Example sentences of "set [adj] " in BNC.

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31 For example , will set 2 consecutive bytes of memory to 15 and 9 ( decimal ) .
32 You play a character called Rohan who must set free the monks he finds on his journey .
33 So that the , the , the two main aims are , are stressed there , you are gon na end feudal exploitation and you are going to create a new system which will set free the force of rural production in order to pave the way for new China 's industrialization .
34 It is vital that we get across the fact that under the reforms in the NHS we can now set proper standards of care throughout the country .
35 Mr Stephen Woodley , from King 's School , Canterbury , said teachers could set easier assignments and see their candidates win higher grades .
36 It does not set individual drug prices , but rather limits companies ' overall profits to 25 per cent .
37 He will set individual training programmes , and offer advice and assessments for squad members .
38 Each Department and agency will set annual targets , with private sector help , for testing new areas of activity in the market .
39 ( 3 ) Teachers must set appropriate learning activities for each pupil , i.e. differentiated .
40 Why , oh , why did you set such enquiries in train ?
41 If Mr Patten really does want to promote literacy he should set accessible books that the modern child can relate to and enjoy .
42 ‘ So you do n't set much store by the ill feeling around , that evening ? ’
43 I 'd never set much store by rational argument where Karen was concerned .
44 By birth she was a lioness , born under the ruling sign of Leo and proud of it , even if she did n't really set much store by astrology .
45 Against these , we may set happier examples .
46 We 'll set larger , we 'll set in eighteen point , I mean you can say something about — not an abstract , because they did n't want to be academic .
47 All employers who meet childcare costs can set these off against their liability for corporation tax .
48 Rarely do we set these prescriptions alongside one another and examine the total picture which emerges .
49 In other words , rather than set these antithetical approaches against each other as one might have expected , Foucault suggests that they are part of the same mutation .
50 The rocks missed him , yet Jack did not give up and set alight the forest .
51 Last year , a report for the European Commission argued that all EC countries should set corporate taxes within a Community-wide minimum and maximum .
52 If you are taking some sort of action shots for instance , the camera will set fast shutter speeds ( to freeze the action ) and use wide apertures if the light level is indifferent .
53 Would set all cares aside and devote himself to Fei Yen .
54 In short , they wanted to " set all things back upon the foot they were at his coming to the crown " .
55 Many groan frequently , saying , " Woe to our days , because the zeal for letters has died among us , nor is it to be found in those people who can set present events down in writing " .
56 One careless word could set those bastards on your wife .
57 The Government wo n't set those two men free .
58 I 've heard the theory but you ca n't actually set measurable standards in all the jobs can you ?
59 Nevertheless , cattle are enemies of grass in that it is still true that an individual grass plant would be better off not being eaten by a cow than being eaten , and any mutant plant that possessed , say , a chemical weapon that protected it against cows , would set more seed ( containing genetic instructions for making the chemical weapon ) than rival members of its own species that were more palatable to cows .
60 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 .
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