Example sentences of "set a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had rung through to the Swan Hotel in Stratford to set a revised time of arrival at 6.15 p.m. ; but by the look of things it was going to be , in Wellington 's words , ‘ a damn close-run thing ’ . |
| 2 | It sent her backing nervously towards the casement window as if to set a safer distance between the two of them . |
| 3 | He wanted to set a standard that says a system is easy to use ‘ if at least 90 per cent of a representative example of users can be trained to the level specified in 15 minutes or less . ’ |
| 4 | Your next action today is to set a standard that everyone in your team attends a conference at least once every six months . |
| 5 | The return to Warrington where a gasometer was destroyed three weeks ago may appear to set a curious pattern to the IRA 's logistics , but it may be that recent arrests and seizures of weapons and explosives in London in early March has inflicted a major blow to their intentions in the capital . |
| 6 | But it will deal a blow to the agreement , which allows publishers to set a minimum price for most books . |
| 7 | The statistical confirmation of the reality of so many gentlemen ‘ made good cheape ’ may have been what prompted Garter King of Arms ' decision in 1530 to set a minimum qualification of £10 per annum for sporting a coat of arms . |
| 8 | Motion three three four also deals with the abolition of the Wages Council and the C E C would like you to ask you to support it , but with qualification , that a national minimum wage rather than a national Wages Council is likely to be the best way to set a minimum rate of pay . |
| 9 | As a matter of practice most claims come to light within the first two audits of the business by the purchaser ; ( c ) to set a minimum value which the purchaser 's claim must exceed in order for the claim to be brought ( see clause 14.2 of the standard sale agreement ) — Appendix III . |
| 10 | Price mechanism can be structured from cost-effective analysis to enable us to set a reasonable charge that will ensure profitability . |
| 11 | Rushmere spent 71 balls over his 29 , and at times it seemed as if Wessels and Kirsten were more interested in spending much-needed time in the middle than trying to set a challenging target . |
| 12 | If ULEAC decided to set a higher fee than the other boards , the discount might be worthless , he said . |
| 13 | Though I should say that what councillor said that my group were prepared to set a higher tax level if that were necessary . |
| 14 | It is the angel Gabriel who comes to Charlemagne at the end of the poem , just as Gabriel and Michael — the fighting archangel , whose cult was flourishing anew in the tenth and eleventh centuries — come to Roland to carry his soul to heaven ; the poem is definitely Christian , and an attempt to set a religious seal on knightly glory ; but the knightly glory has in its turn captured the Church , and harnessed it , in the person of the archbishop of Rheims , to the holy war against the infidel . |
| 15 | IT 'S QUICKER by tube , ran the advert for the London Underground — and Courtaulds Packaging Betts Tubes ' site in Stevenage is certainly beginning to set a cracking pace . |
| 16 | Christians had managed to set a moral example to their neighbours . |
| 17 | For example , you have to account for money spent on holidays , and it 's wise to set a certain amount aside for emergencies , like the boiler breaking down . |
| 18 | In their recent joint report on the Soviet economy , the IMF and other multilateral agencies urged the Soviet Union not to move to free trade overnight , but to set a temporary tariff of 30% . |
| 19 | Both fell to peeler crab on a 1/0 hook to 15 lb line to give Roy a unique double — before Christmas he took a 4 lb 7 oz flounder from the Exe to set a new best for his club 's inner area record . |
| 20 | Yet again he eked out his resources across the two laps to set a new best of 1min 48.4sec . |
| 21 | Together , both companies are trying to set a new standard for the more complex computing world of the 1990s : a jointly developed operating system called OS/2 . |
| 22 | At the same time , to set a New Testament canon beside the Old carried implications for the concept of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 23 | Scottish Nuclear 's ‘ Follow That Dog ’ sweatshirt are about to set a new trend in Scottish fashion — and we 're giving five away in our special Bulletin competition . |
| 24 | Last year McCallen crashed out , leaving Robert to win , and Ian Newton to set a new lap record at 115.86 mph — but this time it should be a different story . |
| 25 | On May 29 the government announced that the Political Parties Law had been amended to allow the INEC to set a new limit for individual contributions . |
| 26 | Disabled sportsman , Ian Hayden , to a rest from the golf course , to set a new world record in the shot putt . |
| 27 | Foresters spokesman Raymond Bell of Newton Aycliffe , said members from around County Durham and Cleveland were hoping to set a new fundraising record . |
| 28 | In its place the aim was to build up communities on the periphery equipped with all the necessary facilities , including local employment and to set a firm limit to the size of these communities . |
| 29 | The legislation for the new agency was expected to have been introduced into Parliament at the earliest possible opportunity by Secretary of State for the Environment , Michael Heseltine , who is expected to set a firm date for publication of the consultation paper on the new environment agency sometime in October . |
| 30 | This being the case it was seen as essential to set a financial qualification for the franchise that would give the vote to " decent " farmers and shopkeepers whilst excluding the lower social orders who might use their votes to plunder the public purse for their own advantage . |