Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] the country " in BNC.
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| 1 | The present writer was co-ordinator of the UUUC ‘ Advice and Relief Centres ’ of which several hundred had been set up across the country . |
| 2 | He suggested that ethical committees could be set up across the country to provide an independent source of advice for doctors and families , taking the matter out of the hands of the courts . |
| 3 | A computermail database network has even been set up around the country for fans to debate the killer of Laura Palmer , the lovely blonde homecoming queen whose body mysteriously washes onto a river bank near a lumbermill in the fictional Pacific northwest town of Twin Peaks . |
| 4 | A chain of self-help groups has already been set up throughout the country by concerned parents . |
| 5 | The strike call was endorsed and Local Councils of Action were set up throughout the country , to await events . |
| 6 | The four-day exhibition advising parents how their children can get the most out of their education is a trial run that could lead to more permanent advice centres being set up throughout the country . |
| 7 | He outlined his idea for a movie plot , which was basically the story of two Californian friends who decide to make a once-and-for-all fortune by selling a consignment of cocaine , and then setting off across the country for a marijuana-cum-motorbikes adventure . |
| 8 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |