Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He says that the incinerator conforms to strict new guiidlines about air pollution set down by the Government . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Back in Endell Street queasiness set in with the raid 's aftermath yet it blended with a certain sense of excitement . |
| 10 | At the same time , a gradual decline set in with the advent of freight transportation on the roads . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But in 1919 disenchantment set in around the globe . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Checking his watch , he set off for the hilltop once more . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse . |
| 18 | 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 ? ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | We got some torches together and set off for the graveyard . |
| 25 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
| 26 | At matches he had to be watched like a hawk in case he wriggled out of his headcollar , and set off for the tea tent , where his doleful yellow face and black-ringed eyes could coax sandwiches and cake out of the most stony-hearted waitress . |
| 27 | He bounded over the thirteenth and fourteenth and set off for the Chair , that huge open ditch which forms the biggest obstacle on the course . |
| 28 | He got up and dressed as though in a trance , and set off for the Castle with the hangdog look of a condemned man . |
| 29 | He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster . |
| 30 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |