Example sentences of "set [adv] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technique in the experiments is to set up two photo-detectors on either side of the calcium or mercury source , preceded immediately by polarisers that allow through only those photons polarised in one direction ( Figure 1a ) . |
| 2 | He wanted to set up seventy-five gatherings a year ! |
| 3 | About ten months later , in a report to an International Congress at Paris it was stated that the Spanish Medical Aid Committee had helped to set up nineteen hospitals throughout Republican Spain , some front-line hospitals and seventy-two ambulances . |
| 4 | Set down ten pairs of cards , pick them up in a pack and give them to onlookers to cut a few times . |
| 5 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — Suspected drug traffickers set off 12 bombs , injuring 35 people , in the latest round of violence here linked to the country 's cocaine war , authorities said . |
| 6 | Set aside 15 minutes a week for a mini manicure . |
| 7 | Standing orders now set aside three days in any session for debate on the estimates specifically ( with another six on the Scottish estimates in the Scottish Grand Committee ) . |
| 8 | Set up four months ago , it consists of a couple of corrugated iron buildings surrounded by the twig shelters of the 3000 families that the government says live there . |
| 9 | Charterail — set up two years ago to draw freight from the roads — also blamed its collapse on ‘ unfruitful discussions ’ with transport minister Roger Freeman . |
| 10 | Set up ten years ago to serve the telecoms , avionics and space research markets , Labtech currently employs 38 staff . |
| 11 | The consultation paper from the DES ( under whose departmental umbrella the group currently resides ) will set out four options for the future of the group . |
| 12 | Ian Laing in his consultation paper , Investing for our future for Water and Trade Services in Scotland , set out eight options for consideration . |
| 13 | Set out four rows of matches . |
| 14 | The members had set down seven proposals which would provide a useful starting point for the task force . |
| 15 | The property is set only 50 yards from the beach at Alassio and is efficiently managed by the welcoming Signor Masutti and his wife . |
| 16 | The hotel is set just 75 yards from the beach and Marina Grande harbour , and 500 yards ( up a steep road ) from the resort 's main shopping street ( regular local bus service available ) . |
| 17 | The friendly and unpretentious Hotel Doria is set just 400 yards from the lake , and close to all the resort 's amenities . |
| 18 | The major factors influencing group effectiveness can be set under two headings : |
| 19 | The land was set aside 10 years ago , but since then the plan has grown and South Oxfordshire District Council recently turned it down . |
| 20 | Now the hospital has set aside two rooms . |
| 21 | The Bishops have set aside two days in May for the services at Gloucester Cathedral . |
| 22 | The top seven , all Tories apart from Mr Jones , have the most chance of success , since business managers have set aside seven Fridays for private members ' bills . |
| 23 | Denplan Care was set up five years ago by two dentists and now has 200,000 patients and 3,000 dentists . |
| 24 | The DOCE was set up five years ago to provide up-to-date information for both teachers and pupils in secondary education , and originally sent data out on floppy . |
| 25 | It was set up five years ago as a new shop to combine the Art Bookshop and the Poster Gallery , which prior to that had been part of the Paperback Bookshop . |
| 26 | One of the largest is Denplan , which was set up four years ago by an ex-dentist . |
| 27 | The department was set up four years ago when responsibility for NMS property passed to the Museums ' Trustees . |
| 28 | The artist has taken fifty round metal boxes , once used for keeping radio sound tapes , and on each has set up two photographs , supported by old film racks ; blurred images from pornographic television films are shown side by side with black and white images from Holocaust archives . |
| 29 | Already , 156 hospitals have left the NHS since trusts were set up two years ago . |
| 30 | A report had originally been produced and submitted to QC 's Committee when it was first set up two years ago . |