Example sentences of "set [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 DEFW can be used to set 2 bytes of memory to a particular value .
2 By doing this , ‘ they have helped to set one area and one group of workers against another in the struggle to obtain a higher share of the inadequate number of jobs available . ’
3 DEFB can be used to set one byte of memory to a particular value .
4 If we are to do better in 1996 , we must avoid the trap of appearing to set one group against the other .
5 It was a disgraceful piece of television , in as much as it failed completely to set one point of view against another so that genuine truth could emerge .
6 ‘ These big international companies recognise borders only when they want to use them to set one workforce against another , ’ says one .
7 Set 3,100 feet above sea level , Schluchsee is a real suntrap overlooked by the Black Forest 's highest peak , Feldberg .
8 Set 2 Isosceles triangles
9 Set 270 miles north of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic , it is a volcanic island bursting with brilliant contrasts : the green of banana plantations , the red of vines , the dazzling blue of the sea .
10 In the circuit you set 2400 rpm ( at that engine speed full throttle can be applied if the situation demands ) , and reduce manifold pressure to 20 ’ .
11 Among other lots were : set of four Queen Anne style dining chairs , £155 ; reeded and inlaid mahogany twin pedestal dining table , £150 ; mahogany and glazed two-door china display cabinet , £125 ; carved walnut chest , £105 ; set three water colour drawings , ‘ Children ’ signed Muriel McKinley , £100 .
12 As the organising committee we set three objectives for this conference .
13 Set three days aside in your diary ( within the next three months ) to go away to a hotel with your team and tackle the issue .
14 Set 3 Scalene triangles
15 One does n't fall in love in five seconds ; but five seconds can set one dreaming of falling in love , especially in a community as unrelievedly masculine as that of the Lord Byron School .
16 And before I go on I must set one thing straight .
17 Set one machine to talk to another and they will strike a deal without any personal upsets or problems ; humans , on the other hand , will show human failings .
18 That ministers set one policy for dealing with Saddam Hussein … and operated another in secret .
19 Note the wage rate at any point in time ( t ) is made up of an average of wages which were set one period earlier and those set two periods before .
20 Set two pieces of meat over the nests , a pastry case to the side and a ribbon of sauce around the outside of each plate .
21 It is surrounded by beautiful gardens and many fruit trees and is set 500 metres from the sea and just over a mile down hill from Taormina .
22 At this point a servant appeared bearing a rough tray on which were set three horn beakers .
23 These are set three years ahead .
24 Paul Collins , for , who lives in Somerset , is an Alexander teacher who has explored running and has himself set ten world records for veterans .
25 Moreover , instead of these cash limits being set one year ahead they are now to cover the whole planning period ; that is , three years ahead .
26 In this sense prices in period t are sticky : they are set one period in advance and are then unresponsive to the level of demand which actually occurs in period t .
27 Note the wage rate at any point in time ( t ) is made up of an average of wages which were set one period earlier and those set two periods before .
28 The drought has already set one project , a national food reserve , back by at least a year .
29 the fact that the bereavement sum of £3,500 is arbitrary and was set five years ago .
30 The record was set 16 years ago by David Sandiman , who was then 17 .
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