Example sentences of "[adv] set [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marshalls ' multi-size setts are small enough to set round curves |
| 2 | The apparently set commercial format of ITV in the UK was rudely upset during 1991 by a novel — and pretty ill-thought-out — scheme dreamed up by the government to distribute new licences for ITV1 . |
| 3 | He insisted that he alone set Free French policy on all major issues . |
| 4 | Fand and Liban came behind , but their spears did n't light the way , only set confusing reflections in the walls . |
| 5 | I would look for strategically positioned places , such as a corner or perhaps set high off the street . |
| 6 | The meeting should only set broad parameters for the worker , then there would be scope for genuine negotiation , with the parent 's real agreement . |
| 7 | It apparently sets great store by creating business and completing assignments relatively quickly . |
| 8 | Tightening the butterfly nuts on these magnet limpets broke the glass phials , so setting chemical time-fuses ( see Appendix 3 ) before the raiders turned their canoe back to sea on a reciprocal course for the motor launch . |
| 9 | Also , try not to set conflicting targets . |
| 10 | It does not set individual drug prices , but rather limits companies ' overall profits to 25 per cent . |
| 11 | The Scottish No1 , Russell Devine , has been joined by his Inverness team-mate , Dave Allan , and both have just set new personal bests . |
| 12 | He has just set ambitious new targets for the next three years . |
| 13 | Some member states , for example France and Italy , have already set quantitative limits to their imports of Japanese cars . |
| 14 | Legs are strongly developed with straight , heavy bone , not set close together . |
| 15 | What was more , they were threatening to burn down the capital if Colonel Rebu was not set free — and Port-au-Prince is mostly built of wood . |
| 16 | The world was not set alight by the sound of ‘ Shakespeare 's Sister ’ . |
| 17 | Like the Royal Bank it is not setting specific targets . |
| 18 | It will bring lots of new faces to Barbados and hopefully set new standards . ’ |
| 19 | But an explanation by Loganair to passengers waiting for a flight in Stornoway yesterday set new standards for bizarre apologies . |
| 20 | I do n't think he ever set great store by it . ’ |
| 21 | Desktop publishing is unlike any other kind of software ever set loose on the market . |
| 22 | We were told that a previously logged area was burning , the humus-rich soil being deliberately set alight to free the nutrients in the soil for subsequent cultivation , and that the blaze was the size of Singapore . |
| 23 | blue horizon , unshakeably set fair , |
| 24 | Always set rich unless the airfield elevation is above 4,000 feet . |
| 25 | The prefix ‘ hard ’ always set red lights flashing , especially where the numerical grade was untypically high for the adjectival one — HVS 5b 's like Praying Mantis , on Borrowdale 's Goat Crag , or in Northumberland , Hard Severe 4c . |
| 26 | He had worked for the same engineering firm for thirty years and he had always set great store by the company pension . |
| 27 | She had never been a snob in the unpleasant sense of the word , but she had always set great store by Father 's material success , and later by my having been to Oxford and then on my becoming a doctor . |
| 28 | And she had always set great store by common sense . |
| 29 | One reason is that the Government has always set upper limits to loan redemption periods . |
| 30 | Singapore : Still setting post-crash records , the Straits Times index added 2.87 to 1,431.85 on slightly lower turnover . |