Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Malcolm Edwards , British Coal 's commercial director , told an electricity conference in London that the corporation was prepared to enter supply deals lasting eight years — the same period set down for the bulk of initial contracts between privatised electricity generators and distribution companies . |
2 | The room was silent as she scrabbled in her box of pieces and , from the very bottom , produced a couple that she set down on the board with two decisive clicks . |
3 | In the books they write , music is heard in country places — trumpets , fiddles , the cimbalom — and love shows its face in country hotels , pleasant places , set down beside a stretch of water . |
4 | Sasbach is really no more than a scatter of houses , a couple of shops , a garage and a church set down in the middle of vineyards and orchards . |
5 | Their leader had quiet words with the cardinal , who smiled , clapped his hands , and a green baize-covered table and two chairs were brought in and set down in the middle of the hall . |
6 | In the shorter run , however , the property qualifications for the franchise set down in the act did effectively exclude the working class from political participation through the ballot box , although the franchise itself was only increased by some 220000 in England and Wales . |
7 | The national gallery told the Minister 's predecessor , the right hon. Member for Shoreham — no doubt the arguments were repeated to the Minister personally by many of the trustees and directors of the museums — that they did not want powers of disposal — not because they did not trust their own intellectual judgment , but , following the line set down in the Museums and Galleries Commission 's 1988 report on the national gallery , because those powers should not be forced on the galleries . |
8 | He says that the incinerator conforms to strict new guiidlines about air pollution set down by the Government . |
9 | Such a move is only a matter of time , but the time-scale will vary considerably from authority to authority depending on the phasing-in of their delegation schemes and the speed at which they restructure the various service departments to meet the new role which has to be created within the strategy and time-scale set down by the legislation . |
10 | Pepita set down among the crates to wait for her friend and the rum to reach her . |
11 | We did n't even realize that they organized their labour collectively , until Panic Buying ( a great '70s pastime , Panic Buying — of salt , sugar and so on ) set in at the beginning of November . |
12 | Back in Endell Street queasiness set in with the raid 's aftermath yet it blended with a certain sense of excitement . |
13 | At the same time , a gradual decline set in with the advent of freight transportation on the roads . |
14 | Using an Ovation , hardly the most ‘ live ’ guitar in the business , I found that feedback on the undamped D string set in with the gain on 4 and the master volume on 5 , which surprised me . |
15 | But in 1919 disenchantment set in around the globe . |
16 | In the title role , Anne Dawson remained passive until error and madness set in near the end ; then she sang with increased energy , and spun her lines with great beauty . |
17 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
18 | Checking his watch , he set off for the hilltop once more . |
19 | When the Dragons first eleven set off for the sun in a couple of weeks time they 'll be taking with them a pretty impressive record , just 2 defeats in the last seven seasons . |
20 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
21 | We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse . |
22 | Miaow , thought Jenny as young Curtis stood up awkwardly and set off for the bar , turning after a couple of steps to ask , ‘ What do you want ? ’ |
23 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
24 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
25 | Realising that there was more snow on the way , she clenched her teeth and set off for the moors . |
26 | Val set off for the interior in the best of the hire cars available , a well worn seat with grudging breaks , and drove alone on empty roads through a barren and alien territory . |
27 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
28 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
29 | The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody . |
30 | When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair . |