Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The luxurious cream decor is set off beautifully by the patterned curtains . |
| 3 | Nutty discussed the problem one night with Biddy after the others had set off back to the factory . |
| 4 | It was getting late when , prompted by the thought of having to start work next morning , she paid her bill and reluctantly set off back to the hotel . |
| 5 | The links are set up temporarily by the DBMS at run time following a user request for this information . |
| 6 | The command verb , LIFESPAN_PMR , should have been set up previously by the System Manager . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Global Environmental Facility has been set up jointly by the World Bank , and the UN Environment and Development Programmes . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The scheme was set up just after the war in order to ensure state-sponsorship of the arts . |
| 12 | The incendiary charges Manolo 's experts had set up earlier in the day went up on schedule . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Some of that has to do with the guitar — we need material which is set up more for the guitar . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Mr Harris said MPL was set up specifically for the contract . |
| 19 | ‘ As you saw , I 've got my tent set up now on the island . |
| 20 | A colony of bats has set up home along the banks of the River Thames . |
| 21 | For the first time in at least three centuries my branch of the Hey family had set up home beyond the Kirkburton parish boundary . |
| 22 | Those who visit the church in late spring and early summer will be entranced by the swifts who have set up home in the upper reaches of the building and wheel about the place , filling the area with their raucous but comforting squealing . |
| 23 | Thousands of them have set up home in the eaves of this house in Banbury . |
| 24 | The Pre-Retirement Association ( address on page 155 ) runs day or weekend courses for the employees of large companies ; and as the PRA has a countrywide network of speakers , these can be set up anywhere in the UK in response to demand . |
| 25 | Within the PC environment there are at least four common resolutions plus dozens of hybrids which mean that the fonts have to be set up correctly for the display . |
| 26 | Partners might feel that personal and social development should be set out clearly among the objectives of educational programmes . |
| 27 | The effect of what is now sections 128 of the Act is that if particulars of such rights are not set out either in the memorandum or articles , or in a resolution or agreement ( a copy of which has to be sent to the Registrar under section 380 ) they must be given in a statement , in the prescribed form , sent to the Registrar within a month of allotment of the shares . |
| 28 | ‘ The full terms and conditions upon which the report is prepared are set out opposite with the scale of fees charged shown separately . |
| 29 | Labour 's intentions to shift the focus of campaigning were succinctly set out yesterday by the shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke , after a speech which surprised his supporters and confounded his critics by its professional , tough delivery . |
| 30 | It 's also important to preserve original documents imposing restrictive covenants , granting or reserving easements , etc , since the terms of these are often not set out fully on the Register , and reference to them , and to the exact terms of a covenant , may be necessary at a later date . |