Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list .
2 Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day .
3 Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn .
4 Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope .
5 What the camera can not reveal is when you set off on the second nine from the 10th tee , by the time you reach the green you have travelled nearly 60 feet downhill .
6 But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail .
7 THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here .
8 Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse .
9 set off before the last grunt of the dinosaurs
10 It was suggested earlier that the agencies set up during the nineteenth century to implement social policies were often ad hoc bodies .
11 But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey .
12 as if in recognition of the inherent limitations of the appeals system in this respect , the Magistrates ' Association issued a set of national guide-lines , in 1999 , which set out for the first time a scale of recommended penalties covering the 25 commonest offence types likely to come before the magistrates , together with guidance on the approach to be adopted for different degrees of seriousness .
13 In conclusion , tutors are again reminded of their great responsibilities for achieving the high aims set out in the first paragraph .
14 2.16 " the Shop Covenants " means the covenants set out in the fifth Schedule
15 The question is which form will be compatible with the general curriculum aims set out in the last chapter .
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