Example sentences of "to set [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is actually a fairly simple matter , well within the capability of Neolithic and Bronze Age people , to set down a straight line across hilly country using three surveying poles . |
| 2 | The second related issue is whether it is appropriate to set down a single structure which puts topics under specific headings , given the interdisciplinary nature of the subject . |
| 3 | She wanted to set down the southern landscape . |
| 4 | Executive power — the power to set down the broad policies to be followed by the state and the ability to carry out or execute the laws was in the hands of the King , but the means for carrying it out had to be provided by parliament . |
| 5 | In practice it is impossible to maintain any rigorous separation between executive power and legislative power — between the power to set down the broad direction of the state and to carry out the laws , and the power to make laws and general rules — and , in Britain , Bagehot saw the fusion as taking place in the Cabinet which he said was a committee of the legislative body chosen by the Commons to be the executive body and rule the nation . |
| 6 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be stated , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 7 | In what follows an attempt will be made to set down the main features of polymer viscoelasticity to enable the connections between the phenomenological and the molecular to be states , where they are known , in preparation for the discussion in Chap . |
| 8 | ‘ Senility is known to set in a good deal earlier in many cases . ’ |
| 9 | In the summer , blues and pinks predominate but there are always plenty of white flowers , especially the white forms of cosmos and Campanula persicifolia , to set off the other colours . |
| 10 | He is learning to enjoy a new range of sour and bitter flavours , of gamey meat and dungy cheese , to set off the wholesome bread of his daily life . |
| 11 | The climate is good , not too hot but with brilliant sunshine to set off the vivid colouring and give shade and modelling to the arcaded treatment of façades . |
| 12 | The Canadian team developed this into a practical investigation aid and willingly helped Ray Davis , the AIB flight recorder specialist , to set up a similar system in the UK . |
| 13 | Nick Bollettieri , whose Bradenton , Florida Coaching Academy continues to be the base for a whole host of tennis champions , including currently , Andre Agassi , and who is committed to helping the Lawn Tennis Association to set up a similar training base her in the UK , has , in conjunction with adidas , launched a fast and functional range of tennis apparel for this country . |
| 14 | Thus provided with capital and having gained almost a decade of experience in the iron industry , he resolved to set up a similar ironworks with the assistance of his two elder sons , John and Archibald . |
| 15 | And it also plans to set up a mid-range company by the end of 1993 . |
| 16 | For obvious reasons , it is extremely difficult to set up a large-scale trial of dietary treatment among patients who are seriously disturbed . |
| 17 | The great success of the Junior School prompted the Governors to set up a Preparatory Department so that boys could be admitted at the age of 5 . |
| 18 | Runcorn 's Justin Wall had rattled the post before Phil Brown punished a debut slip by defender Andy Taylor to set up a close range opener for David Riley . |
| 19 | By 1780 John Browne could make one of the principal virtues of the expensive academy for gentlemen 's sons that he proposed to set up a total absence of corporal punishment . |
| 20 | There was , however , some sympathy for the applicant in his desire to set up a viable farming unit . |
| 21 | They undertook to set up a technical committee to oversee the ceasefire , under the supervision of ECOWAS ( the Economic Community of West African States ) , and to declare all ports and airports " military-free zones " . |
| 22 | Whether you go it alone , ask the computer shop expert or persuade a friend who knows about computers to help you , it is essential to set up a regular data back-up system . |
| 23 | SCOTVEC therefore welcomed the decision of SED to set up a small committee to look at the module/short course issues , particularly in the context of schools ' S3/4 stages . |
| 24 | Garden Management Group are to set up a small IT panel to monitor horticultural computing . |
| 25 | Recently , Steve gave up his joinery business to set up a small security firm , hoping for more time to devote to the much-needed rescue . |
| 26 | Billy Neilson , a prominent Wear Valley councillor until last May 's Christopherian coup , was approached the other day by someone seeking to set up a small business in Sunderland . |
| 27 | However , before that , in December , AWSD announced internally that it had cut a similar deal with IBM 's Entry Systems Technology Group to set up a Personal RISC Systems joint venture to design , build and market all of the company 's PowerPC-based goods as well as such items as the X terminals and PC-priced M20 baby RS/6000s introduced last week . |
| 28 | According to Wittgenstein , this initial belief is as incoherent as the solipsist 's claim to be able to set up a private language , since it relies upon too great a gap between our behaviour ( including linguistic behaviour ) and internal mental life . |
| 29 | Would a trust , for example to construct a public building or to set up a private monument , actually be enforced as such ? |
| 30 | Peter Sands believes in the National Health Service , but he 's leaving to set up a private practice ; one of 13 dentists in Abingdon . |