Example sentences of "set [adv prt] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the ADC , in the cases quoted by councils the properties by and large fulfilled all the principal criteria set down by the Government for a property suitable for occupation by older people , ie that it was let to persons over pensionable age ; access was relatively easy ; the accommodation was on level ground ; the dwelling had no more than two bedrooms ; the heating arrangements were adequate ; the property was reasonably conveniently located . |
| 2 | Almost as hard to credit , the figure for the number of nuclear explosions set off by the French in the Pacific since 1975 was said to be 52 . |
| 3 | A clear consensus emerged that ‘ reprovision ’ of the two asylums by resettlement of the resident population was feasible , but not within the cost constraints set out by the RHA . |
| 4 | But Mr Rafsanjani is exposed to accusations that he is departing from the policies set out by the leader of Iran 's Islamic revolution , the late Ayatollah Khomeini , and may have seized on the Mujahideen attacks to demonstrate that he is not selling out the imam 's legacy . |
| 5 | Conditions laid down by Haussmann along the lines of those set out by the Monopoly Commission , that the companies divest themselves of certain divisions which , if merged , would be against German interests in the arms industry , were eventually agreed to by both MBB and Daimler . |
| 6 | Also the appeal is governed by the principles set out by the House of Lords in G. v. G. ( Minors : Custody Appeal ) [ 1985 ] 1 W.L.R. 647 . |