Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] sets [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1.1 ) We have in fact already come close to the view that mental events are at bottom individual properties , or rather sets of them , in allowing that the interdependent existence of subject and content may be a matter of nomic correlation . |
| 2 | Yet when one starts to look at the overall picture a little more deeply , will the obvious strengthening of what will be nine single Championship weeks , be anything more than a move which enables the rich to get richer and actually sets into motion what could become a long term contraction , rather than expansion of the sport , especially if the much-needed revival in the world economy takes longer to become bullish than some of the optimists have been forecasting . |
| 3 | With its declination of 63 degrees south , Acrux is more or less circumpolar from much of South Africa and Australia , and never sets over New Zealand . |
| 4 | For example a chemist will learn about compounds by laboriously memorising as a student the properties of each one separately but eventually sets of compounds are perceived as a pattern and thereafter all the relevant material is readily available because it fits together neatly . |
| 5 | The musketry was not the huge eruptions of platoon fire , but rather the smaller sporadic snapping of skirmishers which betrayed that the French Voltigeurs were closing on the Dutch light troops , but both sets of skirmishers were well hidden from the Prince and his staff by the tall crops . |