Example sentences of "[be] to set the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dancers on stage must establish their relationship to each other and to those who enter and also the particular way they are to set the action or dance going by initiating the phrasing , style and expressiveness of the choreographic design to be unfolded . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , although it is easy to see why the thrust of the arguments has throughout been to concentrate on the charging of the suspect and ( in the light of Ex parte Saunders ) on the association of a renewed caution with any exercise of the Director 's powers where the person under interrogation has already been charged , I believe that the result has been to set the inquiry off in the wrong direction . |
| 3 | The Iraqis argued that if the USA were to set the date for the Bush-Aziz meeting , Iraq should have been allowed to choose the date of the Baker-Saddam meeting . |
| 4 | This created the conditions which were to set the pattern of religious justification for strife for centuries to come , and there is little doubt that nearly all , if not all wars in historic time have had some kind of religion or ‘ god ’ put forward as requiring the human race , or parts of it to engage in bloodshed and misery . |
| 5 | What we have succeeded in doing so far is to set the scene for the quantum mechanical play . |
| 6 | When you switch the Quad on , the only setting-up procedure that you have to follow is to set the memory function for the reverb , graphic and master effects loop . |
| 7 | If region R undertakes programmes that create spillovers for region S , then , following Boadway and Wildasin ( 1984 ) , the optimal decision is to set the provision of that good at the quantity where where |
| 8 | A better and more accurate method is to set the edit-in point on the source-tape early by the amount of the backspace , so that the true edit-in point reaches the playback head just as the record-machine completes the backspace and starts to record . |
| 9 | Victoria 's genius in the Tenbrae Responses is to set the text to music of simple strength , built on memorable melodic lines in which the text often receives one note per syllable . |
| 10 | NEXT loop is to set the loop variable to a value equal to the limit value and then GOTO to the NEXT statement . |
| 11 | You could make complicated calculations , but an alternative is to set the blade for cutting the segments flat , but to hold the plank at the desired angle as you cut . |
| 12 | You also need to allow headroom by leaving a little space between the top edge of the frame and the subject 's head , except for big c.lose-ups when the rule is to set the head so that the eyes come at about two-thirds of the height of the picture . |
| 13 | Its aim is to set the terms by which countries would move reciprocally to a more open market in defence trade , eliminating discriminatory laws and procurement practices and introducing some openness into the awarding of contracts . |
| 14 | Well the R Y A is Britain 's National Authority for the sport of sailing , simple as that , we look after every aspect of sailing and powerboating but our particular role in training is to set the syllabi pre to the courses , to train the instructors and to make sure the standard of teaching in every centre is up to scratch . |
| 15 | One solution is to set the glass back as much as a foot and to use thick , matured timber mullions to break up the surface . |
| 16 | But to travel is to set the mind free . |
| 17 | if , if Freud 's theory of the group is correct , that it 's centred on the leader playing the super role then the presumably the leader could exhort members of the group to act better than they normally would , because after all one of the super leader 's functions is to set the goals for the ego and to give the the goal , the ego something to aspire to so er and as Joy mentioned in her papers and I 'm trying to remind you of , y you , you said that quoting Freud if you recall that , that , that Freud says and I think he , he , he repeats this from the also made the same observation that in a group or a crowd people can act a lot worse than they normally would , they can be more destructive , primitive erm and er more governed by their erm base emotions as it were , but equally in a crowd people can act better than they normally would . |
| 18 | The formula for the earnings ratio is simply +B7/B6 entered into B9 and to show this as a percentage all that is necessary is to set the cells format to percent . |
| 19 | All that we can do is to set the visitor in motion ; but having done so , we can not review his decision . |
| 20 | And their role is to set the objectives and priorities for the team and to impose shape or pattern on discussions and activities . |
| 21 | I reassured him that this warning was unnecessary : my ambition was to set the record for the slowest lap of the circuit . |
| 22 | Thirdly the cry to the Father was to set the captives free from the Devil , who ensnares and traps what goodness is left in human beings . |
| 23 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
| 24 | The first was tackled in a way that was to set the pattern — a devastating technique that the Prince has used time and again : bringing people together who would not normally meet . |
| 25 | My reference in the next ensuing paragraph to the general principles of responsibility of the principal for the acts of the agent was to set the context of the consideration that in that particular case the solicitors for the creditors were equally deceived by the dishonest conduct of the son as were his own parents . |
| 26 | But , as things transpired , it was Nation 's eventual storyline , initially titled ‘ The Mutants ’ that was to set the seal on the way the science fiction stories would be handled within Doctor Who 's structure . |