Example sentences of "sets [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The charter does not specify 14 minutes in urban areas and 19 minutes in rural areas during weekdays ; it sets that standard for seven days a week , 365 days of the year . |
| 2 | If one sets that quotation against the context of modern cases such as Schroeder ( A ) Music Publishing Co v Macaulay [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1308 one is left in no doubt that the courts nowadays , whilst paying tribute to the sanctity of contract , will vigorously refuse to uphold contracts which in their view are oppressive or unreasonable . |
| 3 | Each spectrum contains twelve aromatic resonances divided into two sets each comprising six resonances , corresponding to two conformations in slow exchange . |
| 4 | It is levied on all those with incomes above limits which Parliament sets each year , and the amount paid varies with people 's income above that level — their ‘ taxable income ’ . |
| 5 | The show , which lasts a good three hours and does not contain a dull moment , works around an interesting format , whereby neither comedian is supporting the other , but both perform three sets each . |
| 6 | What sets some boots above the rest ? |
| 7 | Berger sets this story up by saying : ‘ Sometimes to refute a single sentence it is necessary to tell a life story ’ : one villager mistakenly claims that ‘ Boris died like one of his own sheep , neglected and starving ’ , whereas the admittedly ill-tended flock was in fact killed by lightning . |
| 8 | The first decision of this tactical group was not to table a motion of no confidence during the debate on the bill which sets this year 's level of defence spending . |
| 9 | Katie Mitchell 's revival sets this strictly moral tale of wrongdoing in a very Christian context in which everyone behaves with an irritating and folksy religiosity . |
| 10 | Bloomfield , however , sets this feast in days long past : |
| 11 | David Lodge 's Nice Work sets this model in the context of higher education , but his conclusions about different cultures and different languages are valid for the 16–19 sector too . |
| 12 | An attractive blue/grey body covered in jet black dots sets this plec apart from the more common species , and despite the added bonus of being a rarity , at £10.50 for a 4″ ( 10cm ) specimen , it has to be one of the best buys . |
| 13 | Every P-40 has a unique set of teeth and those teeth make or break the fearsome look which sets this fighter apart . |
| 14 | What sets this bundle aside from the herd is the software used to drive it . |
| 15 | I have focused on what sets this performance a little below the finest available . |
| 16 | This instructive matching-up of fact and fiction is Ackroyd 's strongest suit , the sort of imaginative biographical criticism which sets this Life apart from all its predecessors . |
| 17 | What really sets this up as a fraud and complete load of tripe , is the ridiculous assumption on the part of the forger , that my entire squad of players would happily sign a document whose sole aim is to get me removed from the manager 's seat . |
| 18 | Moving from left to right this establishes the proportion of each student registered on a field which is likely to contribute to each subject area 's FTE in each stage ( b , c ) , sets this against current FTEs ( agreed in the 1 November census — after some major ‘ servicing ’ arrangements are allowed for ; for example a high proportion of Stage I accounting is taught by staff from the catering fields ) ( a ) , and adds the likely effect of recruitment targets and combinations for September 1988 ( ij ) , to produce an FTE prediction for the next year ( m ) . |
| 19 | One of the great advantages of MEDAU which also sets this method of teaching movement apart from so many of today 's exercise programmes is its adaptability to meet almost every specialised need in the community . |
| 20 | ( press R2 ( PrSc ) in your compose window — select UK english — select set — and type shift 3 — this is if you are using OpenWindows version 3 and just sets this temporary — but there should be no problem setting up a US keyboard as an english one permanently if you so wish ( sort of confusing though ) ) |
| 21 | What sets this theme apart is the way Britten harps on it once it has emerged and uses it , in a number of variants , to build up the pressure on Grimes until he starts to break under the strain . |
| 22 | Erm , in fact Ted Hughes I think has largely lived in the countryside so it is quite likely that his house in which he sets this poem is in the countryside . |
| 23 | Sarah sets another record |
| 24 | Either the Chancellor could raise interest rates ahead of the Germans , which would demonstrate the ‘ national sovereignty ’ in monetary matters on which Mrs Thatcher sets such store . |
| 25 | In our culture , which sets such a high premium on self-enrichment ( in every sense ) , the robust , emotive and expressive aspects of soul act as a sort of therapy , helping us to ‘ liberate ’ ourselves by getting back in touch with ourselves , opening up , unblocking , becoming more functional and therefore ( it runs ) more ‘ free ’ . |
| 26 | Soft-Switch Inc , Wayne , Pennsylvania has enhanced its EMX Enterprise Mail Exchange , adding support for X400 over TCP/IP and for X400 messages containing international character sets such as ISO6937 and T.61 — Teletex : the Reading-based UK arm also added TCP/IP support to the server component of its client-server Applications Programming Interface , the Soft-Switch Network API . |
| 27 | Quite apart from anything else , it sets such a bad example . ’ |
| 28 | She sets much store by making classical theatre relevant . |
| 29 | Part Three of this booklet sets these out . |
| 30 | In the first six lines he asks when that love which is incarnated in Jesus will " com to comforth me " " bryng me owt of care " " gyf me " , and sets these verbs of power potentially activated on his behalf with his own sense of motionless deprivation : " I stand in still mowrnyng " . |