Example sentences of "[modal v] set [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) Teachers must set appropriate learning activities for each pupil , i.e. differentiated . |
| 2 | And before I go on I must set one thing straight . |
| 3 | We must set some guiding principles for the way in which we run our business , worldwide . |
| 4 | You play a character called Rohan who must set free the monks he finds on his journey . |
| 5 | The agreement was based on a Luxembourg proposal , which suggested that EC governments should set general guidelines on exchange rate policy , but only after consulting the Eurofed with the aim of " trying to reach a consensus [ with the bank ] compatible with the objective of price stability " . |
| 6 | If Mr Patten really does want to promote literacy he should set accessible books that the modern child can relate to and enjoy . |
| 7 | Last year , a report for the European Commission argued that all EC countries should set corporate taxes within a Community-wide minimum and maximum . |
| 8 | ‘ It is impractical to say that we should set some timetable for ending discharges without any idea whether it can be achieved or not . ’ |
| 9 | When knowledge of basic principles might cure for future generations many diseases and even hunger and that education might set solid foundations for extending and repeating that knowledge , as well as the economic viability of the community and a sense of responsibility . |
| 10 | There was never my my view and and one day I shall if I ever get round to it I might set this all out . |
| 11 | Well we 'll , we 'll set that up with a board of its own erm , as an operating board and each of our divisions has an operating board erm , and that means it will have a finance director , it will have , and it will have a Chief Executive er , and there 'll be one or two other people on that board , such as er , Mark , Development Director er , and er , we 'll go from there . |
| 12 | We 'll set larger , we 'll set in eighteen point , I mean you can say something about — not an abstract , because they did n't want to be academic . |
| 13 | And I 'll set this up so it thinks it 's a Panasonic K X P Eleven Twenty Four . |
| 14 | The legislation is not only unnecessary but it is , it could set industrial relations back years in this country . |
| 15 | You could set that up in your setup options so |
| 16 | Critics also pointed to the lack of competition , absence of commercial disciplines ( although ministers could set external finance limits and financial ‘ targets ’ for return on capital ) , and threat of bankruptcy . |
| 17 | Mr Stephen Woodley , from King 's School , Canterbury , said teachers could set easier assignments and see their candidates win higher grades . |
| 18 | One careless word could set those bastards on your wife . |
| 19 | She tells him about the street she was brought up in , its granular asphalt pavement ridged with long wavering bulges where they had been dug up to get at the gas and water mains , and overhung by waterfalls of laburnum , with front gardens marked off by low walls , some of them in crenellated brickwork , some in pebble-dash with decorative chains dipping above them that you could set swinging , one after another , as you walked by . |
| 20 | I mean if you 'd set precise standards in the first place , you would n't have caused all that confusion . |
| 21 | So let's set that . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Against these , we may set happier examples . |
| 24 | I felt and this is the bit I like , I , I some I , I used to set this at one point in the examination question and ask people to guess which American president said it I 'll read , I 'll read it to you measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation just , I 'll just get the essence of that , measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation ninety percent put Richard Nixon er no one put Abraham Lincoln er cos he was one of the good guys right or wrong I assume this ground I could not feel that to the best of my ability I had even tried to preserve the if to save James Buchanan is essentially the Pontius Pilate of American politics he says yes these are very acute problems er and very difficult er and I 'd like to help but I 'm sorry I ca n't and I really do have to go off and wash my hands now erm and , you know , you carry on and when you 've resolved it tell me what you want me to do and I 'll , |
| 25 | There is little disagreement between theories that economic development within capitalist societies such as the UK tends to take place unevenly , but different theories would set that unevenness in contrasting contexts : of long-term equilibrium , increasing polarization or shifting patterns of continuing inequality . |
| 26 | Would set all cares aside and devote himself to Fei Yen . |
| 27 | Henceforth , the Bank of England would set short-term interest rates and banks would be free to compete to supply whatever quantity of lending was demanded at that rate . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , cattle are enemies of grass in that it is still true that an individual grass plant would be better off not being eaten by a cow than being eaten , and any mutant plant that possessed , say , a chemical weapon that protected it against cows , would set more seed ( containing genetic instructions for making the chemical weapon ) than rival members of its own species that were more palatable to cows . |
| 29 | Ideally we would set this value equal to the optimal objective function value of problem k , say . |
| 30 | It would set this soldier 's mind at rest if you could kindly cancel this debt . ’ |