Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] set [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike in certain other European countries , British labour law sets no maximum duration to a temporary employment relationship , whereby all persons employed for longer than a certain period of time automatically have permanent status . |
| 2 | using IBM terminology , the SETL macro can be employed to indicate a starting point in the file and the ESETL macro to set a finishing point . |
| 3 | Theories of normative income redistribution set a desirable standard or target , whereas the more positive theories are an attempt to predict something about the nature of redistribution in the empirical world which may or may not be consistent with one or more or any of the views of desirability . |
| 4 | Cordoba had clearly cried enough a good two furlongs from the finish as first Batzushka and then Balla Cove set a furious pace which resulted in a time that equalled the course record by a two-year-old over six furlongs . |
| 5 | UK drinks tax policy sets a bad example to our export markets . |
| 6 | Zambia 's first development plan set the ambitious goal of providing primary school places for all children by 1970 . |
| 7 | The contract rate sets the maximum interest rate payable on an exposure . |
| 8 | Suppose a comparison instruction sets a two-bit condition code , depending on a comparison of the contents of accumulator A with the contents of a store location B , as shown in Figure 3.13(a) . |
| 9 | This reported in 1960 ( the Herbert Report ) , and in 1963 the London Government Act set a broad boundary to the London area and gave shared responsibility for its local services to the Greater London Council ( GLC ) , and to thirty-two London boroughs and the City of London . |
| 10 | The otter , sliding up a river like a sleek cat and whistling to its mate under the moon , is truly king of the waters , and the presence of otters on a river system sets the final seal of well-being on its wildlife . |
| 11 | His time in the 25m freestyle set a national record . |
| 12 | Novices and grand master alike would find this geometric Bauhaus chess set a logical purchase . |
| 13 | In the following year he had succeeded in attracting so much public attention that the government was obliged to hurry through parliament a new Merchant Shipping Act setting a fixed load line for ships — the " Plimsoll Line " . |
| 14 | This normativist approach sets the principal agenda for , and method of , inquiry . |
| 15 | And blind Christopher Ross of Ormesby Comprehensive set a national record of 24.31 seconds in the 25 metres freestyle on his way to a haul of four golds . |
| 16 | Rice production improved markedly during 1989 , with government economists at the December plenum forecasting rice harvests exceeding the 20,000,000-tonne production target set the previous year ( and compared with 17,600,000 tonnes harvested in 1987 ) . |