Example sentences of "[verb] set [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A ‘ scientific commission ’ comprising some of the most learned people on the island was set up , and they produced a report designed to set fears at rest . |
| 2 | Despite student impressions to the contrary , exams are not designed to set traps for unwary students . |
| 3 | If a group of workers combined in an association of union and tried to set wages above their ‘ natural ’ level , their actions amounted to ‘ a conspiracy in restraint of trade ’ since the price level of goods would be artificially distorted and the competitive market undermined . |
| 4 | You may also need to set jumpers on the motherboard according to the type of RAM devices you are using and the video card . |
| 5 | This was irritating , and to prevent it upsetting the relationship she would need to set limits . |
| 6 | He is a strong character , almost arrogant at times , who often looks to set others up . |
| 7 | In relation to Question 1 ( which is discussed in the following pages ) , many trainees find it difficult to discard subjectivity entirely in goal setting and still want to set goals to do with changing ‘ attitudes ’ , ‘ relationships ’ , and ‘ perceptions ’ . |
| 8 | The AMA admits that the federal government has set prices on doctors ' services before , and those controls have withstood court challenge . |
| 9 | The formation of Compartners SRO puts to an end the sole distributor status of Prague-based Sofram , and Swallow has set Compartners the target of matching Sofram 's 1992 revenues this year — he estimates this at $2m . |
| 10 | A group called the Urban Gorillas has set cats free at the University ? of California-Berkeley . |
| 11 | This , the main achievement of the action 16 years ago , has set firemen 's pay ever since on a level with top semi-skilled workers in the public and private sectors . |
| 12 | The Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) Education and Enterprise Initiative has set targets for ten per cent of teachers each year to be seconded to industry and for all school leavers to spend at least two weeks on Work Experience . |
| 13 | Schoolkids are the latest target in a sales ploy that has set tills ringing all over the country . |
| 14 | McGeechan believes that Sole has set standards of performance with his pace and mobility in the loose which only a handful of British players , such as Brian Moore of England , are currently emulating . |
| 15 | The NCGA , supported by the Government Finance Officers ' Association , was concerned with state and local government ; the Council of State Governments was concerned with state government ; the General Accounting Office of the Federal Government has set standards for federal departments and agencies . |
| 16 | Because its roots lie in the U.S.A. , where the ‘ public domain ’ character of the information means a liberal approach to information sharing , it has set standards that belated attempts at commercial payback or selfish attitudes of information restriction can not now erode . |
| 17 | If an affluent investor had invested in a poor stock , he might not object as he would enjoy setting losses against capital gains for the year . |
| 18 | To achieve this they pursued tight monetary policies which in many cases involved setting targets for the growth in money supply . |
| 19 | This involved setting targets each year for the growth of money supply over the following four years : the targets got progressively tighter over the four years , thus ‘ putting the squeeze on inflation ’ . |
| 20 | The other ships would remain offshore , and dispatch launches to set men ashore around the coastline of the gulf , to make their presence felt in the countryside , as well as to circle around and prevent the escape of any rebels or corrupt officials . |
| 21 | We are giving the regulators powers to set standards of service , covering such matters as fixed appointment times for service calls . |
| 22 | Because self-reward is gained through meeting standards and sticking to set routines , in the long run the tendency is to raise standards and elaborate routines so that self-reward may continue to be achieved . |
| 23 | ( 1 ) François Seurel , narrator , mostly sprechgesang to set scenes , describe locations and weather . |
| 24 | For example , in the two-period model described in the previous section it would seem likely that if aggregate demand became more volatile firms would become much more reluctant to agree to set prices two periods in advance , and so perhaps they would set prices only one period in advance : the nature of price rigidity would change in response to a change in the economic environment . |
| 25 | In June 1989 , isolated in the European Community and under pressure from Cabinet ministers , she agreed to set conditions for British entry to the EMS . |
| 26 | Sometimes they may even become directly involved in helping to set things up . |
| 27 | ( As we said above , we think that reparative measures could be particularly suitable in pursuing reintegrative shaming , for the performance of reparation shames the offender symbolically while seeking to set matters right between the offender , the victim and the community . ) |
| 28 | The type of argument exemplified by Strawson 's claim undoubtedly has a strong intuitive appeal , and versions of this approach have , ever since Kant , been popular as a means of seeking to set limits to the use of causal explanations in accounting for human affairs . |
| 29 | LEAs have tended to set targets which , when reached , can not be exceeded in the year in question . |
| 30 | Oxford English provides all the materials needed to set children on the right track . |