Example sentences of "have set the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But three key findings have set the scene for subsequent debate on the system .
2 Since then , chemists have set the half-life at 10 years .
3 Some of the councils who have set the poll tax budgets in relation to the government 's community charge is far in excess of their estimation , and you know it 's absolutely ridiculous .
4 Given the long-standing behavioural problems that the pupils attending these sites have set the teaching staff in schools , how is it that they can be brought together in a seemingly improbable admixture with the results , orderly and controlled , as described above ?
5 We have set the tone for the future , and that is to be greatly welcomed .
6 We have set the platform for things to move ahead .
7 While one can not assert unequivocally that determination will win , in the balance of life you can alter direction more easily on the move than you can if you are static , and if you have set the direction in this way it will almost alter itself .
8 he had studied hysteria , and his views on sexuality have set the agenda for much of our century .
9 For some two decades , from the solemnity of 2001 : A Space Odyssey to the broad spoof of Spaceballs ( 1987 ) and the engagingly camp whimsy of Earth Girls Are Easy ( 1988 ) , space movies have set the pace for the development of special effects .
10 They 've got stronger since then and have set the pace in the championship race this season .
11 If a balance were left over , it would be reasonable for him to try to use it to repay those who have set the trend .
12 This year , I have set the Employment Service the task of placing 1.3 million people in jobs — 5,000 every working day — and it is achieving that target .
13 But there is no doubt that several new players from abroad have set the league alight this season without overshadowing encouraging performances from homegrown talent .
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