Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | If that happened , the CAA would have the authority to set the maximum level of airport charges for each . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For the first time since he became leader , he is in the position to set the political agenda . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This information is used by the switching angle selector to set the correct D1 as the excitation trigger . |
| 10 | 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 . |