Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The function of a written constitution would be to set down the laws and conventions relating to the main institutions of the state , the relations among them , and between them and private citizens . |
| 2 | The next step could be to set down the factors which are important about where you live and then award them points on a sliding scale , ten for the very important , down to one . |
| 3 | It seems rather strange that the accuracy for navigating/surveying now , by state of the art technology , is of the same order as has been used to set down the Circles of Time several thousand years ago . |
| 4 | In consequence there are no autumn colours to be viewed in surroundings that look as though there should be — no golds and flaming reds to set off the whites , blues and blacks of snow , water and rock . |
| 5 | To set off the blues , I used white Shasta daisies , white bergenias and the silver foliage of pearly everlasting , Anaphalis cinnamomea . |
| 6 | Finally , do n't forget the value of such structural objects as walls , containers , raised beds or even large boulders sited to set off the plants . |
| 7 | Q I have decided to set up a 48″ x 18″ x 15″ fish only aquarium , with a view to changing a mixed fish/invert set-up and I am now contemplating which fish to buy . |
| 8 | Q. I am planning to set up a 48″ x 15″ x 12″ marine tank and two wet/dry trickle filters , with hopefully a home-made filter , using syphons and valves . |
| 9 | It called on ministers to set up a firearms control board which would vet all applicants before issuing a guns licence . |
| 10 | So far David 's letters from a couple of children who understand his fascination but what he really wants is enough other fans to set up a collectors club for cone crazies . |
| 11 | Although unfortunately details of the projects are tantalizingly hard to ascertain , at least two attempts were made after 1888 by the Edinburgh Typographical Society to set up a women 's union , The first , in the late 1880s , is referred to only in the retrospective " statement on the Female Question " , published in 1904 ; Miss Black of London [ who must have been Clementina Black ] a lady who was well-known for her efforts to improve the social condition of her sex , offered to make an endeavour to organise the female compositors in Edinburgh , with a view to remedying the evils complained of by the journeymen . |
| 12 | Hesitantly at first , and in the face of some opposition , the male union leadership , in consultation with the women , decided to set up a women 's section of the ETS instead of pursuing the strategy of recruiting the remaining women compositors into the Warehousemen and Cutters " Union . |
| 13 | I would like to set up a 42″ × 20″ × 15″ tank in my lounge to house small specimens of our native freshwater fish . |
| 14 | In southern India The Body Shop has provided the means to set up a boys ' town for destitute youngsters . |
| 15 | Speedway fans meet at the Oxford Stadium tonight , to set up a Cheetahs lifeline . |
| 16 | Q I am intending to set up a 60″ x 20″ x 20″ aquarium to house fish and inverts . |
| 17 | This required LEAs to set up a careers service . |
| 18 | LEAs are obliged to set up a Careers Service , which is staffed by careers officers . |
| 19 | First , to set up a war-crimes tribunal . |
| 20 | America , Russia , and three West European allies announced plans to defend Muslim ‘ safe areas ’ in Bosnia , to set up a war-crimes tribunal in The Hague ( this was then approved by the United Nations ) , and to prevent the conflict spreading into neighbouring countries . |
| 21 | That was not so on the men 's tour , which means it would be very much easier for the ITF to set up its own women 's tour linking many of the principal regular events such as Berlin , Eastbourne , Brighton etc , with the Grand Slams , than it would have been had they responded to the many appeals they had at the time to set up a men 's circuit in competition with ATP … |
| 22 | He or she therefore types @SYS$LIFESPAN:LSTRAIN to set up the logicals and command symbols required . |
| 23 | I am looking forward to the next stage of Tencel and we are already working with Fibers and Research to set up the teams for a new project . |
| 24 | For instance , a user may type @SYS$LIFESPAN:LSTRAIN to set up the assignments for accessing the LSTRAIN process . |
| 25 | At this point you have to set up the machines CMOS memory for the new drive . |
| 26 | The strange fact that the professional practitioners of quantum mechanics can calculate away without worrying about the outcome of the debates about the foundations of their subject is only possible because there is a well-defined set of rules about how to set up the problems and how to do the sums . |
| 27 | Once you have a bootable machine run FDISK to set up the partition(s) on your drive . |
| 28 | Volunteers were sought to set up the tables . |
| 29 | The motivation behind making central funding available to set up the alumni bodies seems to be an elaboration of the same theme . |
| 30 | As is indicated in the chapter on teaching in role , it 's possible to set up the pre-requisites through carefully chosen opening lines . |