Example sentences of "set [prep] [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 Elections , for example , are not decided by those electors whose support for particular parties is relatively fixed , but by those relatively uncommitted individuals whose attitudes and voting choices may not set until nearer polling day .
2 DIVERSIFIED USM insurance broker Oriel ( 129p ) is set for further expansion into niche areas after a 33 per cent 1991 profits increase to £2.8 million .
3 The scene is set for further dissociative experiences .
4 The fair , which attracted a record-breaking 10,678 visitors and 4,085 publishing personnel from 867 companies , is set for further growth .
5 From humble beginnings sales have quadrupled and are set for further high growth in the next three years .
6 Another evidently believed that The Merchant of Venice was set in greater Los Angeles .
7 Unusually for the Daily News there was a tailpiece to the article , set in darker type , with Toby 's name attached .
8 Oh ! hear me witness that my heart is set on higher things ; it would sail into far seas unvisited of man , but always there is this anchor of the flesh chaining it to its native shore . ’
9 Traditionally these courses are for the more able , particularly those with their sights set on higher education .
10 After all , he reminded himself , he was Prior William now and had his eye set on further promotion .
11 When you decide to get married , fix yourself up with someone of the old school , not one of those feminist flibbertigibbets of the kind Jim and I have landed ourselves with — undomesticated , never there , eyes set on further career mountains to be climbed .
12 The Company is intent on maximising its potential and feels it is now set to further sales from 1991 which with revenue from other sources , point to a good year for the Company as a whole .
13 Not only should this make network analysis more efficient , but should increase potential for looking at larger data sets on smaller ( and hence cheaper ) computers .
14 The mild paranoia which afflicts all prime ministers in time is setting in earlier than expected .
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