Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun pl] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whatever the motives , the Government 's twin aims of handing back the control of unions to the individual members , and ensuring that trade unions act within bounds set by a democratic state , are ones that should have been promoted by the left . |
| 2 | Garrard 's choice is a fine Regency shop-front while Bulgari 's is , as always , a model of sleek modernity , the jewels shown in cases set into the walls like pictures in an art gallery . |
| 3 | Such deposits would normally earn a rate of interest close to the equivalent of the average rate of discount at the most recent Treasury bill tender and would be called in amounts set as a percentage of eligible liabilities . |
| 4 | Pollution control problems arise from the number and variety of industrial and manufacturing processes employed in industries set in an entirely urban environment , since domestic sources , with few exceptions , are efficiently treated in a small number of large sewage works . |
| 5 | A second reason is to show how recent British security developments are based on precedents set during the containment of the Irish conflict . |
| 6 | The most important thing to check is that the instructors operate to standards set by the Royal Yachting Association , the governing body for the sport . |
| 7 | Clear away topsoil and make up a simple formwork of timber supported by pegs set on the outside . |
| 8 | If it is in one of the clinical subjects , graduates normally take Senior House Officer posts and prepare for examinations set by the relevant Royal College or faculty . |
| 9 | In dealing with the surface politics of the moment and with the politics of participation and satisfaction it tends to reproduce the bias of the system under scrutiny because it provides a description couched in terms set by the system itself . |