailing Club 's Annual IOM Race from Rock Ferry to Douglas . |
| 4 | With interest rates set to fall in the medium term this must augur well for values . |
| 5 | Later , when it grew dark , a fleet of ships would set sail for the ocean cemeteries , and the remembrance service would be held . |
| 6 | FOUR young pigs set sail for the Falklands last month and to make sure they did n't get hungry on the way they took their own feed with them . |
| 7 | On 5th June , Richard finally set sail on the final leg of his long journey , reaching Tyre next day . |
| 8 | We enjoyed a lovely day in the sun and set sail on the return trip in time to be back in harbour before dark . |
| 9 | He glanced back at the house as if afraid that it might pull up an anchor and set sail across the lawn after them . |
| 10 | ‘ Then the twenty-five ships from Denmark sailed over to Siward 's ships and took aboard the men from the wrecked ships , and greeted the ones on the three ships that were not damaged , and , led by the three ships , set sail across the mouth of the estuary . |
| 11 | They set sail from the Guadalquivir River under the proud corporate title of the Armada de Molucca , amply armed but hopelessly provisioned , with crews composed of men of nine different nationalities and of innumerable and in many cases mutually antagonistic temperaments . |
| 12 | My first visit to ‘ the daughter of fire ’ was back in the summer of 1969 , when with two friends , Ian and Marie Brooker , we set sail from the port of Leith on the old mail steamer ‘ Gullfoss ’ , and after several days of not too comfortable travelling , we had our first glimpse of Iceland . |
| 13 | On Sunday morning , 16 September , they set sail in the packet-boat on a boisterous sea . |
| 14 | Two boys and a woman , who are n't even dhāmis , leap to their feet , possessed , their bodies spinning-tops set turning by the strength of the gods ' will to dance . |
| 15 | NVQs set to extend across the Group |
| 16 | Set to kick off the programme at MAC on Saturday 29 September is the British premiere of MASALA an irreverent tragi-comedy set amongst Toronto 's middle-class Asian community starring Saeed Jaffrey . |
| 17 | With the number of cars on our roads set to double by the year twenty-twenty-five , : our environment reporter Harriet Ryley considers whether we really NEED more roads . |
| 18 | Then harnesses the horse , the caravan is ready , all set to roll behind the thrusting black . |
| 19 | All set to return to the fray ? |
| 20 | Building upon the work of Storey and others , the data set obtained from the two surveys will allow the identification of the contribution made by the financial assistance of each authority to the success and development of the local companies . |
| 21 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc and Fujitsu Ltd have now completed preparations for their Fujitsu-AMD Semiconductor Ltd joint venture on Flash memories , and groundbreaking for a $700m wafer fabrication facility in Aizu-Wakamatsu , Japan , is set for June with operations set to begin in the fourth quarter of this year . |
| 22 | And the success story is set to continue into the Premier League if John King 's team produce more performances like the one which saw off promotion rivals Leicester . |
| 23 | And that bleak , midwintry oulook is set to continue over the weekend , I 'm afraid . |
| 24 | Physical expansion is set to continue in the remainder of the current year with 20 trading outlets , representing 100,000 sq ft on top of the existing 694,500 , due to open . |
| 25 | And the momentum is set to continue after the day of protest with the publication of a trespass guide to the Thurlstone Moor area . |
| 26 | Lastly , the number of potential first-time buyers in their 20s was set to fall over the next two decades , reducing demand for homes . |
| 27 | The percentage went up last year , but the amount of the levy is still set to fall over the 1990s . |
| 28 | In September the Council warned that wheat stocks held by the five biggest exporters — Argentina , Australia , Canada , the European Commodities and the USA , were set to fall by the end of the 1989-90 season to levels not seen since the food crisis of the mid-1970's . |
| 29 | My single bronze maggot bait on a size 20 Kamasan B510 barbless hook is set to trip through the swim one inch off the bottom to stop it dragging in any rubbish . |
| 30 | SEVENTEEN of the 30 seats on Derry City Council are set to go to the SDLP . |