Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] set " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dittmar does agree with Jansher , however , that not paying prize money may set an unfortunate precedent . |
| 2 | The recognition that a text may set up its own secondary norms leads to a further conclusion , that features of language within that text may depart from the norms of the text itself : that is , they may " stand out " against the background of what the text has led us to expect . |
| 3 | Solicitors may set up a corporate practice to practice solely outside England and Wales provided that ( a ) this is permitted by local law , ( b ) all the directors and shareholders are solicitors , lawyers of another jurisdiction or members of the Bar of England and Wales acting in accordance with the Overseas Practice Rules of the Bar and ( c ) the practice complies with the Overseas Practice Rules ; but such a company could not practice in England and Wales . |
| 4 | There is still , however , a gap between social and physical planning ; structure plans may set broad social and economic objectives , but the powers available to the planners relate largely to land use control over specific development proposals . |
| 5 | As with the early stages of reading , the teaching of literature must set itself the objective of stimulating pupils ’ enjoyment . |
| 6 | The cricket authorities should set up a neutral-umpire system , or , failing that , a panel of umpires acceptable to the tour team . |
| 7 | Whilst we recognise that planning guidance should not be too prescriptive in terms of retail floorspace limits , we think that local planning authorities should set guidance limits which reflect some estimate of the environmental capacity of the plan area . |
| 8 | All plans should set targets . |
| 9 | The director of health promotion , Dr Phil Hanlon , said it was important that the board should set a good example to other organisations . |
| 10 | Prior to running LIFESPAN ABLE , the user must set up an empty directory ( the primary directory ) and copy all modules to be entered into LIFESPAN to this directory . |
| 11 | Stack-oriented computers may set a condition code in the top element of the stack as a result of a test or comparison instruction ; a jump instruction is then provided to jump conditional on the state of this top element ( removing the element after testing ) . |
| 12 | Observers predict that industry may set up an equivalent to Duales System Deutschland ( DSD — the national waste collecting company established in the wake of the consumer packaging law ) . |
| 13 | Contemporary theorists have given much detailed attention to the questions of what a translation is , what kinds of translation may be attempted , what goals a translator may set , and how they may be achieved . |
| 14 | Then , on April 9 , he commended a group , none of whose names was included in the Press release , called who suggested that the industry should set up a body to be more pro-active and dynamic in the promotion of food products . |
| 15 | However , the DES drew a somewhat dubious analogy with art and design education and suggested that the TEC should set up ‘ a completely new committee ’ along the lines of DATEC . |
| 16 | To avoid potential disputes the parties should set out in a letter , preferably attached to the sale agreement , any specific adjustments that will need to be made for the purpose of the completion statement . |
| 17 | It reaffirmed that LEAs must set up education committees and appoint a chief education officer , but the Secretary of State need no longer be consulted about the appointment of the latter . |
| 18 | The question now was whether a military task force should set sail . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , they argued , pacifists should set themselves the more modest task of sustaining the voice of reason amidst the dementia of war . |
| 20 | In these circumstances it was only appropriate that in 1174 , while his father occupied Poitiers , Richard should set up his headquarters in Saintes and turn the cathedral into an arms depot . |
| 21 | But the biggest fear about the new technology is that it brings a little closer the day when journalists could set their own type . |
| 22 | Once his officers had been provided with a comprehensive register of the homages and other obligations of Gascon vassals , Edward could set about the task of governing his duchy with some confidence . |
| 23 | The cars used to set off at one-minute intervals , originally starting at 9.00 p.m. on a Saturday but that was changed in 1949 to midnight , . |
| 24 | A Soviet Foreign Ministry statement of Nov. 30 said that such an action would set a " dangerous international precedent " . |
| 25 | He said Labour would set up Skills UK , an emergency employment package to provide new jobs and training programmes for the unemployed and people returning to work . |
| 26 | Labour proposes an Education Standards Commission ; both parties would set up a General Teaching Council . |
| 27 | The New Historicists ' 'reciprocal concern with the historicity of texts and the textuality of history' would set up an exchange which might be assumed to be awkward . |
| 28 | The ecology people were still mailing all sorts of publications to her , and her mouth would set hard with pain when she read Lucy 's name in a list of credits or committee members . |
| 29 | Beginning next year , government and industry will set up five-year awards worth $100 000 a year . |
| 30 | The proposals are now part of civil law , and every year , the packaging industry will set out its plans and achievements for the previous year . |