Example sentences of "[det] set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Tom gets on well with the second chef , who shares his general outlook , and this sets the tone of the kitchen . |
| 2 | This sets the framework for doing a bio-psychosocial assessment , using multidisciplinary knowledge from other professionals to piece together the impact of recent events on a particular family network . |
| 3 | This sets the tone of what the general public read about sex crime . |
| 4 | Given the gradations in penalty available , this sets the threshold for liability at a surprisingly high level , and it may be wondered whether an individual defendant on his own will often be able to perpetrate that degree of ferocity , although the Act clearly contemplates this as a possibility . |
| 5 | In this setting the qualitative was constantly under evaluation at the expense of the quantitative measure , for the ‘ wise ’ amongst us who were present knew that the statistical return often gives a skewed version of complex social events , although it speaks volumes about the way our systems of control are generated and maintained . |
| 6 | In a sense , this is the ‘ if … then ’ technique played on the seller , but in this setting the consequences are more serious . |
| 7 | This set the new tone of the UK 's argument : everything possible was being done and therefore any breaches of European law should be disregarded while ‘ things were brought up to scratch ’ . |
| 8 | This set the pattern for all later accounts of El Cid up to the seventeenth century , when medieval sources were frequently questioned as to their ultimate accuracy . |
| 9 | This set the tone for the 1980s , when , despite successive draconian states of emergency , both secondary schools and universities have played a major part in challenging the government . |
| 10 | Lucas 's published conclusion ( see panel ) followed the review of payment and payroll systems and to a large extent this set the pattern for all future best practice documents . |
| 11 | This set the pattern of Anglo-Gascon administration for the rest of the Middle Ages , and there was little departure from its terms before the final débâcle of 1453 . |
| 12 | If unc we write Sf for the set{ sf : s ε S } and call this set the image of S under f . |
| 13 | This set the various factions manoeuvring , while Ne Win also came in . |
| 14 | Matteo Fargion 's specially composed music for piano , strings and brass does much to set the tone of the piece , with its clouded dissonances and flurries of bright jazzy melody . |
| 15 | Government can do much to set the boundaries in which it is possible to create wealth . |
| 16 | These set the minimum amount of capital ( free assets , or the amount by which an insurers ' assets exceed the actuarial calculation of its liabilities ) that an insurer must have to reassure customers and regulators that it can meet its liabilities . |
| 17 | Grand chandeliers and marble floors , gilt mirrors and woven wall-hangings greet you as you enter the airy Hotel Savoy and these set the tone for a traditional hotel of classic style . |
| 18 | These set the sights of ambition , often embodied in a series of national plans , what we called national intent in chapter 1 . |
| 19 | Many set the odds on Rank achieving his ambitions very low indeed , seemingly believing that , as Eric Ambler was later to remark , ‘ a policy of selling British cars to America with their steering wheels on the right would have had the same chance of success . ’ |
| 20 | together with the frustrations experienced by the abler and younger people coming into politics , may in time lead to a decline in the quality of political leadership available , at least in comparison with the capacity of those setting the pace in other sectors of British life . |
| 21 | That sets the tone for what follows , as blunder is piled on blunder . |
| 22 | That sets the little boats rocking like crazy , like there 's a sudden storm or summat . |
| 23 | Five to seven , that 's not a problem , but quarter to seven , that sets the whole , the whole sale process the wrong . |
| 24 | Now that sets the general scene sir . |
| 25 | The very notion of falling into that mass of water , as into unforeseen circumstances , and being swallowed — becoming an unconsidered mote and being swallowed — was enough to set the pulses racing . |
| 26 | That set the first targets for reduction of chlorofluorocarbons and halons but excluded HCFCs . |
| 27 | That set the pattern for the next few days . |
| 28 | That set the fur flying and even United coach Geoff Konopka was also sent off for serious misconduct . |
| 29 | It assembled a variety of skilled sympathisers on the stage of the ICA that both set the audience hopping up and down and delivered music of such a strong African flavour as to make the issue and the entertainment inseperable . |
| 30 | Both set the same frivolous text by Gennaro Federico , which , by the time Paisiello came to write his opera nearly fifty years after Pergolesi 's — must have seemed a little out of date . |