Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ More money , more money ! ’ he demands , and clever minds set to work at his behest , the computers shift and change a little all over the world , and presently his bank balance shows another nought ; and , so that that nought should be there , somewhere in the undeveloped world another ten backs break needlessly . |
| 2 | Local government officials on June 23 condemned as " unconstitutional " a decision by Fujimori on June 14 to postpone municipal elections set for Nov. 8 until , possibly , March 1993 . |
| 3 | The four opposition parties announced on Nov. 13 that they were withdrawing from the parliamentary elections set for Dec. 8 in protest at the failure of their demand for a new voters ' register . |
| 4 | The Labour Party Conference : Compromise over black sections set for defeat |
| 5 | However , at the classroom level there may be specific objectives set for a particular session or activity . |
| 6 | Luke had left the bedroom , and after putting on denim shorts and a little broderie anglaise top , she found him outside on her balcony , with the bamboo table she had recently purchased with four matching chairs set for breakfast , the muesli-type cereal he knew she always ate put out for her along with yoghurt , fruit juice and coffee . |
| 7 | Some Western analysts considered that Soviet spending estimates should be doubled to take account of artificially low prices set for hardware . |
| 8 | Top Irish writers set for literary festival in Derry |
| 9 | Myanma 's ( formerly Burma ) military rulers yesterday barred one of the country 's main dissident groups headed by a former prime minister , U Nu , from contesting elections set for next May . |
| 10 | The Former West German Chancellor , Mr Willy Brandt , has said that any party in East Germany that decides to run on a reunification plank is virtually assured of a runaway victory at the general elections set for next May . |
| 11 | Local and general elections set for Sept. 29 [ see p. 38350 ] were put back to mid-October following heated parliamentary debate during August on an elections bill . |
| 12 | Optimization procedures would necessarily include an economic data model which would allow the cost to be projected into the full production situation , and compared to the various technical requirements set for the artefact . |
| 13 | Douglas Turner , of the RSSPCC , said key elements of the Orkney affair , such as the truth of the allegations , had never been properly investigated given the strict guidelines set for Lord Clyde 's inquiry . |
| 14 | By this process " critical " windows can be set in regions where precision is required and open tolerances set for others . |
| 15 | At intervals of a few years , party congresses were held at which major changes of policy would be announced and new directions set for the future . |
| 16 | The taxpayer : The financial targets set for each agency are designed to be demanding , ‘ so that the taxpayer can be certain that the money that is provided for these services is used in the most efficient way ’ . |
| 17 | They have no idea what " normal " is and therefore they invent it for themselves and may be very wide of the mark that other families set for themselves . |