Example sentences of "set down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The geostationary communications satellites placed high above the Pacific to link the banking and trading centres of South-East Asia , Japan and Australasia with those of North America preside over a ‘ window ’ of the planetary territory of geometrically fixed size — rather as if a cone , a dunce 's cap , the height of which is equivalent to the altitude necessary for a satellite 's geostationary orbit , had been set down over the ocean . |
| 2 | Hammond moved from the doorway , picking up the map Kim had set down on the table . |
| 3 | Of even greater strategic importance to the review was a condition set down by the Chancellor at the very beginning . |
| 4 | In the ever changing conditions of real life the clinician would adjust any regimen to the patient 's particular needs ; in contrast , the researcher would do his or her best to make the patient conform with the standard set down by the protocol . |
| 5 | I er , move the motions set down in the order paper and , does anybody else wish to speak on this ? |
| 6 | A further 3 would be set down before the century 's end . |