Example sentences of "set [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Ted 's star began to wane , John became the Palace 's leading scorer , to set them on the way to higher things and immediately topped our scoring chart again in our first season in Division Two , 1921–22 . |
| 2 | Before , however , I examine in more detail my own personal views on this subject I would like to set them against the background of alternative approaches . |
| 3 | His purpose in writing was to recount the human stories of all his fellow parishioners and their ancestors and to set them against the physical environment and administrative framework of the place where they lived . |
| 4 | However , I will seek to set them in the wider context of the Government 's commitment and programme for the computerisation of general practice . |
| 5 | It will be helpful to set them in the context of the legislative framework which we have applied for many years . |
| 6 | ‘ In all my films , ’ said Winner , ‘ the underlying theme is the individual seeking to prove himself against the mass , to set himself above the environment . |
| 7 | During 1860–2 he had found his title and ideas for some of the leading incidents , including the story of a young man feigning death and living with an assumed identity , but was unable to set himself to the writing until the autumn of 1863 , when he determined not to begin publication until he had 5 numbers in hand , since he was now writing so slowly , with care and with difficulty . |
| 8 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 9 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 10 | And you can then also couple between keyboards so that if you want to you can play the sounds from this keyboard on the lower one by coupling the two together and making them work as a pair , but that removes the inde independency of being able to set one against the other . |
| 11 | They would provide him with an army to set him on the throne in return for his establishment of a presbyterian form of church government throughout the realm . |
| 12 | It was good enough however to set her on the way to winning vital experience — and other roles soon followed . |
| 13 | And luck , a commodity the spirited teenager had never been short of , played a crucial part in the events that were to set her on the path to millions . |
| 14 | The aim here is to look at its political and social repercussions and to set it in the wider context of central-local administrative relations . |
| 15 | Luke begins his account of the birth of Jesus by trying to set it in the context of world history . |
| 16 | I agree with what [ the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland president ] said in a recent issue of CA about the importance of non-financial performance measurement , and you 've got to set it in the context that managers and the board ca n't exist on just an analysis of the general ledger . ’ |
| 17 | Typical of Geoff 's talent was the opening goal he scored to set us on the way to a Wembley victory over Everton in the Zenith Data Systems Cup Final in April 1991 , cleaving his way though The Toffees ' defence to head home from a corner and , perhaps partly because of Palace 's and Geoff 's success at Wembley , he was awarded his first full International cap when England travelled to Turkey for the European Nations Championship tie on May Day 1991 . |
| 18 | Fortunately , in this series of articles we will use more conventional maps to set us on the treasure trail , because it is my belief that correctly interpreted , the Ordnance Survey maps of the British Isles already contain most of the information necessary to track down some of the treasures that time has so cunningly concealed ! |
| 19 | We talked a lot during those months on the same bench together , and it was his influence which set me on the trade union path . |
| 20 | An interpretation I have often heard is that God 's ways are mysterious and wonderful , and it may well be that in the very last moments of the person 's life they had an encounter with God that set them on the path to eternal life . |
| 21 | With five regulars missing they rarely tested former colleague Woods in the Wednesday goal and it was Sheridan , another of Hillsborough 's former Forest contingent , who set them on the way to victory . |
| 22 | Franco pulled glasses two at a time from the sink and set them on the tiny draining board . |
| 23 | As Maggie took the things from the tray and set them on the table she said , ‘ I know what you 're thinking : we 're slightly barmy . ’ |
| 24 | " Put two quarts of gooseberries into about a quart of water , and set them on the fire . |
| 25 | She took the two gifts from her handbag and set them on the table . |
| 26 | We treat older people as a group and set them at the margins of society . |
| 27 | Only passing accounts of his life and work have appeared in the literature , and while brief references have been made to Nicholson 's excellence as a chemist , these have not done justice to his achievements , or set them against the London localities where they occurred . |
| 28 | The realisation that we teach children more effectively if we understand them fully and set them against the social and cultural conditions in which they live and grow , places an expectation upon the teacher which can not be prescribed by contract . |
| 29 | He baited his baskets and set them in the water , he was so cunning ! |
| 30 | Set them in the wall . |