Example sentences of "[vb infin] to set a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers . |
| 2 | do you want to set a date for another meeting just now or do you want to get in touch later George ? |
| 3 | Er , we said something about for a , we do n't want to set a time period on it do we ? |
| 4 | Adalbert of Bremen claims to be spiritual overlord of the Orkneys and Norway : do you want to set a precedent there ? ’ |
| 5 | For the millionth time : those who would like to set a comp , stop whingeing and send your ideas in — there 's even a £10 prize if it 's chosen . |
| 6 | Perhaps it is your childhood days that haunt your imagination and you would like to set a book some twenty , thirty or forty years back . |
| 7 | It was not the committee 's function to recommend release , but inevitably the committee would attempt to set a date at which there would be a reasonable prospect that the local review committee and then the Parole Board might be able to recommend release . |