Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun] set [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The absence of alternatives to becoming highly dependent on private companies may leave little choice but to accept the parameters set by the ideology of the firm as a family . |
| 2 | The European companies were hoping to meet the deadline set by the International Radio Consultative Committee for the presentation of technical proposals for a new system which , once chosen , would effectively set a world standard , Japan and the USA having already submitted their applications to the Committee . |
| 3 | In an effort to meet the terms set by the World Bank in June 1989 for the granting of a US$150,000,000 structural adjustment loan , the government agreed to a number of measures aimed at restructuring the banking , state and agricultural sectors . |
| 4 | The European Association for the Conservation of Energy says member states will not now be able to meet the targets set at the UNCED Rio summit [ see ED 59/60 ] . |
| 5 | On July 13 , 1989 , the European Commission sent to the West German government a " reasoned opinion " that West German drinking water failed to meet the standards set under a 1980 EC directive . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , as we found with the 500SL , the steering fails to meet the standards set by the rest of the chassis . |
| 7 | Among its findings on freshwater quality the report mentioned : ( i ) high levels of phosphates in rivers , lakes and reservoirs in most of central and southern England , which cause excessive growth of surface plants such as algae which in turn damage wildlife ; ( ii ) acidification of rivers and lakes in some parts of Scotland , northern England and Wales to such levels that they are almost devoid of fish ; ( iii ) one in eight sewage plants still not operating within discharge limits ; ( iv ) periodic high levels of pesticide pollution in drinking water ; and ( v ) a high proportion of freshwater sites used for recreational purposes failing to meet the standards set by the European Community directive on bathing water . |
| 8 | Only 88 of the 416 beaches monitored in 1992 ( compared with 102 in 1991 ) failed to meet the standards set by the European Community directive on bathing waters . |
| 9 | Intertel Communications Inc , currently legally a Canadian company , says from its Teleport Denver Inc base in Colorado that it plans to swear allegiance to the flag and become a naturalised American : it will reincorporate in the US to meet a condition set by the Federal Communications Commission , which gave plenty of ammunition to the Europeans that say that the US market is not as open as Uncle Sam likes to think , by insisting that only American companies could hold earth satellite station common carrier licences — there is no comparable restriction on US companies applying for licences in the UK . |
| 10 | You have to design a character set for a computer with an 8-bit character . |
| 11 | Will Major and Hurd be able to neutralise the timebomb set by the social chapter amendment ? asks Chris McLaughlin |
| 12 | ( c ) A third approach is to divide the instruction set into a number of groups , and provide a different instruction format for each group . |
| 13 | While this will only apply to criminal proceedings , child protection agencies using video recordings in their work with children will be expected to adopt the standards set in the Code of Practice where appropriate . |
| 14 | Sculley said he did not believe anyone had been able to build an HDTV set at a reasonable price . |
| 15 | A new rebel radio station , the " Radio Station of the Government for the Liberation of the Lao Nation " , in late July began broadcasting criticism of Kaysone and the Lao government and calling on the Lao people to follow the examples set by the peoples of eastern Europe . |
| 16 | In Chapter 6 , we saw how to introduce a sequence set on a beach , beginning with establishing shots after which we grew gradually closer to the characters and their reactions to each other . |