Example sentences of "be set down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The geostationary communications satellites placed high above the Pacific to link the banking and trading centres of South-East Asia , Japan and Australasia with those of North America preside over a ‘ window ’ of the planetary territory of geometrically fixed size — rather as if a cone , a dunce 's cap , the height of which is equivalent to the altitude necessary for a satellite 's geostationary orbit , had been set down over the ocean . |
| 2 | The new constitution would , however , have to conform to a series of guidelines to be set down by the SLORC . |
| 3 | A further 3 would be set down before the century 's end . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | Read every word and study the plans , before and after your survey , and if you do not understand any point , or if what you see or have seen is at variance with what is set down in the documents , then it is VITAL that you consult your solicitor before exchanging contracts . |
| 6 | Not everything is set down in the rules , but it is the practice to provide those papers . |
| 7 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |