Example sentences of "[noun sg] set a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Sherwood reacted by saying that the new terms from Temple had once again delayed SeaCo 's intention to set a date for the shareholder meeting . |
| 2 | If it is your intention to set a cat among the pigeons or let loose an eagle in the dovecote , you do n't send a postcard in advance announcing your intentions . ’ |
| 3 | In the short run , however , will the Secretary of State tell the House whether it is his intention to set a time limit beyond which talks will not be pursued by Her Majesty 's Government until after the next general election ? |
| 4 | It is the angel Gabriel who comes to Charlemagne at the end of the poem , just as Gabriel and Michael — the fighting archangel , whose cult was flourishing anew in the tenth and eleventh centuries — come to Roland to carry his soul to heaven ; the poem is definitely Christian , and an attempt to set a religious seal on knightly glory ; but the knightly glory has in its turn captured the Church , and harnessed it , in the person of the archbishop of Rheims , to the holy war against the infidel . |
| 5 | Stanyer sets a high standard , but the response from practitioners was scarcely more enthusiastic . |
| 6 | The quiz sets a task rather than posing a standard question , the task could be format a disk . |
| 7 | Second , there are situations in which the regulatory rule sets a less onerous standard than the general law but does not prohibit compliance with the higher standard , raising the question of whether the rule offers a " safe harbour " for those who comply with it . |
| 8 | These had to be redeployed under Japanese pressure in late April because Mape HQ set a 60-mile ( 95 + km ) base line — from Memo , through Cailaco , Atsabe and Maubisse to Remexio overlooking Dili — from which patrols could go' forward into occupied territory . |
| 9 | The guitar 's overall finish is faultless : the vintage turquoise body and clear lacquered neck set a standard that many manufacturers would love to emulate . |
| 10 | Darlington RA 's professional Troy Dixon also made 105 not out and his side set a target of 216 for seven at Blackhall but the game was drawn . |
| 11 | The Donne monument set a fashion for ‘ resurrection ’ figures . |
| 12 | Earlier this month , the Environment Department set a date for the public inquiry to start on October 26 at a venue to be fixed in Liverpool . |
| 13 | Given the stark position on the streets of Northern Ireland , is it not the right hon. Gentleman 's responsibility to set a date for the reconvening of talks , so that they can begin where they ended ? |
| 14 | By determining a local council 's grant income from the centre and setting a ceiling to a local council 's revenue raising , central government acquired the capacity to set a limit on any council 's spending . |
| 15 | Yes we know that from the first of April ninety-five it will probably no longer be the responsibility of the county council to set a budget for the Wiltshire police authority . |
| 16 | ‘ But do n't worry — my boss sets a lot of store by this little beauty . |
| 17 | This proposal sets a dangerous anti-democratic precedent . |
| 18 | The new law sets a 48-hour limit on the working week . |
| 19 | In the following year he had succeeded in attracting so much public attention that the government was obliged to hurry through parliament a new Merchant Shipping Act setting a fixed load line for ships — the " Plimsoll Line " . |
| 20 | Another measure , of ‘ narrow ’ money , was Mo , which covered cash , the banks ' till money , and the Bank of England 's operational cash , and the Chancellor set a target for this as well . |
| 21 | For further help set a limit to the number of paragraphs you will use . |
| 22 | This reported in 1960 ( the Herbert Report ) , and in 1963 the London Government Act set a broad boundary to the London area and gave shared responsibility for its local services to the Greater London Council ( GLC ) , and to thirty-two London boroughs and the City of London . |
| 23 | BRITAIN yesterday took comfort from reports of an alleged overnight breach between the West German Chancellor , Dr Helmut Kohl , and the French on the need to set a date for a Community monetary union conference . |
| 24 | BRITAIN yesterday took comfort from reports of an alleged overnight breach between the West German Chancellor , Dr Helmut Kohl , and the French on the need to set a date for a Community monetary union conference . |
| 25 | If one of them is aware that she is providing an example for the others , she will have an additional incentive to set a high standard . |
| 26 | 2.00am : The borough solicitor , barely comprehensible through a jungle of subordinate clauses , warns councillors that failure to set a rate by midday would make them personally responsible for losses incurred . |
| 27 | There was also criticism of the authorities ' reluctance to set a date for the elections ( scheduled for early 1992 — see pp. 38135 ; 38325 ) . |
| 28 | The sifu sets a time-limit to the fight , usually about two minutes , and supervises it closely . |
| 29 | Chronic exposure to aluminium has been linked to nerve damage , and an EC Directive sets a limit for the permissable amount in drinking water . |
| 30 | The EC Drinking Water Directive set a Maximum Admissible Concentration ( MAC ) of 50 ug/litre of lead in tapwater . |