Example sentences of "and set the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Editor , — As B W Lloyd and P Barnett emphasise , communication between general practitioners and hospital specialists is of utmost importance — the letter remains the most significant factor in this and often it is this initial form of contact which may determine the care a patient receives and set the tune of the partnership between the two doctors . |
| 2 | Julia waited to give Raffaella the bad news until she had delivered her lesson , led a halting conversation in English about the future of Italy , handed out the previous week 's exercises that she had marked , and set the work for the next lesson . |
| 3 | ‘ Besides , he 's wanting to take an army to England , to overthrow Henry Tudor and set the Duke of York on his rightful throne . |
| 4 | From that time until Henry 's death he printed all statutes and proclamations with exemplary skill and efficiency , on at least one occasion being required to work at night and set the type himself ( Letters & Papers Henry VIII , 7 , no. 1415 ) . |
| 5 | But Jones is a snappy player in every sense , and set the tone for an afternoon of petulant silliness with a Gatting-like finger-wagging retort to one of Keith Griffiths 's decisions . |
| 6 | Its success checked sanitary dominance and set the tone of moral regulation for at least a generation . |
| 7 | The Chairman set the scene by immediately putting the College staff at ease and set the tone of the meeting as friendly , efficient , and business like . |
| 8 | It would be up to God to wind up the clockwork and set the universe going in any way He wanted . |
| 9 | The Congress subsequently agreed to grant Yeltsin emergency powers to deal with the crisis situation in the republic and set the date for the direct election of a President of Russia [ see pp. 38130-31 ] . |
| 10 | John Major put the region 's candidates and campaigners out of their misery at 1.00 p.m. and set the date . |
| 11 | Of course , the marginal revenue of Division A is simply the transfer price as it can only sell to Division B. So we should work out A 's marginal costs at the required level of group activity and set the transfer price equal to that . |
| 12 | He advanced into the room and set the candle down on a desk . |
| 13 | This will clear up any mysteries from this morning 's lesson and set the scene for tonight 's exercise . |
| 14 | A Soviet writer argued in 1979 that the growing participation of Latin American states in the Non-Aligned Movement directly affected the character of relations in the inter-American system and set the question of its ‘ basic restructuring ’ on the agenda . |
| 15 | It 's true that no one came in , but I think someone must have lifted the latch and set the door ajar , and then after all drawn back and closed it again , hearing the voices within and not wanting to interrupt . |
| 16 | She retreated to one of the dressing rooms across the corridor , switched off the lights , and set the door to give her an angle of view without much risk of being seen . |
| 17 | Re-run LIFESPAN RDBI and set the MODULE DETAILS transfer category to INCREMENTAL . |
| 18 | Re-run LIFESPAN RDBI and set the MODULE DETAILS transfer category to INCREMENTAL . |
| 19 | Re-run LIFESPAN RDBI and set the MODULE DETAILS transfer category to INCREMENTAL . |
| 20 | For example , some assume that mastery is an all-or-nothing state and set the standard at 100 per cent although there is some flexibility depending on the nature of the errors made , if these are few . |
| 21 | The artistic ferment of the late sixth century led in sculpture directly to the abandonment of the central archaic convention , the formally posed frontal statue in traditional stance ; a change which inaugurated the Greek classical style and set the course for European art . |
| 22 | The objective was not outright dominance , it was posturing for who would head the table and set the agenda at the peace conference . |
| 23 | At an earlier meeting , in Turnberry ( Scotland ) on June 7-8 , the North Atlantic Council ( of NATO Foreign Ministers ) had announced outline proposals for improving co-operation with the Warsaw Pact and set the agenda for the forthcoming summit . |
| 24 | There is much still to discover , but Cable has laid the groundwork and set the agenda for future work in this developing field . |
| 25 | He covered her with a blanket and set the alarm clock to ring in an hour , wrapping it in a towel . |
| 26 | He locked his doors , cranked the seat back , and set the alarm on his wrist-watch . |
| 27 | You must also remember to put the information into the computer 's diary and set the alarm function or , come 6.00pm you could still be working and have lost another acquaintance to the great god Mammon ! |
| 28 | Moments later , as Lake Balkhash slipped away below him , Vologsky made a minor adjustment and set the Foxbat on a course which would take it directly over the home missile bases at Alma-Ata . |
| 29 | Indeed , to anticipate a little , in sixty-seven of the eighty-two cases which I observed and recorded the client announced his need and set the objective for the solicitor . |
| 30 | During the planning of Magnum 's In Our Time exhibition , Kodak UK decided to limit the funds available for the traditional party-style reception , and set the money aside for educational use instead . |