Example sentences of "set the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are serious about this , it is time to set the tables for breakfast . ’ |
| 2 | Zak and Emil arrived together at that point , Emil ready to set the tables for lunch , Zak in theatrical exasperation demanding to know if the actors were to put on the next scene before the meal as originally planned , and if not , when ? |
| 3 | Game theory demonstrates that it is usually most adaptive to be variable or unpredictable , so long as evolution or personal experience takes care to set the odds appropriately . |
| 4 | Callinicos is able to set the claims of such postmodern advocates as Charles Jencks and Linda Hutcheon against an analysis of Modernism ( predicated largely on that of Eugene Lunn ) in order to demonstrate that the latter is a good deal more complex in respect of its characteristic conceptions of the subject , expression , reflexion etc , than the former are wont to have it . |
| 5 | The kettle boiled and I made the drinks and followed him through to set the mugs down on the low table near the fireplace . |
| 6 | Bluntly , the Shadow Cabinet and unions need to get their fingers out — with some expedition — to set the limits of the proposed legal framework . |
| 7 | While blithely ignoring this fact , all Mr Clement will say is that ‘ bluntly , the Shadow Cabinet and unions need to get their fingers out — with some expedition — to set the limits of the proposed legal framework ’ . |
| 8 | I have suggested that a meaningful way to set the limits as to what may rightly be called a Christian position , is that Christians are those who proclaim Jesus to have been unique . |
| 9 | If you 've been thinking of making domestic changes or improvements , but lacked the money or momentum to set the wheels of change in motion use today to make a start . |
| 10 | It is not always easy to get up to date information on which to set the quotas , especially in a small area sample . |
| 11 | It was more important to set the processors ' internal patch levels so that when switching between processors the levels still matched . |
| 12 | Ah well you see that 's what I 'm talking about as well , Napier are saying if your guys want to set the exams fine but we did in fact in the last exam paper find a fundamental flaw . |
| 13 | They 've a revolutionary scoreboard for the fans and on the pitch soccer to set the sparks flying . |
| 14 | He used to set the questions for University Challenge . |
| 15 | He used to set the questions for University Challenge . |
| 16 | The USSR Supreme Soviet was instructed to set the dates . |
| 17 | The Court of Appeal , with its considerable case-load of appeals in personal injury actions and the relatively recent experience of many of its members in trying such cases themselves is , generally speaking , the tribunal best qualified to set the guide-lines for judges currently trying such actions . |
| 18 | Government can do much to set the boundaries in which it is possible to create wealth . |
| 19 | So you have to set the boundaries for friends , in just the same way that you do for parents . |
| 20 | Central government is there to set the boundaries to local government activity , to give advice , to set minimum standards and give financial assistance , especially to poorer areas , but local authorities have a distinct responsibility to develop services in their own way , setting their own priorities . |
| 21 | It is important to set the boundaries of this study . |
| 22 | The only real difference was that when the weather was favourable we arrived at the site one hour before dawn to set the nets . |
| 23 | The April 1991 Madrid agreement on a 50-year Antarctic mining ban [ see p. 38171 ] , tentatively scheduled for formal agreement in June , was jeopardized when the US government , although supportive of the moratorium , proved unwilling to sign the agreement ( a protocol to the Antarctic Treaty ) without acceptable procedures to set the rules applicable after the end of the 50-year period . |
| 24 | The idea is to imagine you have been called to a ‘ convention ’ to set the rules of the constitution and the social and economic structure of society . |
| 25 | But one further development is the British Standard , the B S seven seven five O , and seeks out to set the systems of environmental management . |
| 26 | If you have to set the commands manually in either the config.sys or the autoexec.bat files , you will have to use either the Edlin , or Edit commands . |
| 27 | ‘ I will show you how to set the places , and to begin with , this morning , perhaps you will serve only water . |
| 28 | It is always difficult to set the bounds to an industry — to determine where one industry 's activities end and another industry 's activities begin . |
| 29 | If the situation continues I will have no other recourse than to set the facts before Rose Lipman . |
| 30 | This sounds complicated , but the easiest way to approach it is , at row two , to set the carriages as if you were going to knit circular knitting , ensuring that it is the ribber that will slip on the next two . |