Example sentences of "[n mass] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further example is shown in Table 8.3 , which is an inverted version of the data set out in Tables 8.1 and 8.2 . |
| 2 | However , the Soviet pilot of the aircraft chartered to transport the missiles refused to do so and it was not until mid-February that a US aircraft set out . |
| 3 | Downing Street 's double glazing must have proved invaluable as the camera corps set up camp and squabbled on the doorstep . |
| 4 | Staff set up a special emergency room with phene lines to give out information . |
| 5 | After TB was diagnosed , he stopped work immediately and hospital staff set about contacting the 500 children and 500 staff who he had been in contact with him in the weeks before he became ill . |
| 6 | When Simon the Trapper parted from him on the great north ride the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist , dragged up his gown a score of inches to free the movement of his lower legs , re-tied his girdle tightly , wiped his hands on the none too clean garment and taking hold of his staff set off up the highway in pursuit of his sack , of Marian , and of the verderers . |
| 7 | After the naming of an HST Power Car ‘ Great Western at Paddington by Brian Scott , Director InterCity Great Western , and Peter Noble , the Great , Great Grandson of I.K. Brunel , a 140-strong VIP party of press , businesspeople and InterCity staff set off on a special non-stop run to Devon , covering the 193 miles to Newton Abbot in two hours 33.5 minutes — an average speed of 92 miles per hour ! |
| 8 | ALDWYCH Group staff set off on a treasure hunt — only to find they had to visit 15 pubs en route ! |
| 9 | Abortion clinics are ‘ killing centres ’ the media set out to ‘ betray ’ and ‘ sabotage ’ and abortion is ‘ killing for convenience ’ or ‘ the holocaust ’ . |
| 10 | When two or more people set up a business together , they form a partnership . |
| 11 | And I 've discovered a really great label over here called Plein Sud — they 're the best clothes — and when I 've had people set up photo shoots for me here I get them to bring some for me . |
| 12 | When people set off in a boat to prove whether the Earth was round , they did not fall off so that proves that the Earth is flat , but people just say it is round . |
| 13 | Slowly , painstakingly , these people set about preserving and promoting Poland 's folk-life , while attempting to assimilate Polish szlachta culture and cultural values for themselves . |
| 14 | The passengers were saddened by the thought that they were unlikely to see their native land again but probably neither before nor since has a group of people set out with more determination to establish a society founded on the highest principles of religion and education . |
| 15 | Where people set out to defraud the revenue , there could be penalties . |
| 16 | Most of the red-throated divers which appear in the inshore voes at this time will be local breeders , and territories and relationships will be sorted out with much caterwauling and chasing before the successful pair set up home on some peaty pool . |
| 17 | The pair set up house at Tidmarsh Mill , Pangbourne , and their relationship developed regardless of love affairs on both sides and Carrington 's marriage in 1921 to Reginald Sherring Partridge ( always called Ralph from 1919 onwards ) , who joined the ménage . |
| 18 | To this the tiger agreed , and having tied their tails together in a reef knot , the pair set off arm in arm . |