Example sentences of "[conj] set [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your council can also choose to extend these periods of time or set new classes of property other than the one laid down by the Government . |
| 2 | Later , the results are carefully compared with the intentions in order to identify remedial action or set new targets . |
| 3 | For three months cattle stealing in Matara declined sharply , and stolen cattle were returned to their owners or set free . |
| 4 | The department had hoped to reach flexible service agreements with many voluntary bodies , but the city 's lawyers told them they either had to give grants ( guaranteeing nothing in return ) or set binding contracts . |
| 5 | Then , with a smile that set all the butterflies off again , ‘ It 's my intention to take you to where the food is really good , and also show you something of the city by night . ’ |
| 6 | However it is not the distance , but the conditions under which it was achieved that set this dive apart . |
| 7 | It is the Serbian minority in Croatia that was part of the spark that set alight the flames in Yugoslavia . |
| 8 | A purist could argue that it was class and function that set these store owners up for assault , but on the streets , in the full fury of those 48 hours , stretching from the mid-afternoon Wednesday verdict in Simi Valley , any Korean would have been fair game . |
| 9 | In other words , rather than set these antithetical approaches against each other as one might have expected , Foucault suggests that they are part of the same mutation . |
| 10 | Rather than set formal tests , some researchers prefer to base their inferences on the child 's performance on less formal tasks ; the Goodenough draw-a-man test , for example , scores how sophisticated children 's pictures are . |
| 11 | The constitutional framework reflects and sustains that political culture by providing an almost paralysed political system that sets one branch against another and hamstrings those who aspire to lead . |
| 12 | There is , in fact , no place for any distinctions , for anything that sets one thing off against any other thing : limits , forms , conventions , individuals . |
| 13 | They talk about the ’ politics of envy ’ — a revealingly ugly , negative phrase that sets one person against another . |
| 14 | THERE is a face that pops up on TV screens that is the most instantly dislikeable I 've ever seen on the tube ; a medium that sets Olympic standards in throwing up instantly dislikeable mugs . |
| 15 | The outcome of the political merry-go-round that sets nominal tax rates has produced a roughly proportionate tax structure . |
| 16 | It was the defence of this social unit that set many of the boundaries to the debates and limited the eventual legislative reform . |
| 17 | Countries that set higher standards could then be asked to justify them if they block trade . |
| 18 | The central problem for the government is to determine the value of the subsidy to the ‘ social ’ railway , that is the services that would not exist or would be extremely highly priced without state support , and to set appropriate targets for the ‘ commercial ’ railway . |
| 19 | Students are asked to assess their current skills , knowledge and behaviours and to set personal goals in relation to these . |
| 20 | The government has proposed a comprehensive scheme to classify up to 10,000 stretches of river in England and Wales according to their use and to set statutory cleanliness standards for them . |
| 21 | The government on July 5 lifted price controls on private goods and services , and deregulated business operations , in an effort to attract domestic and foreign investors and to set clear economic rules to all sectors . |
| 22 | Companies seeking the Prince 's warrant will have to show that they are developing an environmental policy and are willing to carry out an internal environmental review and to set green targets , to be reviewed annually . |
| 23 | As a housegroup experiences the power of such mutual support , it is important to take steps to prevent repetition and to set further goals for growth . |
| 24 | THEY are puritanical , love tea ceremonies and gardening and set great store by good manners . |
| 25 | He enjoyed handling Glic 's pups , that Luch , alone in the castle , was allowed to lift from their dam 's teats and set warm and wriggling in his hands while they were as blind as he was himself . |
| 26 | In designing Enfield , management wanted ‘ a quantum leap in productivity ’ , and set specific targets in relation to costs , quality , time to market and asset management . |
| 27 | Firstly , the approach can be used to direct his or her attention to those customers or prospective customers requiring further investigation regarding their ability to pay , and importantly can alert him to the need to alter the terms of trade or pricing to manage the level of risk and set appropriate credit limits . |
| 28 | There was also general agreement that there should be an international authority operating on the lines of a domestic regulatory board , with the power to regulate routes , arbitrate in disputes , and set technical standards . |
| 29 | In his attempt to appeal to Basildon Man , Smith has lifted the anchor of ideology and set Labour adrift on a sea of fudge . ’ |
| 30 | But the board has decided to extend licensing guidelines to cover a three-mile-square area of the city centre and set final closing times between midnight and 1:30am for pubs . |