Example sentences of "[pron] set [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This done , I set each processor to a different effect and balanced the quantity of each effect coming into the Quad-FX with the four trim pots . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's not my style , Ian — you should realise that I set great store by not creating ‘ scenes ’ ; by not making those that I esteem suffer any unnecessary discomfort , whether it be social , physical , or otherwise . ’ |
| 3 | The health boards in Scotland are very close to the hospitals , which is why I set considerable store by the approval that had been granted to the applications by the Grampian health board in the case of Foresterhill and by the Ayrshire and Arran health board in the case of South Ayrshire . |
| 4 | When Mr Allen was admitted to hospital I reassessed the situation and together Mrs Allen and I set some revised goals for her care . |
| 5 | I set those thoughts aside to peruse the direction my instincts led me to take . |
| 6 | I set those thoughts aside to peruse the direction my instincts led me to take . |
| 7 | It is straightforward , thirty five minutes , shall I set thirty five ? |
| 8 | The pump would have to be below the surface of the water , how would I set this up ? |
| 9 | Bearing that in mind , we find ourselves setting whole group dramas on spaceships or sailing ships , in medieval castles , on expeditions ; and what all these have in common is that within the setting it is comparatively easy to ensure that each participant has an essential role ; we can easily create a chain of dependency , to ensure that each child feels they have a stake in the drama . |
| 10 | But now M Philippe Maystadt , Belgian Finance Minister , has abolished the system which allowed them to set 100 per cent of the bill against tax as a business expense , she said . |
| 11 | If you have practised all the new skills available to you with the K858 , you could , at this stage , create a garment combining a selection of textures that all go well together , choosing from Fair Isle , lace and cables and placing them to set each other off to the best advantage . |
| 12 | ‘ These big international companies recognise borders only when they want to use them to set one workforce against another , ’ says one . |
| 13 | Cool and refreshing on its own , green is a matrix in which to set other colours like gems . |
| 14 | Organizations which set great store by behavioural conformity often develop patterns of operation which can appear ridiculous in their manifestations . |
| 15 | He was co-author of the declaration of Philadelphia of 1945 which set postwar goals for the ILO , and affirmed that economic and financial policies were to be judged by their contribution to social justice . |
| 16 | The abolition of Wages Councils , which set minimum pay rates for two and a half million low-paid workers , mainly women , was the most controversial measure . |
| 17 | Instead of the brief annual bargaining over estimates , each year 's budget would be the outcome of a longer-term planning process which set authority-wide priorities . |
| 18 | So the rules and conventions which set these limits are effectively , if paradoxically , the surest guarantee we have of freedom of thought and action . |
| 19 | Resistance to cuts in production was fuelled by expectations of increased demand based on official OPEC estimates which set third-quarter ( September ) demand at 22,810,000 bpd , rising to 23,710,000 bpd in the fourth quarter ( December ) . |
| 20 | Sandiford on May 2 , 1990 , presented a budget for 1990/1991 which set recurrent expenditure at B$1,000 million and capital expenditure at B$243 million [ see p. 37821 ] . |
| 21 | And Mr Major has confirmed that wages councils , which set basic pay rates for 2.5 million low paid workers , are to be abolished . |
| 22 | Paul Collins , for , who lives in Somerset , is an Alexander teacher who has explored running and has himself set ten world records for veterans . |
| 23 | The Low Pay Unit , which sets minimum rates of pay for 2.5 milion workers , announced that Mrs Shephard had condemned the poorest families to even lower wages . |
| 24 | And most countries with nuclear power programmes are , are pa er er are , subscribe to the International Atomic Energy Agency which sets international standards er and they have inspectors who , who er check these standards are being observed . |
| 25 | Hewlett Packard has launched the LaserJet 4 , a 600 dots per inch network printer which sets new standards for print quality and ease of use , and yet costs no more than a current LaserJet 3 . |
| 26 | In our culture , which sets such a high premium on self-enrichment ( in every sense ) , the robust , emotive and expressive aspects of soul act as a sort of therapy , helping us to ‘ liberate ’ ourselves by getting back in touch with ourselves , opening up , unblocking , becoming more functional and therefore ( it runs ) more ‘ free ’ . |
| 27 | It took a five-year tussle with the Luftfahrt Bundesamt , the German body which sets aeronautical regulations , before the cylinders were approved for use in hot-air balloons . |
| 28 | In order that the shelf-life shall be sufficiently long it is necessary that at the time of manufacture , the product shall comply with a specification which sets narrower limits , particularly for those parameters in respect of which the product is least stable . |
| 29 | It was said that , as noted above , the law would provide not a straitjacket but , rather , scope for the ‘ imaginative application of professional skills at all levels of the education service , within a statutory framework which sets clear objectives ’ . |
| 30 | The first decision of this tactical group was not to table a motion of no confidence during the debate on the bill which sets this year 's level of defence spending . |