Example sentences of "set [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the coup in Yugoslavia in spring 1941 interfered with Hitler 's plans for an attack on the Soviet Union ( Britain 's last potential Continental ally ) and a deterioration in mood set in owing to the threatening extension of the war to the Balkans , SD soundings of opinion again registered ‘ with what childlike trust the most ordinary people in particular look up to the Führer and our leadership of state ’ , convinced that ‘ the Führer has taken it into account and will deal properly with it ’ . ’ |
| 2 | It was a closely fought struggle in Grade Three between the two Ballynahinch teams , with just one point separating them for first and second places , with the ‘ B ’ set just edging into the lead for top honours . |
| 3 | As he set off to return to the dairy and Tess , his father rode with him a little way . |
| 4 | She wished him goodnight , and set off to walk up the hill , her feet scarcely touching the ground . |
| 5 | Arthur Newsholme , the Chief Medical Officer to the Local Government Board , believed it would be ‘ folly ’ to infer from Campbell 's report that ‘ the industrial occupation of mothers is not a most injurious element in our social life ’ , and in 1919 the Women 's Employment Committee of the Ministry of Reconstruction , set up to advise on the opportunities for women 's employment after the war , expressed the hope that ‘ every inducement , direct or indirect , will be given to keep mothers at home ’ . |
| 6 | Hughie Smith , president of the National Gypsy Council , a body set up to fight for the rights of gypsies , said : ‘ The point is that York does have hundreds of acres of land . |
| 7 | In January 1989 , the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities convened a meeting of a group set up to look at the effect of these centres on authority centres . |
| 8 | NORTHERN Ireland will be represented on a committee set up to look at the handling of complaints from National Health Service patients and their families . |
| 9 | ‘ Fuck you lot , ’ Blagg had snarled at the officer in charge , and set out to march to the end of the world . |
| 10 | It seemed an ordinary enough night when Anne Simonsen set out to work at the Marina Hotel in Copenhagen where she had a job as part-time barmaid . |
| 11 | Building on the old Prussian foundations , the Reich set out to break into the world coal and steel markets . |
| 12 | Willis set out to wade through the rolling wash . |
| 13 | As an engineer , with a craftsperson 's interest in machines , he could not believe that they were the real villains of the piece and he set about looking for the deeper fault underlying their applications . |
| 14 | He set about struggling through the narrow window , one hand clutching the Champagne by its neck . |
| 15 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |