Example sentences of "set [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arenberg , quoted in US trade magazine Variety , further claims that the US police are set to enforce the very letter of the law . |
| 2 | Part of the usability studies that WordPerfect has done on Presentations has surfaced in the setup options. , Wherever it 's possible , the program can be set to auto-select the correct driver for whatever option you 're configuring . |
| 3 | Labour say the government is set to lose the Euro debate by 10 votes . |
| 4 | This procedure , known as Data Fusion , is set to provide the direct marketer with the tools to achieve maximum result for his/her direct marketing spend . |
| 5 | He looked as if he was all set to strangle the forty-four-year-old assistant bank manager . |
| 6 | AC Milan 's Marco van Basten , in great form since his return from injury , is set to lead the Dutch attack in the decisive World Cup qualifier with Finland in Rotterdam on November 15 . |
| 7 | Hynes is set to replace the injured Jason Leonard at loose-head prop . |
| 8 | Mrs Helen Ashton , college librarian , said hitech work stations and computers were set to replace the ageing desks , and floppy disc programmes would be used in conjunction with many study books . |
| 9 | And on Wednesday Judy Robinson is set to leave the Grey Horse pub , Bank Top Judy 's rent has gone up from £13,000 to £25,000 . |
| 10 | Although broadcasters may feel that RDS is user-friendly the consumer-industry is only gradually responding to the growing dislike of over-complex and often confusing controls ; c.f. video recorders easily set to record the wrong programme on the wrong channel at the wrong time , and teletext units that remain under-used . |
| 11 | For M Delors , a Labour government held out the hope of support for some of his budget proposals , which are set to cost the British taxpayer an extra £1 billion per year . |
| 12 | Once in place a flow deflector and venturi unit can be set to ensure the required flow and aeration . |
| 13 | And the suggestion to this Committee was that it looked , that it looked further at the five hundred thousand pounds guideline that 's been set to address the apparent shortfall on community care funding , and also that you should look at further service reductions and their implications erm , of reductions of a further two hundred and fifty thousand , and those are again picked up later in the paper . |
| 14 | That was enough for Huberts to be able to fulfil his promise and Zeelenberg was all set to start the 1990 season as a full factory rider . |
| 15 | The Cabinet is set to approve the white paper setting out the Government 's view of the long-term future for coal and other energy resources this morning . |
| 16 | The new breed of super heroes are set to wrestle the macho crown from the champions of the World Wrestling Federation even BEFORE they start taking on all comers in telly 's toughest endurance test next month . |
| 17 | Perhaps the most entertaining tale came late afternoon , with anonymous telephone calls stating that a nosey employee of Marks & Spencer ( down 1 at 329p ) having been called in to deputy chairman Clinton Silver 's office , saw a piece of paper suggesting the retailer was set to bid the debt-laden supermarket group , Asda ( off ½ at 31p ) . |
| 18 | George Raft , originally set to take the non-speaking title role , turned down the offer before shooting , reportedly because of ill health , and was replaced by Cesar Romero , in what was barely a cameo . |
| 19 | Unless Major and the Hurd can neutralise it , the Government 's credibility is set to take the full force of the shock wave . |
| 20 | Two hundred years later Tim Laurence , the great-great-great-grandson of this Jewish merchant of Venice , is set to enter the Royal Family . |
| 21 | LEICESTER City chairman Brian George yesterday dismissed growing speculation that former Darlington boss Brian Little was set to become the new mannager at Sunderland . |
| 22 | BULLIED Pacific No. 34027 TAW Valley is set to become the first steam locomotive to depart from London 's Waterloo with a passenger train in 25 years . |
| 23 | Pinnacle Data Systems Inc , one of the Sparc system manufacturers that plans to build a workstation compatible with Sun Microsystems Inc 's Mbus-based Sparcstation 10 ( UX No 392 ) , is set to become the first customer for Cypress Semiconductor Corp 's 64-bit HyperSparc RISC chip , a CPU which has garnered no discernible industry support since its launch back in May ( UX No 385 ) . |
| 24 | Island Graphics is set to become the first — and so far the only — application for Solaris-on-Intel , to be announced this week at PC Expo . |
| 25 | The veteran Shankill councillor was set to become the first outgoing Lord Mayor in Belfast 's history not to be re-elected . |
| 26 | If the plan proceeds , then Dangerfield is set to become the first significant tourist facility to commemorate the history of textile manufacturing in the Borders . |
| 27 | The Working Dog of the Year Show is scheduled for the Sunday after the horse of the Year Show and is set to become the top spectator event in London for dog lovers . |
| 28 | He is regarded as the best English player in the league and is set to become the burgeoning sport 's first pin-up boy . |
| 29 | Now Raymond Campbell is set to become the latest arrival . |
| 30 | WATER shares last night soared to a premium of more than 20 per cent on the unofficial ‘ grey market ’ as it became clear that the privatisation is set to become the biggest investor give-away since the 1987 Stock Exchange crash . |