Example sentences of "which set [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the context in which to set Derrida 's own intervention in Of Grammatology . |
| 2 | At Petworth , Lord Egremont instituted a ‘ voluntary ’ emigration policy , ‘ shovelling out paupers ’ which set people up in a new life in Canada , 1456 of them in five years . |
| 3 | Advertising proved a more fertile category , with decisions which set heads nodding and shaking in equal measure . |
| 4 | By the late 1950s the breed was again in decline and part of the blame could be put on the 1949 Agricultural Act , which set guidelines for bull licensing and required bulls ' dams to have high recorded milk yields . |
| 5 | The SQL Access Group has published its first three specifications , which set guidelines for database interoperability and communication , after more than three years in development ( CI No 2,148 ) . |
| 6 | On Nov. 23 the Italian Prime Minister , Giulio Andreotti , then president of the European Communities ( EC ) , and the Canadian Prime Minister , Brian Mulroney , signed a declaration in Rome which set relations between the two parties on a quasi-treaty footing providing for regular summit meetings and top-level ministerial consultations . |
| 7 | The discontinuity involved in the act of measurement is the one really novel feature which sets quantum mechanics apart from all the physics which preceded it . |
| 8 | Dawn McSherry , manageress of River Island in Church Street , is convinced there 's a special look which sets Liverpool girls apart from fellow fashion-seekers in other major cities . |
| 9 | Mind you , that 's nothing compared to the £5.10 they pay for a McDonald 's Big Mac which sets Britons back just £1.66 . |
| 10 | As Barro points out , the only quantity rule which does not carry with it the implication that at times buyers and sellers will , at the price set , trade a quantity of the good they consider in advance to be sub-optimal is a rule which sets output equal to the value it would take in the absence of any unanticipated disturbances ; that is , y n . |
| 11 | Rolle warns against taking any of it seriously : He ends the address to the solitary with his playful warning on the necessity of distinguishing between inner holiness and outward habit having previously established that : The phrase , characteristic of Rolle , " byrnes in luf of Jhesu Criste " combines man 's love for God with God 's for man in a fire which sets man alight . |
| 12 | On the show business thermometer of fame , Tim Robbins is currently somewhere around the temperature which sets jam . |
| 13 | Every year we have a new finance bill which sets lawyers and accountants considerable problems of interpretation . |
| 14 | The European Community 's environment commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana , has threatened to take the British government to court for failing to comply with the EC 's drinking water directive , which sets limits on levels of toxic and microbiological pollution . |
| 15 | But on March 14th he was overruled by a majority of federal judges on the Judicial Conference which sets court policy . |
| 16 | Key competencies are an important part of Robson Rhodes ' performance management system , which sets targets and outlines the skills needed to achieve them . |
| 17 | All hotels and guest houses listed in this brochure comply with a Tourist Charter which sets standards which are amongst the highest of any resort in Britain . |
| 18 | The Anglo-French Intergovernmental Commission , which sets safety and security standards for the project , announced the decision after receiving advice from the Tunnel Safety Authority . |
| 19 | Also involved subsequently was the CCITT ( a Geneva-based wing of the ITU ) which sets world telecommunications standards . |
| 20 | This happens when there is a voluntary tightening of the vocal cords which sets vibration in motion as the air is on its journey from the lungs . |
| 21 | If milk produced in a collective farm spoils in transit because the train transporting it lacks refrigerated rolling stock , who is at fault : the farm manager ? the train supervisor ? the repair shop ? or the ministry which sets production quotas for refrigerated railway stock ? |
| 22 | He opened his mouth and emitted a short mournful squall , which set Cleo 's teeth on edge . |
| 23 | It was a stance which set Neneh apart with a rare stamp of honesty and courage in an industry dominated by artifice . |
| 24 | I took the train to Fontainbleau , and to Versailles , and saw there the famous Hall of Mirrors where the notorious Treaty was signed which set Germany on the path to Hitler 's domination and the Second World War . |
| 25 | The little girl had intensely blue eyes like her own , and a covering of golden down on her head which set Sarah 's lips tingling when they brushed over it . |
| 26 | Picturesque eclecticism never found a place there , and a classical tradition emerged which set Australia apart from Canada , India , South Africa , and even to a certain extent neighbouring New Zealand . |
| 27 | There was a harsh sound of rust grating against rust , which set Meredith 's teeth on edge , but the key would n't budge . |
| 28 | But it was Robinson 's outrageous own goal in the 49th minute which set Portsmouth on their way to an important victory . |