Example sentences of "set [noun pl] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 For those just coming out onto the scene , it 's an established fact that many can come to terms with , but for those who have set patterns of sexual behaviour or who 've put themselves at risk in the past , it 's a great problem .
2 " But for me I do n't reckon you 'd ever have set eyes on each other . "
3 Something had sparked into life when they had first set eyes on each other , though , and even Julius 's self-control had melted away as the spark had ignited a flame , and then a fire .
4 ‘ It was Sheena Hawthorne , and it was the first time we had set eyes on each other for 50 years , ’ Betty says .
5 The couple fell in love before they had even set eyes on each other during a six-month long distance courtship .
6 As such , it was able to produce ‘ a more wonderful miracle than the greatest achievement of science ’ , for ‘ it enables millions who have never set eyes on one another to act together in peaceful and mutual co-operation and makes them glad and proud to do so ’ ( p. 8 ) .
7 have set countries on any sort of breakthrough path .
8 The Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) Education and Enterprise Initiative has set targets for ten per cent of teachers each year to be seconded to industry and for all school leavers to spend at least two weeks on Work Experience .
9 The four groups have joined forces to form the Ulster Karate Council , and have set dates for unofficial provincial championships in October .
10 Statutory developments as well have set limits to permissible directorial inactivity .
11 The NCGA , supported by the Government Finance Officers ' Association , was concerned with state and local government ; the Council of State Governments was concerned with state government ; the General Accounting Office of the Federal Government has set standards for federal departments and agencies .
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