Example sentences of "set [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seem to be no discoverable rules about the shape of market places , why some take the form of a large open square — often set rather apart from the main flow of traffic — and some a swelling , a sort of aneurism , in the main artery of trade . |
| 2 | His eyes , blue-green , were set widely apart on a face which was defining itself rapidly now as unforgettable . |
| 3 | Instead , the siege mentality towards the accompanying press party , that has wrecked morale on previous tours , notably the 1986 trip to the West Indies , has set in again with a vengeance . |
| 4 | Though Came , with its moderate , manor house proportions , may seem on the small side to be set so grandly in a park , Sir John Damer certainly did n't skimp on employing the very best craftsmen in all London . |
| 5 | However the cost to DPR of providing this facility was only between $60 and $90 and the stop loss level was set so close to the market price that many contracts were very quickly wiped |
| 6 | After his experiences photographing there , he found it very difficult to continue the rather dull life of a colonial portraitist , and soon set off again for the strange and exotic land of Siam . |
| 7 | The Welshman had set off home in a cold fury . |
| 8 | The luxurious cream decor is set off beautifully by the patterned curtains . |
| 9 | Her feet seem to me to be set more firmly upon the earth than theirs … . |
| 10 | Awards can usually be set aside only for an error of law on the face of the award or for misconduct on the arbitrator 's part ( Meyer v Leanse [ 1958 ] 2 QB 371 ; [ 1958 ] 3 All ER 213 ; and Leung v Garbett [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 436 ) . |
| 11 | A special period should be set aside solely for the purpose of carrying out an inspection . |
| 12 | However that may be , and for whatever reason , he lost his balance , the window being set hazardously close to the floor , and toppled out . |
| 13 | The links are set up temporarily by the DBMS at run time following a user request for this information . |
| 14 | The command verb , LIFESPAN_PMR , should have been set up previously by the System Manager . |
| 15 | A semantic relation may be set up either within a sentence or between sentences with the consequence that , when it crosses a sentence boundary , it has the effect of making the two sentences cohere with one another ( Halliday and Hasan 1976 ) . |
| 16 | A controversial issue was the future ownership of the assets of the PUWP ; a parliamentary commission had been set up shortly before the conference to investigate the extent to which such assets , valued by the party at some US$70,000,000 , should be forfeited as illegally acquired from the state . |
| 17 | The Global Environmental Facility has been set up jointly by the World Bank , and the UN Environment and Development Programmes . |
| 18 | People with learning disabilities who need residential care in Bassetlaw can go to one of four staffed homes which were set up partly by the health authority and are run by the Mencap Homes Foundation . |
| 19 | I have found that employers who are registered with the CITB feel that it is unfair if other companies which have set up just down the road do not appear to be on the board 's records . |
| 20 | The scheme was set up just after the war in order to ensure state-sponsorship of the arts . |
| 21 | The incendiary charges Manolo 's experts had set up earlier in the day went up on schedule . |
| 22 | As part of the Initiative , datasets derived from the Census are being held at Manchester Computing Centre and the Census Dissemination Unit has been set up initially for the period from 1992 to 1997 to support them ; the Census Microdata Unit has also been set up in the Econometrics department of Manchester University . |
| 23 | Here for once a rural industry had been set up regardless of the availability of local labour or any need to create employment ; at first people in the Weald lacked not merely skill but also , it would seem , sufficient incentive . |
| 24 | Some of that has to do with the guitar — we need material which is set up more for the guitar . ’ |
| 25 | Madame always had a little stage set up there at the end , and I remember thinking at the time , well , seven nights in a week and seven different acts , it 's one way of dealing with the situation . |
| 26 | ‘ She 's set up there like a part of the Rameses II exhibition , ’ came the answer . |
| 27 | All recent committees of inquiry , and some in the past , have been set up specifically for the task in hand , but between 1944 and 1967 many of the inquiries were undertaken by the Central Advisory Councils for Education ( CACE ) for England and for Wales , bodies set up under the 1944 Education Act to advise ministers on important educational issues . |
| 28 | Mr Harris said MPL was set up specifically for the contract . |
| 29 | ‘ As you saw , I 've got my tent set up now on the island . |
| 30 | Mr Matthew Kelly , Mr Jeremy Beadle 's erstwhile co-presenter on the televisual feast Game For A Laugh , has apparently ‘ set up home with a drag queen ’ named ‘ Dave ’ . |