Example sentences of "[pron] set [noun pl] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Council tenants also receive an indirect subsidy as a result of the central government grants to local authorities for housing which enable them to set rents below the level that would otherwise have been needed . |
| 2 | No sooner did she set eyes on the gentleman than she recognised his pecuniary position to be merely temporary . |
| 3 | The seas in this area have since the mid 1970s supported many commercial fishermen who set nets around the coast to supply the local fish and chip trade . |
| 4 | It is vital that you set limits for the amount of money that you will deposit with each bank . |
| 5 | Moreover , Bukharin greatly underrates the real freedom involved in the freedom to ‘ choose one 's own master ’ , since it sets limits to the exploitation of the class as a whole . |
| 6 | His thought was in many ways inadequately worked out , but he set signposts for the future . |