Example sentences of "set [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | On the way back , I set down the grassbox , unplug the sprinkler and coil the hosepipe ( which Pa , being always so busy , has obviously forgotten ) in even circles around my hand and elbow , then go to the shed and lay it carefully over the two dowelling pegs . |
| 3 | I set down the watering can and start for the vegetable plot . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Set over a pan of simmering water until chocolate has melted . |
| 6 | Set over a low heat and stir the gelatine constantly until it dissolves . |
| 7 | The shuddering tramp of the oxen spinning the Persian wheels set over every deep well , so that the jars came up , roped with pomegranate wood withies , and tossed their icy water into the stone channels that fed the fields and the housewife 's wood buckets . |
| 8 | set over the beak , |
| 9 | Much of this was funded by personal borrowing , providing jobs in Credit and Banking ; the security for lending often coming from people 's own homes , as the desire to own and furnish better homes set off a spiral of house-price inflation . |
| 10 | The glitter in his eyes set off a jangling alarm in her mind . |
| 11 | To her horror , his words set off a ripple of excitement within her , and she felt a betraying warmth flood her cheeks . |
| 12 | El Niño is apparently triggered by the warming of ocean currents in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific , which set off a pattern of weather bringing drought to many tropical areas , but heavier than normal rain to the western American seaboard . |
| 13 | When they set off the following year on a tour of Australia and New Zealand , William , as well as two nannies and acres of baggage , went too . |
| 14 | Some of its leading citizens acquired great wealth , especially from saffron and wine , and landed property , in the course of the twelfth century , and they displayed their newfound status by building the lofty towers which still make the skyline of the city so beautiful and so absurd — beautiful especially from a little distance , for the rolling Tuscan hills set off the imaginative colour and the dramatic skyline to remarkable effect . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | First came the preliminary soundings ( the trabajos ) and the winning over of officers and sergeants by a small activist group in touch with civilian conspirators ; then the compromisos by which accomplices were bound to action ; finally the chosen leaders set off the last stage by the cry — the grito . |
| 17 | The adrenaline makes her giggle , and still rising noradrenaline levels set off the familiar beat of passion . |
| 18 | The dogs were set off by it and the dogs set off the sheep and the goats and the cows . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | These tremendous images … are not the whole of Christ 's teaching , but they set forth the supernatural mystery which is the heart of the teaching … . |
| 22 | Can this be the Arthur Wellesley who set aside a sum of money to educate two of the slain Tipu Sahib 's sons , whose letters of gratitude I still have ? |
| 23 | An 1853 Supreme Court decision which set aside a conviction on the charge of ‘ taking forcible and unlawful possession of the product of the Complainant 's garden ’ may serve as an example . |
| 24 | Set aside a few fried onion rings for garnish , add the remaining to the chicken . |
| 25 | They set aside a room for Howard to work in , when he 's not labouring outside with an axe or a scythe . |
| 26 | Set aside a little time to make this cake , as it is quite time-consuming . |
| 27 | Mr Bob Patterson , treasurer of Stockton council , said : ‘ We set aside a certain sum each year for concessionary fares which we then share out among the bus companies . |
| 28 | Some retailers set aside an area in the storeroom or warehouse as a ‘ goods received area ’ where goods are priced soon after delivery from the supplier . |
| 29 | In order to set a baseline her parents set aside an hour each evening for one week during which they did not tell Lindsay to stop , but recorded the duration of each nose picking session and the frequency . |
| 30 | set aside an amount of money or identified that we would need to spend an amount of money and perhaps we need to do that sooner . |