Example sentences of "which set [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 It was the quarrymen 's subscribed pennies which set up the University College of North Wales in Bangor at the turn of the century .
2 The Charters agreed by the Allied Powers which set up the International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo and the judgments of those Tribunals made it clear that everyone , from the lowest private soldier to the highest general and statesman is required to comply with the humanitarian spirit and the generally accepted principles of the laws of war .
3 As is well brought out in a recent paper , the views of Carnap 's which Quine opposed involved the claim that conventionally adopted analytic linguistic frameworks provided criteria of reality , which set up the standards according to which any question that might arise was settlable ( Ricketts 1982 ) .
4 It was a hundred almost of the grand stature of that which set up the historic victory here over West Indies a year ago , even if it was reached with a thick edge .
5 These events hastened moves towards a formal military alliance of the Western powers , and in April 1949 , 12 ( later 15 ) powers signed the North Atlantic Treaty , which set up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) under which the signatories agreed that an attack on any one of them would lead to whatever action was deemed necessary , including the " use of armed force " ( CORE , pp. 85–6 ) .
6 The 1984 PACE Act , the 1987 Criminal Justice Act ( which set up the Serious Fraud Office ) and the Criminal Justice Act of 1988 all contained measures which strengthened legal powers to investigate fraud .
7 J. T. Abbott , the Divisional Organiser , resigned from the Party and formed a Unity Committee which set up the Independent Socialist Party in May 1934 .
8 ‘ He looks very comfortable on the ball and scored us a fabulous goal which set up the win .
9 Mrs Thatcher 's speech at Bruges in September 1988 which set out the government 's view of its relations with the European Community was drafted by her Private Secretary and foreign policy adviser , Charles Powell .
10 Just before Christmas 1985 , I published the White Paper which set out the Government 's new proposals for legislation .
11 However , such disadvantages could be minimized by elaborating the definition of extreme emotional disturbance so as to clarify its extent and its limitations , and by evolving sentencing guidelines which set out the major determinants of culpability .
12 In 198l there was a government White Paper entitled New Training Initiatives which set out the aims of these schemes : to develop skill-training , to provide further education or work-related training for everyone up to the age of 18 , and to offer adults the chance to update their skills .
13 In order to overcome the difficulty of the ENP not being able to prescribe tetanus immunisation , a protocol was written and approved which set out the circumstances under which a named ENP could administer a dose prescribed by the consultant .
14 A Home Secretary spends many hours conscientiously reading background papers which set out the whole history of a single police officer 's alleged offences , sometimes in a bundle of papers an inch thick , in order that justice and equity may be done .
15 All that was available to claimants was the Supplementary Benefits Handbook which set out the broad basis upon which the SBC exercised its discretion .
16 Mr. Clements , a partner in Crossman Block , swore two affidavits , dated respectively 16 January and 6 February 1992 , which set out the case of their clients .
17 New detailed syllabuses have been produced , which set out the knowledge and skills that a student actuary has to master before qualification .
18 The Accounting Standards Board ( ASB ) has published for comment an exposure draft of the Foreword to UITF Abstracts explaining the authority , scope and application of the Urgent Issues Task Force ( UITF ) abstracts issued by the ASB which set out the consensus reached by the UITF on particular issues .
19 I have also seen the important comments of the CBI , which set out the fact that Britain now attracts nearly half of all the inward investment from Japan that comes to the European Community .
20 Prepare agendas for the meetings which set out the ground rules , issues to be covered and those which may not be discussed ( i.e. whether to talk price ) .
21 Article 82 , which set out the leading role of the MPRP in the government , was removed from the Constitution ; there were 324 votes in favour and 10 abstentions .
22 Ministers from 15 member countries attending the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) conference in Seoul on Nov. 12-14 issued a declaration at the close of the talks which set out the direction and role for APEC as " an exemplary model of open regional co-operation " , and agreed to co-operate to reduce trade barriers both within the region and worldwide , and to identify and promote the region 's interests .
23 There was no mention of the agency in the Queen 's Speech , which set out the government 's legislative plans for the new 18-month session of Parliament following the re-election of the Conservatives on 9 April .
24 Expert clauses which set out the procedure in more detail than providing that the parties have the right to make representations are probably not very helpful .
25 Finally , in December 1945 , the Ministry of Civil Aviation 's White paper on British air services , Cmd. 6712 , which set down the new government 's aviation policy , was submitted to the Cabinet by Lord Winster .
26 The principal Acts of Parliament which set down the audit requirements of central government are the Exchequer and Audit Departments Acts 1866 and 1921 and the National Audit Act 1983 .
27 It is ironic that Godoy was overthrown and treated with ignominy as a traitor at the moment when he had decided to resist Napoleon : it was his plan to remove the king to Seville , out of the way of the French , which set off the Tumult of Aranjuez .
28 Much of his conversation , uttered in the flat voice which set off the originality of the content , conveyed in this way infinite nuances of banter and irony .
29 Another surfaced in African Analaysis suggesting it was an Israeli atomic bomb test which set off the fatal discharge of poisonous gases and the monstrous tidal wave from the lake that swamped the surrounding countryside .
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