Example sentences of "[prep] set " in BNC.
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| 1 | After setting up a bitumen plant and providing earth-moving machinery , the Soviets helped cut a new road east of the old Salang Tunnel . |
| 2 | Soon after setting off we came to a forested valley along the banks of the Gwaun . |
| 3 | ‘ I had my only run of the day at approximately 11 am and after setting the hooks I had a slow , dogged fight for about five minutes before netting the fish at the second attempt , ’ said Dave . |
| 4 | Seven students have died after setting fire to themselves . |
| 5 | This time , after setting the passages in their context in the briefest possible way , we will turn to them straight away . |
| 6 | His task was made easier when Marcel Albers , the second-placed Dutchman , after setting the fastest lap , was forced to go into the pit with electrical problems . |
| 7 | Ford , which ended March with a 25 p.c. market share after setting its sights on 30 p.c. , denied there had been a last-minute rush and said a dealer incentive programme had helped its performance . |
| 8 | After setting up this joint venture Courtaulds is merging its remaining acetate businesses and its fine chemical business to form a new business named Courtaulds Chemicals . |
| 9 | After setting an Open championship tournament record 283 , Sarazen said it was because he had had the sense to listen to his caddie at every tricky point through the tournament , calling Daniels ' club selection ‘ brilliant ’ , and his understanding of Sarazen 's sometimes less-than-cautious temperament uncanny . |
| 10 | After setting up and completing their work on the beaches , on 10 July , No 6 Beach Group was dissolved . |
| 11 | I felt pleased of course , but strangely enough I did n't feel as elated as perhaps I should have done : not as elated as I had been after setting my British record in Madrid . |
| 12 | After setting fire to a collier and a house by the harbour , not very successfully , thanks to a sudden heavy storm , Jones successfully withdrew , despite the fire of a party of militia , and , when he had re-embarked , of cannon shot from some guns in the batteries which had escaped being spiked . |
| 13 | By 1970 the official limit , not for the first time , was set at no less than 12,000 kilograms , a fair bit up on the I935 maximum of 7,500 kilograms , while the average yield topped I3,800 kilograms per hectare and , after setting the official limit at I3,000 kilograms in 1973 , a law was passed the following year placing an absolute ceiling of 13,000 kilograms per hectare on all AOC Champagne vineyards , beyond which the so-called maximum could not be stretched . |
| 14 | Instead of brushing your hair after setting which can cause splitting , gently run your fingers through it to create tousled waves . |
| 15 | Five hours after setting off , they knew their bid was futile . |
| 16 | After setting hair on medium rollers , George at Cat 's Whiskers styled this 1940 's look |
| 17 | George and Tony used to pay themselves £350 a week after setting up the firm at the height of the last recession in 1982 . |
| 18 | After setting the West Australian team a target of 168 runs for victory , Pakistan managed to restrict the home team to 166–6 in their allocated 45 overs . |
| 19 | After setting hair and achieving plenty of body and movement with styling products , hair is much more manageable and easier to put up . |
| 20 | Andrea Adams , author of Bullying At Work , told the Institute of Personnel Management : ‘ They spend a lot of time undermining people by rubbishing them in front of their workmates after setting impossible tasks . |
| 21 | TEN athletes from Cornwall are hoping to complete an interrupted run from John o' Groats to Land 's End — 13 years after setting off . |
| 22 | Cairns , convinced an earlier declaration could have given Notts a chance of victory , at one stage squatted in mid-pitch with his head in his hands and was only directed back to the middle after setting off for the pavilion . |
| 23 | Apparently it has been similar to the crew of a huge tanker somewhere on the high seas sailing hither and tither no doubt , for four long years after setting out , and returning just in time for the recent elections . |
| 24 | In 1272 the see of Canterbury was vacant and the pope provided the Dominican prior-provincial , Robert Kilwardby , an academic theologian , after setting aside both the chapter 's choice of its prior and the king 's favourite , Robert Burnell . |
| 25 | After setting out the facts , the judgment of the Court of Appeal , delivered by Lord Lane C.J. , first dealt with and dismissed an argument for the respondent based on chapter 29 of Magna Carta 1225 ( 9 Hen . |
| 26 | then said that he found other difficulties in Lord Roskill 's speech in Reg. v. Morris , and after setting out the facts of the case and quoting a long passage from that speech , at p. 332 , and also the answer to the certified question he continued , at pp. 283–284 : |
| 27 | They arrived at Las Palmas a month before the start , after setting off from their base , Down Cruising Club on Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland , on 16 September . |
| 28 | After setting up the frequency , make sure of positive identification . |
| 29 | After setting up NARCOG 's listening post in Larnaca , training the Cypriot police to use their UN-funded radio equipment , fitting out police boats ' and King Edmondo with satellite tracking gear and installing short-wave transmitters in Beirut and Larnaca for DEA intelligence traffic , Coleman had acquired something of a reputation in the area of advanced electronics . |
| 30 | Christine , a graduate trainee with London Belgravia Group , collected her award at St James 's Palace — seven years after setting out to gain her bronze . |