Example sentences of "set [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the top of the social scale the five largest houses in 1670 had five hearths apiece , which was hardly grandiose but was sufficient to set them apart from the rest . |
| 2 | That 's why you carefully cultivate eccentric habits to set you apart from others . |
| 3 | His petty-bourgeois family background , his status as an intellectual conversant with the rites of bourgeois education , values and culture , his sophisticated literary and critical talents as a writer , all conspired to set him apart from the communist party leadership and rank and file members alike . |
| 4 | There are several characteristics of the breed that seem to set it apart from other British cattle , though appearances can be deceptive . |
| 5 | The bureaucracy will be remunerated so as to set it apart from the rest of society and reinforce its internal hierarchy . |
| 6 | She had n't really had time to set it straight since his father 's death . |
| 7 | She had been going to set it loose in case it got too tame to fend for itself . |
| 8 | When we asked all the branches in Environmental Services if they had anything we should know about and put into print for the next Environmental Issues , such as had they done anything exciting or out of the ordinary recently , Branch manager from Pest Control Sheffield , Henri Amiss was quick to point out that everything their branch did set them apart from other branches . |
| 9 | Set them singly into 3in ( 8cm ) pots of gritty loam , peat or coconut fibre potting compost so that their seed leaves are about in ( 12mm ) above the compost 's surface . |
| 10 | In the tenth century it was imagined to be an immemorial tradition that archbishops wishing to receive from the pope the ‘ pallium ’ , the scarf of lambs ' wool which set them apart as metropolitans and gave them their status over the rest of the bishops , should come to Rome in person to receive it . |
| 11 | In practice , many species are recognized by having some peculiarity of shape , behaviour , plumage , colour and so on , that reliably set them apart from all other similar species . |
| 12 | The groups of organisms described have certain special peculiarities that set them apart from all others , and once these features are recognized the group to which the fossil belongs can be confidently identified . |
| 13 | An Ornaments Rubric included in the 1559 Prayer Book ordered the use of vestments and the alb and cope during the communion service ; and the 1559 injunctions required the clergy to wear the surplice during services , as well as their distinctive outdoor dress which set them apart from the laity . |
| 14 | We crept close enough to see the features which set them apart from curlew : the smaller size , relatively shorter bill and pattern of light and dark head-stripes . |
| 15 | Whilst at one time the personal characteristics of children , and the circumstances in which they were received into care , set them apart from other children not admitted into care , the norms of family life for children inside and outside of public care could no longer be regarded as so different from each other . |
| 16 | A partial answer for the failure of that explanation is provided here , by looking at the characteristics of the Nottinghamshire mining communities which apparently set them apart from those of their neighbours further north . |
| 17 | The SEATO and CENTO pacts brought certain Asian states into pro-Western blocs and set them apart from a larger neutralist group . |
| 18 | She would drive to the nursery in the spring and pick up boxes of spring flowers , pansies , violets , crocuses , iris , lilies of the valley , daffodils , and jonquil , and set them lovingly in the damp sweet-sour earth . |
| 19 | Most organisers set them rigidly in straight rows without checking whether some other design might give everyone a better view and provide more working and movement space . |
| 20 | It 'll set you right in no time . ’ |
| 21 | I do not need it and will set it aside for you , my dear boy , to complete your studies . |
| 22 | I set it carefully on the edition of Sophocles by her bed , intending to retrieve it later . |
| 23 | The Collector watched with admiration as Lucy 's deft fingers dipped a cartridge up to the shoulder in the grease and then set it neatly in a row with the others she had made . |
| 24 | ‘ Its superb quality and the naturalism achieved by the artist who has captured the lion in its death-throes set it apart from most other Assyrian sculptures , ’ said Dr Curtis . |
| 25 | The farm business has a number of characteristics which set it apart from other small-scale enterprises . |
| 26 | EVERY version of Educating Rita has ingredients that set it apart from all others . |
| 27 | Their sense of tradition is also very strong and instead of dying out in 1951 when enthusiasm was beginning to wane a little , it was revitalised when Stanley Robshaw took it in hand and set it firmly on its feet again . |
| 28 | Then he lifted his other foot from the ground and set it firmly on the rough stone surface too . |
| 29 | Cadfael removed a simmering pot from the grid on the side of his brazier , set it aside on the earth floor to cool , and added a couple of turfs to damp down the glow , before straightening his back with some caution , and sitting down beside his friend . |
| 30 | I could write at greater length about the many qualities which set it way above the average . |