Example sentences of "[adv] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Sally and Peter are nothing if not resourceful , and with the aid of some good friends in the building and design world they soon set to work to transform this town house into a haven of beauty and calm . |
| 2 | He soon set to work making drawings of the tiny fellow , and of the cradle . |
| 3 | Preston 's preference for two wingers allowed Bay to clamp the midfield , and they soon set in motion a stream of direct attacks of surprising accuracy . |
| 4 | However , despondency soon set in early yesterday morning with the losses of the seats won in by-elections — Eastbourne , Ribble Valley and Kincardine and Deeside . |
| 5 | However , despondency soon set in early yesterday morning with the losses of the seats won in by-elections — Eastbourne , Ribble Valley , and Kincardine and Deeside . |
| 6 | The creation therefore is not like some frictionless machine , which once set in motion carries on until stopped , but something which is dependent on the continuing work of its Creator . |
| 7 | As observed in the previous chapter , Moscow also set on record its continued interest in the demilitarisation of the Indian Ocean although this scheme had lost momentum by the turn of the decade . |
| 8 | It has a tall central dome and smaller ones , also set on drums , over the angle spaces . |
| 9 | Advance ticket sales for the final have already broken the 50,000 barrier and are approaching a British Test record of 54,000 , also set at Wembley in 1990 . |
| 10 | Its finest episodes are the central ‘ Dirge ’ ( sung by Brian Rayner Cook a little insecurely ) which is a memorial to Parry 's brother- in-law , who died at 45 while this work was being written , and the subsequent chorus ‘ Man , born of desire ’ ( which Holst also set in his Choral Fantasia ) . |
| 11 | On the joint initiative of France and West Germany , they also set in motion a process expected to lead by the end of 1990 to the holding of an intergovernmental conference on EC political union . |
| 12 | By raising the question of the Holy Places the French President not only gained ground at home but also set in train a long-term policy . |
| 13 | The legislation of 1861 was undoubtedly flawed , but it also set in train changes which affected most levels of Russian government and all levels of Russian society . |
| 14 | That is over a metre beyond his previous best , also set in the Victorian capital . |
| 15 | They now practically set upon her , pulling off her hat , her coat , and unbuttoning her dress from the back . |
| 16 | This is that for your Lordships ' House to recognise such a principle would overstep the boundary which we traditionally set for ourselves , separating the legitimate development of the law by the judges from legislation . |
| 17 | When Thompson joined Goldsmiths ' twenty years ago as head of painting , succeeding Andrew Forge , he immediately set to work amalgamating the painting and sculpture departments into a homogenous fine art course , believing that the old craft distinctions between the media were philosophically untenable . |
| 18 | She immediately set to and tried to establish some order . |
| 19 | The black-out happened on Monday night when vandals crawled down a 100-yard tunnel which carried eight 33,000-volt mains cables , dragging a lorry tyre which they then set on fire . |
| 20 | The black-out happened on Monday night when vandals crawled down a 100-yard tunnel which carried eight 33,000-volt mains cables , dragging a lorry tyre which they then set on fire . |
| 21 | These he occasionally set to music himself , and he frequently sang them in his rich bass voice for his friends ' ( and perhaps the public 's ) pleasure … |