Example sentences of "[noun] to set the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What Kinnock must say : Giles Radice on the Labour leader 's opportunity to set the political agenda
2 More usually , but no less spectacularly , the view is over the city and a visit to the roof offers a good opportunity to set the internal map and compass ready for walks of exploration .
3 Mother poured hair dye round the hoof ; even that did not act sufficiently as a lubricant to set the poor beast free .
4 On 14 October Louis XV himself signed orders instructing Admiral Conflans to set the whole invasion scheme in motion by clearing the way across the Channel .
5 If that happened , the CAA would have the authority to set the maximum level of airport charges for each . ’
6 The American had used Father to set the financial wheels turning for the takeover ; employed him , you might say ; and he 'd suggested the inside trade and how it might be made . ’
7 Some countries are keener on being cleaner than others and it has been left up to the badly affected states of Europe to set the best example .
8 Masters champion Couples coasted to a 66 while Love , the US No 2 , chipped in with a 68 for the Americans to set the first round pace with a combined 10 under par total of 134 .
9 Since local councils borrowed to finance virtually all their capital expenditure , permission to borrow was used by central departments to set the total capital spending limits for local authorities , determine national service priorities for capital spending , and set common design standards and cost yardsticks which ensured a tight degree of economy in capital projects .
10 I desire you will send by y bearer 2 quarts of Sugar Hotspur peas to set the first crop , & half a peck of Windsor Beans , & pray bring y Hammer with you w .
11 The most obvious test of television 's ability to set the public agenda was provided by its massive shift of emphasis on to defence in the third week of the campaign .
12 For the first time since he became leader , he is in the position to set the political agenda .
13 This chapter briefly reviews these trends , both generally and specifically in mathematics , with particular reference to low attainers , in order to set the NFER project in the context of current developments .
14 This information is used by the switching angle selector to set the correct D1 as the excitation trigger .
15 Editor , — Is it not time for the BMJ to set the same standards for the drug advertisements it carries as it does for scientific papers ?
16 Under pressure from the American government , the three rival consortia developing four systems to set the technical standard for high-definition television provisionally agreed to combine those systems .
17 Those of you familiar with car radios where you press ‘ vol ’ ‘ treble ’ ‘ bass ’ ‘ bal ’ or ‘ fade ’ and then use a single infinitely rotating knob to set the required levels , will know exactly how to operate the JMP-1 .
18 Politicians ca n't force people to adopt Green lifestyles , and people remain dependent on politicians to set the legislative pace .
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