Example sentences of "set [pn reflx] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The industry is split over whether to set itself a 20% or 35% ceiling on the percentage of assets that junk bonds can account for . |
| 2 | Study takes time and the best way to use it is to set yourself a programme . |
| 3 | So one of the ways to overcome that is to set yourself a target to do more |
| 4 | ‘ We will set ourselves a budget each year and do only as much as we can afford . |
| 5 | I wonder if we could set ourselves a target , that we actually include something like this in next year 's business plan . |
| 6 | During the three year programme we set ourselves a total of 33 remits , of which only 5 remain to be completed . |
| 7 | If you are capable of directing the ball over the net ten times , then , realistically , you should set yourselves a target of twenty . |
| 8 | The underlying principle of such homework tasks , in the form of self-help therapy , is that everybody can set themselves a task , however small , and achieve it . |
| 9 | Set yourself a time limit if it helps : ‘ I must ask a question in the first five minutes . ’ |
| 10 | Set yourself a personal timetable for study . |
| 11 | Set yourself a target of identifying three good prospects for improving profit levels . |
| 12 | Again another thing too , is that boosting your ego side , if you s if you set yourself a little bit of a target and you can manage it er can you run up the hill ? |
| 13 | Set yourself a routine for taking particulars of an order . |
| 14 | It could be that you 've never taken your family abroad on holiday , so you set yourself a little objective , that in two years ' time , I want to take them all , even if it 's a damn package deal on a flight to Tenerife , do it , will you feel good , will the family enjoy it ? |
| 15 | In 1987 , they voluntarily set themselves a worldwide target of reducing air pollution by 90% at the end of 1992 . |
| 16 | You can set yourself a maximum bid , having viewed the fish beforehand , and can congratulate yourself if you get it for less . |
| 17 | Curran reveals : ‘ We 've set ourselves a target of four clean sheets for the last four matches — if we can achieve that we 're certain of at least four points . ’ |
| 18 | For the future , we have set ourselves a series of targets , spelled out below , which are designed to restore BP 's profitability and build a stronger balance sheet . |
| 19 | WITH the prospect of a five-year term , John Major has set himself a formidable agenda . |
| 20 | SMALL , West Ham 's forgotten striker , has set himself a New Year deadline to force his way back into Billy Bonds 's plans . |
| 21 | ALAN CORK , aiming for his 150th League goal this weekend , has set himself a new target — to join the 200 Club . |
| 22 | GARY SPEED has set himself a double task — to resurrect the fortunes of club and country . |
| 23 | SOCCER ace Gary Lineker has set himself a tough new goal — learning Japanese in just six months . |
| 24 | The 40 staff execute 3,500 trades a day on average , and Vine-Lott has set himself a target of more than doubling that in five years ' time , including a considerable proportion on behalf of other institutions , such as the Halifax Building Society , for whom it is already doing work , as well as other brokers and banks . |
| 25 | Stewart ( 31 ) will join the Glens this week and has set himself a three week target to be ready for first team action . |
| 26 | York Benedictine monk Cyril Brooks has set himself a 100-mile a day challenge to cycle around Britain to raise money for a church convention . |
| 27 | India , for example , has set itself a target of providing 80 per cent sanitation in towns , 25 per cent in rural areas , and water for all . |
| 28 | An application has been made to the Charity Commissioners for the Bradford Atea Project to be given registered charity status and the association has set itself a target of raising £20,000 during the next 12 months . |
| 29 | ICI , which had set itself a target of recovering 10 per cent of the CFCs it manufactured for use in cooling systems , has blamed lack of co-operation from local councils , industry and commerce for its failure to recover more than 1 per cent . |
| 30 | The Marton Road secondary has set itself a target of £1,200 . |