Example sentences of "[vb mod] set [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must set some guiding principles for the way in which we run our business , worldwide . |
| 2 | ‘ It is impractical to say that we should set some timetable for ending discharges without any idea whether it can be achieved or not . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And I 'll set this up so it thinks it 's a Panasonic K X P Eleven Twenty Four . |
| 6 | You could set that up in your setup options so |
| 7 | One careless word could set those bastards on your wife . |
| 8 | So let's set that . |
| 9 | 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 , |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Would set all cares aside and devote himself to Fei Yen . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Ideally we would set this value equal to the optimal objective function value of problem k , say . |
| 14 | It would set this soldier 's mind at rest if you could kindly cancel this debt . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ They say they will set most of the passengers free when their brothers are on the plane . |
| 16 | We can set that unique inside view of later life in America against only two comparable glimpses — brief but direct — from our own set of British autobiographers . |
| 17 | I mean it it 's only external speakers that we should er I mean they come to the University for a day , I can set that up I mean we can do exactly the same at university . |
| 18 | All employers who meet childcare costs can set these off against their liability for corporation tax . |
| 19 | If you are netting alone — I have done this lots of times — you can not work more than 150 – 175 yards ( 135 – 160 metres ) of nets , whereas a team can set several hundreds of yards . |
| 20 | I can set this cruise control to any speed I want and it drives without me having to touch the accelerator . |
| 21 | You can set this so that the machine will stop at points you have preselected : if you zero at your starting point on the tape , the machine will stop there automatically when you rewind . |
| 22 | Never mind , perhaps next time when we meet and hopefully we 'll be meeting again in say a fortnight 's time , erm we can set some time aside when you 'll both be here cos I 'm sure she 'll be interested to hear what I 've got to come back and talk about . |
| 23 | Newco can then lease the assets back to Target in return for rental payments from Target , against which Newco can set any available writing down allowances in respect of the expenditure incurred in acquiring the assets and interest payments on its borrowings . |