Example sentences of "[noun] set [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intertel Communications Inc , currently legally a Canadian company , says from its Teleport Denver Inc base in Colorado that it plans to swear allegiance to the flag and become a naturalised American : it will reincorporate in the US to meet a condition set by the Federal Communications Commission , which gave plenty of ammunition to the Europeans that say that the US market is not as open as Uncle Sam likes to think , by insisting that only American companies could hold earth satellite station common carrier licences — there is no comparable restriction on US companies applying for licences in the UK . |
| 2 | The Home Secretary 's remarks on PR , made to party workers in Stroud , are the most strident so far used by a senior Conservative against electoral reform , which is the condition set by the Liberal Democrats for their support in a hung Parliament . |
| 3 | One episode with disasters aplenty was Episode Four of ‘ The Keys of Marinus ’ , the episode set in the polar regions of that planet . |
| 4 | The three doors are covered with a fine brass grille to enable display of books set upon the four shelves . |
| 5 | But as they did so , they unknowingly broke the invisible beam linking two electronic eyes set in the surrounding trees . |
| 6 | The cockpit is well protected by a deep coaming set on the teak-laid decks , although there is nothing to stop items falling through the aft end of the cockpit , something that may become a liability when sailing in a relaxed fashion with books , Walkmans and bottles of suntan lotion lying on cockpit seats . |
| 7 | Wade , the Commonwealth 800 metres record holder since 1985 , has her sights set on the 1500 metres in the Olympic trials meeting in Birmingham at the end of next month and is ready to test her form against top-class opposition after recovering from a knee injury which threatened to ruin her summer plans . |
| 8 | When deflation set in the previous gains were wiped out and more . |
| 9 | Relevant costing features in many of the questions set in the Financial Decisions paper at Conversion Course , and it is often these questions that receive the poorest answers . |
| 10 | The commitment to a particular body of training : accountants , lawyers , doctors have to sit examinations set by the professional bodies . |
| 11 | the small characters set above the normal letters or figures . |
| 12 | the small characters set below the normal letters or figures . |
| 13 | The Contingency Reserve has always existed as a cushion to meet unexpected demands for spending without breaking the overall planning target for public spending set in the White Papers . |
| 14 | Although difficult to meet , the consent limits set by the National Rivers Authority are consistent with ICI ; s plans to cut discharges by half by 1995 but call into question the viability of some Teesside plants . |
| 15 | Today North West industry meets all the Mercury quality standard and load discharge limits set by the regulatory authorities and the UK fulfils all the requirements of the EC mercury directive . |
| 16 | Unless Iraq 's dictator sounds the retreat in the next few days , he will soon be unable to meet the January 15th deadline set by the United Nations for the complete removal of his army from Kuwait . |
| 17 | So , as the deadline set by the United Nations Security Council passed , new sanctions came into effect . |
| 18 | Other stock markets around the world followed the optimisic trend set by the big exchanges , though in many of them the trading was relatively light . |
| 19 | Charming emerald islands set amongst the lapping waves . ’ |
| 20 | The Papal State lay wedged like a nut within a giant imperial nutcracker — a small insecure state set within the imperial towns and communes to the north and the tightly-governed Regno to the south . |
| 21 | The 1893 Act allowed institutions a Parliamentary grant per pupil , but only if the institution/asylum met the standards set by the periodic visits of Her Majesty 's Inspector , so in order to meet these standards and obtain their grants , schools had to improve on the conditions in which the pupils were taught . |
| 22 | The TGAT Report ( DES 1987 ) on testing within the National Curriculum has suggested that parents be helped by having schools ' published test results set against the socio-economic circumstances of the pupils . |
| 23 | ( Champagne 's a tradition set by the early pioneers for those who dare to cross the Timor Sea . ) |
| 24 | Yet these are small gains to set against the many reverses the right has suffered since Mr de Klerk started to undo apartheid . |
| 25 | There are detailed provisions which , following the precedent set by the 1985 Companies Act in the same context , attribute voting rights held by one person to another . |
| 26 | For equilibrium , where is the rate of change of the nominal money supply set by the monetary authorities . |
| 27 | Despite their rousing calls for a cinema that was ‘ vital , illuminating , ’ and their polemic against a national cinema divorced from contemporary realities , they turned to a series of novels set in the English provinces for material out or which to make their first movies . |