Example sentences of "set [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But coming here has made me realize how much time has passed since , as a small boy , we used to set off for dinners and functions . |
| 2 | Such policies would involve government intervention to provide better training and job information to reduce occupational immobility , and grants to firms to set up in areas of high unemployment to reduce regional imbalances . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Restored with food and warm drinks , we set off down Brewers ' Gullet , portage our final canal lock and set out down the river . |
| 5 | Val and I set off with intentions to watch the jumps , but the Skippers road to the bridge is specifically excluded from motor insurance policies and when we saw it , we understood why ; it 's a dirt track along a precipice . |
| 6 | Crops are harvested almost without sweat , boats set off on journeys with full sails , celebrations are carried off with style and decorum . |
| 7 | COSTS — legal aid — set off against damages . |
| 8 | In the city-centre block , there is a ground-floor coffee room with ashtrays , easy chairs and potted plants set aside for smokers . |
| 9 | Once the section has been applied to premises , liquor can be supplied for consumption at a table meal ( for the meaning of " table meal , " see s.139(1) ) as an ancillary to the meal in that part of the premises set aside for meals between 12.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. and 6.30 pm. and 11 pm. on Sundays ( subss. ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) ) . |
| 10 | There are two new classes being run in the summer term : To prepare for those summer holidays , there is an Italian for beginners on Monday mornings and a five week course on Tuesday evenings set aside for couples and individuals who would like to explore ‘ communication within the family ’ with Jo Jordan , an experienced counselling therapist . |
| 11 | Some might set off from observations like these to construct a formal system which would provide different representations for the different types of non-linguistic referents ( beings or situations or things ) for which , logically , the various phrases could be used in our own or some other possible world . |
| 12 | A substantial portion of the surpluses generated out of slave labour and the trade in cotton , sugar and tobacco was channelled into banking operations and undoubtedly provided one important element in the emergence of Britain 's banking system , with most of the major banking corporations of today tracing some part of their profits to earlier banks set up with finds derived from the triangular trade ( Fryer , 1984 , pp. 40ff ) . |
| 13 | Illegal immigrants would be expelled using chartered transport after being housed in camps set up at ports and airports . |
| 14 | To create your list you get what is essentially a mini database , MailList , which comes with field names set up for details such as name , address , and so on . |
| 15 | Heavy reliance is placed on sources set up for purposes other than monitoring population change , including the International Passenger Survey ( designed to estimate travellers ' spending patterns ) , the National Health Service Central Register and the electoral roll . |
| 16 | You can view any special links set up between users using option 7.2.7 — View User Special Links . |
| 17 | Most of these books are sold from stalls set up on pavements , in public squares and near metro stations in Moscow , St Petersburg and elsewhere . |
| 18 | The design works best in performance , where she favours the creation of something akin to the surround-sound sometimes set up in cinemas . |
| 19 | The militias , or ‘ combat groups of the working-class ’ , are armed units set up within factories , agricultural co-operatives , big organisations or institutions . |
| 20 | ‘ TVB hereby grants to [ the taxpayer ] , which accepts , the sole and exclusive right outside Hong Kong and the non-exclusive right in Hong Kong throughout the life of this agreement and upon the terms and conditions of parts 2 and 3 hereof : ( a ) to copy , adapt , and cause to be seen and heard in public ( otherwise than by means of wireless or cable TV transmissions in Hong Kong ) all TVB films , ( b ) to exploit all derivative rights in TVB films ( excluding the hotchpot programmes ) and ( c ) to grant sub-licences to others to do the acts set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) above for periods not exceeding five years unless TVB 's prior written consent . … |
| 21 | Each of these clear days of scattered apple and white pear tree blossom moved inexorably towards the first day when they set out without books and came home in the evening showing the pink or blue papers they had tested themselves against in the examination hall . |
| 22 | my Lord you 'll find the facts of the case , er set out at pages three to six , the character of the programme is described starting at three D |
| 23 | Rosa Guy is also very descriptive and emotional in her writing , one of my favourite descriptions is on pages 53–54 which tells us how Mrs Aimsley has all her glasses set out on shelves and the higher the shelf , the more expensive the glass and of course not being used to drinking out of glasses , Imamu takes the most expensive type from which to drink milk and syrup and after washing and drying it , he put it back on the shelf , but as he takes his hand away , the glass tips over and falls , smashing on the sink . |
| 24 | The interior of the Americas , beyond the great mountains east of Lima , was still a mystery , but a mystery that brave men were challenging : with immense courage and endurance they set out on travels both dangerous and dazzling . |
| 25 | " Recalling and reaffirming its Resolutions 660 , 661 , 662 , 664 , 665 , 666 , 667 , 669 , 670 , 674 and 677 [ set out on pp. 37639 ; 37695 ; 37759 ; and above ; Resolution 669 of Sept. 24 , omitted on page 37695 , was passed unanimously , asking the sanctions committee to examine requests for assistance from countries experiencing economic difficulties because of observance of the embargo ] ; |
| 26 | The Education Act of 1981 required that each school prepare a document which set out for parents its aims , objectives , organisation and curriculum policy . |
| 27 | Expert determination has , until recently , been limited to the applications set out in Chapters 2 – 7 . |
| 28 | A further example is shown in Table 8.3 , which is an inverted version of the data set out in Tables 8.1 and 8.2 . |
| 29 | In particular actual benefit rates are not included in such legislation but set out in regulations which are regularly updated and amended |
| 30 | That would also be true of the rules applicable to local communities particularly dependent upon fishing and industries allied thereto referred to in Annex VII to the Hague Resolution 1976 ( ‘ the Hague preferences ’ ) , the reserved coastal zone , the carefully balanced fisheries mechanisms set out in articles 156 to 166 and 346 to 353 of the Act of Accession 1985 and the effort made by the member states with regard to the restructuring of their fishing fleets pursuant to the Community 's multiannual programmes . |