Example sentences of "of set [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And then sort of set those two on the side and then go onto products Sorry , quotients .
2 was just sort of setting all up for yourself to fail really .
3 Although the instruction books that come with new machines recommend certain ways of setting such machines up , I have always liked to experiment across the range of possible settings .
4 ( This , by the way , is a good example of setting one group up as the norm and treating others as deviant .
5 For problems with equality constraints subject to RHS parametrisation it may be necessary to use the trick of setting non-basic variables to zero described in Section 6.1 .
6 The manufacturer delegates to the agent the task of setting final price ( usually ) , output , pre-sale services , and so on , but is rather careful about the construction of the award schedule .
7 In consequence , they seek to prevent democratic damage and state intervention by choosing to emphasise the desirability of setting legal limits to the powers of a democratically elected parliament .
8 This is dramatized in table 9.5 , which presents the results of setting each coefficient at plus or minus two standard errors in order to illustrate the potential range of estimates for expenditure needs for an authority ; it must be stressed that this simple procedure overstates the true variability , but we do not have available sufficient information to enable a better assessment .
9 The Lord Chancellor said that the new conveyancing scheme , ‘ seems to me to show what the Law Society can do by way of setting appropriate standards of service to the public .
10 A new international organisation , the Forest Stewardship Council ( FSC ) , has been set up by environmental groups with the aim of setting worldwide standards for good forest management .
11 Most of the practices making savings had done so on their hospital budgets , and this was attributed to a combination of setting favourable contracts , making fewer referrals , and doing more minor surgery in house .
12 But even in time the unfinished and the sketchy , an impermanence of setting that does not contain or define , became the characteristics of a new domestic agnosticism .
13 The UK and other European countries came out in favour of setting strict targets on emissions of carbon dioxide , methane and nitrous oxides .
14 Many authorities have advocated the practice of setting clear political objectives and compensating the enterprise for the resulting financial detriment .
15 It is not a question of setting these two up as irreconcilable enemies , trying to make one a hero and the other a villain , for both have an invaluable contribution to make to the understanding of language , and both ultimately need each other .
16 The cost of a player in the fantasy league does not reflect his ‘ true ’ value ; for defenders and goalies it 's how many clean sheets , +4 points , or goals conceded — 1 point for each ( but they get points for nipping in the odd goal ; why Irwin is worth 3m and Tony 1.9m ) ; for the midfield and forwards it is how many they score , +3 points , and how many they assist with , +2 points , explaining why Speed is valued higher than Macca , as at the time of setting this up he was putting them in the onion bag .
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