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

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1 We can set that unique inside view of later life in America against only two comparable glimpses — brief but direct — from our own set of British autobiographers .
2 There is little disagreement between theories that economic development within capitalist societies such as the UK tends to take place unevenly , but different theories would set that unevenness in contrasting contexts : of long-term equilibrium , increasing polarization or shifting patterns of continuing inequality .
3 So let's set that .
4 You could set that up in your setup options so
5 Well we 'll , we 'll set that up with a board of its own erm , as an operating board and each of our divisions has an operating board erm , and that means it will have a finance director , it will have , and it will have a Chief Executive er , and there 'll be one or two other people on that board , such as er , Mark , Development Director er , and er , we 'll go from there .
6 And I had a script but after a while you do n't you set that aside and use your own style .
7 I mean it it 's only external speakers that we should er I mean they come to the University for a day , I can set that up I mean we can do exactly the same at university .
8 Dan fell into the water and paddled out and Sinclair said ‘ could you set that to music Elgar ? ’ and Elgar went ahead .
9 ‘ It is impractical to say that we should set some timetable for ending discharges without any idea whether it can be achieved or not . ’
10 We must set some guiding principles for the way in which we run our business , worldwide .
11 Never mind , perhaps next time when we meet and hopefully we 'll be meeting again in say a fortnight 's time , erm we can set some time aside when you 'll both be here cos I 'm sure she 'll be interested to hear what I 've got to come back and talk about .
12 Ideally we would set this value equal to the optimal objective function value of problem k , say .
13 I can set this cruise control to any speed I want and it drives without me having to touch the accelerator .
14 The pump would have to be below the surface of the water , how would I set this up ?
15 It would set this soldier 's mind at rest if you could kindly cancel this debt . ’
16 You can set this so that the machine will stop at points you have preselected : if you zero at your starting point on the tape , the machine will stop there automatically when you rewind .
17 And I 'll set this up so it thinks it 's a Panasonic K X P Eleven Twenty Four .
18 There was never my my view and and one day I shall if I ever get round to it I might set this all out .
19 I did n't set this one , this is bloody he set
20 Why , oh , why did you set such enquiries in train ?
21 ‘ So you do n't set much store by the ill feeling around , that evening ? ’
22 I 'd never set much store by rational argument where Karen was concerned .
23 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 .
24 All employers who meet childcare costs can set these off against their liability for corporation tax .
25 Rarely do we set these prescriptions alongside one another and examine the total picture which emerges .
26 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 .
27 Would set all cares aside and devote himself to Fei Yen .
28 In short , they wanted to " set all things back upon the foot they were at his coming to the crown " .
29 One careless word could set those bastards on your wife .
30 The Government wo n't set those two men free .
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