Example sentences of "set [adv] in an " in BNC.

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1 We set off in an open 15-cwt. truck with an Italian driver who had also been a soldier , two Schmeisser machine pistols and a lot of ammunition ; the mountains at that time were infested with bandits , some of whom were Allied and Axis deserters .
2 With these we may compare the more primitive diagrams of reactions set out in an earlier and elementary work , J. B. Scoffern 's Chemistry no Mystery , of which the second edition was published in 1848 .
3 Trust officials have secured much of the money they need — the £3 million will be set aside in an endowment fund — through the body 's own resources , and donations from the Environment Department and Countryside Commission .
4 Since the article was published , a number of schemes have been set up in an attempt to improve the quality of child minding .
5 An idea-handling system which is set up in an organization where the climate is bad tends to make that climate still worse .
6 Inside the field centre she 's set up in an old barn , 30 eight year-olds are being introduced to life on the farm .
7 Andy the gardener was standing around on the lower terrace looking at some white geraniums he had set out in an urn by the pool house , and although she shrank from returning to the scene of yesterday 's shame , she decided to go and rap with him .
8 Once the topics had been set out in an order which would make sense to the recipients ( in this case of a postal questionnaire ) then the questions could be worked out .
9 Make sure the food is set out in an attractive way so that its appearance makes the children excited .
10 The project 's main aims and objects are set out in an editorial by R. B. McKerrow carried in the first issue .
11 This is set out in an affidavit sworn by Mr. Roger Anthony Barnes , who is an assistant director of the Bank of England and the head of the Banking Supervision Division , in which capacity he is the senior official in the division responsible for the supervision of institutions authorised under the Act ; it was he who authorised and signed the section 39 notice , after discussion with the officers of the Bank of England immediately responsible for conducting the supervision of the defendants .
12 At its most basic level , formal structure refers to the physical shape of the organisation the distribution of jobs and lines of command often set out in an organisation chart , if the firm in question has one .
13 The European Court of Justice has convicted the British government of failing to meet minimum standards for nitrates in drinking water , as set out in an EC directive which came into force in 1980 .
14 Importantly , no settlement figure is given in the application , commonly heard before the registrar , but the facts will be set out in an affidavit , and medical reports , if relevant , and counsel 's opinion if taken , should be available to be shown to the court .
15 He wants the findings and recommendations of the Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland over a special report on the Western Isles Council and BCCI set aside in an action for judicial review that went before Lord Prosser yesterday .
16 Edward , resentful , set off in an even more dour frame of mind than usual .
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