Example sentences of "set [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But disappointment began to set in by the time the ballot boxes had been emptied , and when the second stage of the count began , at 12.45 a.m. , it soon became clear that it would be a two-horse race . |
| 2 | According to the ADC , in the cases quoted by councils the properties by and large fulfilled all the principal criteria set down by the Government for a property suitable for occupation by older people , ie that it was let to persons over pensionable age ; access was relatively easy ; the accommodation was on level ground ; the dwelling had no more than two bedrooms ; the heating arrangements were adequate ; the property was reasonably conveniently located . |
| 3 | Ewan Murray , the Games council 's chairman , said cost was not a factor in selecting the team , but only 15 athletes achieved the stringent qualifying standards set down by the Scottish Amateur Athletic Associaton — and one , Allister Hutton , is not going to Auckland because he wished to run in the 10,000 metres instead of the marathon , for which he had qualified . |
| 4 | These are arrived at using criteria set down by the Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Officers of Local Authorities . |
| 5 | Almost as hard to credit , the figure for the number of nuclear explosions set off by the French in the Pacific since 1975 was said to be 52 . |
| 6 | The plan clears up the legal wrangles set off by the federal government 's decision in 1988 to sue the state government over water quality in the Everglades , but leaves unclear many of the details of the clean-up . |
| 7 | But Mr Rafsanjani is exposed to accusations that he is departing from the policies set out by the leader of Iran 's Islamic revolution , the late Ayatollah Khomeini , and may have seized on the Mujahideen attacks to demonstrate that he is not selling out the imam 's legacy . |
| 8 | As employers respond to the guidelines set out by the UKCC then parity of courses will emerge and budgets for courses will need to be arrived at in response to local situations . |
| 9 | Other studies which offer recommendations for buildings used by visually handicapped people in the community include those set out by the Royal Institute of British Architects ( 1981 ) which give a six-point plan to maximise safety and efficiency in the use of buildings , namely : |
| 10 | A clear consensus emerged that ‘ reprovision ’ of the two asylums by resettlement of the resident population was feasible , but not within the cost constraints set out by the RHA . |
| 11 | These changes followed from recommendations set out by the Public Accounts Committee ( PAC ) in its Eighth Report of 1986–7 ( HC 98 ) Members said that they wanted documents tailored more specifically to Parliament 's needs in its consideration of departments ' expenditure proposals and put forward three proposals ( Cm. 375 ) . |
| 12 | Also the appeal is governed by the principles set out by the House of Lords in G. v. G. ( Minors : Custody Appeal ) [ 1985 ] 1 W.L.R. 647 . |
| 13 | If Britain follows the policies and approaches set out by the right hon. Gentleman , it will be in the second division in the Community . |
| 14 | Conditions laid down by Haussmann along the lines of those set out by the Monopoly Commission , that the companies divest themselves of certain divisions which , if merged , would be against German interests in the arms industry , were eventually agreed to by both MBB and Daimler . |
| 15 | Established by the World Wide Fund for Nature and other environmental groups , the FSC will accredit independent certification companies that will in turn certify that timber products achieve standards set out by the FSC . |
| 16 | And yet that inn , the Hotel de perigord , being set down by the Dronne , is on the outskirts of Aubeterre. for Aubeterre is a hilltown , set on a chalky cliff above the river ( whence the name — Aubeterre , Alba Terra ) . |
| 17 | Of even greater strategic importance to the review was a condition set down by the Chancellor at the very beginning . |
| 18 | In the ever changing conditions of real life the clinician would adjust any regimen to the patient 's particular needs ; in contrast , the researcher would do his or her best to make the patient conform with the standard set down by the protocol . |
| 19 | The new constitution would , however , have to conform to a series of guidelines to be set down by the SLORC . |
| 20 | I 've worked in a number of centres where the fire alarm has been set off by the heat from our lights . |
| 21 | The whole collection was set off by the saxe-blue Jacobean embroidery thrown over the shelves on which the pieces were carefully arranged . |
| 22 | This takes a similar form to the Arch of Peace and is set off by the extended , arcaded arms that drift along the edge of the square . |
| 23 | Despite the wear and tear of many a performance it 's still a cracking guitar , with its classically timeless shape beautifully set off by the tobacco-yellowed binding . |
| 24 | Though in itself fairly insensitive under normal conditions it had to be set off by the early , very sensitive , mercury-fulminate detonator which was fired by safety fuze . |
| 25 | The earlier student strike , in April , was set off by the dismissal of law teacher Dominic Mngomezulu , which students believed was due to his union activities . |
| 26 | ‘ So it was set off by the simple act of turning on the lamp ? ’ |
| 27 | Another chapter , on the Kapos and the Special Squads , exhibits what must surely be judged an analytic understanding of the concentration-camp system set up by the Nazis — an understanding Eberstadt is inclined to deny him , believing that the camps are insufficiently construed in the Auschwitz book as an institutionalised anti-Semitism peculiar to Germany and politically-determined : she thinks it is soft of him to see them as belonging to a universal latent hostility to strangers . |
| 28 | Many quickly join relatives or friends living here , while the rest go to transitional camps set up by the Land governments . |
| 29 | The Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth , chaired by Lord Diamond and originally set up by the Wilson government in 1974 to appease the unions over a wealth tax , made a series of oracular judgements which confirmed the progress which was generally assumed . |
| 30 | In the Wilson — Heath period of corporatism , local government had swollen in power and importance , especially after the massive eight metropolitan authorities set up by the Heath-Walker reforms in 1973 . |