Example sentences of "set [noun pl] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually all is set for Culkin , now holed up in his uncle 's deserted townhouse , to wire the rooms , set traps on the stairs , gather inflammable materials and treat Pesci and Stern to a far more violent onslaught than was executed in Home Alone 1 . |
| 2 | ‘ Never set eyes on the bugger , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ THIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons finally set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains rising in fairyland fantasy before the rising sun . |
| 4 | John Samuel at Park City , Utah , on the opening races of the new season Cannons put smile on Willi 's Face ‘ T HIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains . |
| 5 | Whenever the courts set bounds to the damages recoverable — saying that they are , or are not , too remote they do it as a matter of policy so as to limit the liability of the defendant . |
| 6 | In an agricultural society poor soil conditions , often the consequence of centuries of abusive cultivation , together with the amount and nature of the rainfall , set bounds to the possibilities of progress . |
| 7 | The seas in this area have since the mid 1970s supported many commercial fishermen who set nets around the coast to supply the local fish and chip trade . |
| 8 | A combination of sleek styling and set curls by the Jazz Hair Co |
| 9 | Broken snatches of conversation wafted around Isabel 's head as she followed de Villiers around the perimeter of the room , interspersed with the thunk of wooden trenchers as the servants set places for the midday meal . |
| 10 | Set targets for the reduction of inequalities in health . |
| 11 | But as It celebrated a year of publication it had grown from twelve to twenty pages , with the ‘ What 's Happening ’ section now , significantly , filling two tightly set pages at the back , and the Arts Lab offering a ‘ Black Power Week ’ complete with Stokeley Carmichael — bundled out of the country post Dialectics of Liberation — on film , and ‘ Michael Abdul Malik and guests ’ . |
| 12 | The marginal distributions of both explanatory and response variables set limits to the size of effect that is possible ; to put this formally , we say that d is a marginal dependent measure . |
| 13 | The authorities set limits to the expansion of bank deposits . |
| 14 | These set limits to the level of contributions with the aim to prevent candidates from becoming obligated to special interest groups . |
| 15 | Finally , the Anti-Ballistic-Missile Treaty and Protocol of 1974 has limited the development of new ABMs , and the SALT Interim Agreement ( SALT I 1972 ) set limits to the growth of the strategic arsenals . |
| 16 | Insofar as municipal systems set limits to the use of force and punish at least some of those guilty of crimes of violence it has some success as law and an undisputed claim to be regarded as law for as long as the officials of the system pursue these objectives by taking steps against non-compliance ( Hart , 1961 , pp. 79–88 and 213ff . ) . |
| 17 | It is vital that you set limits for the amount of money that you will deposit with each bank . |
| 18 | In his model firms set prices at the end of period t - 1 to cover period t . |
| 19 | He suggests that family health services authorities appoint and , where advisable , sack primary care workers ; define services to be provided in local contracts ; set standards for the structure and process of general practice ; provide practices with expertise in management ; and be involved in reaccreditation of general practitioners . |
| 20 | Once they are in place , you can have the shingle delivered — it can be dumped directly on to a drive site from the road , but you 'll need to barrow it to remote garden paths , so set planks on the lawn if you have to run across it . |