Example sentences of "set a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EC foreign ministers set a deadline of Nov. 5 , the date of the next full session of the peace talks , for Serbia to accept the EC peace plan . |
| 2 | Walter Cocking 's Everyman Four TRF receiver , which set a standard of performance for the rest to try to emulate . |
| 3 | County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow , when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits . |
| 4 | Bell Labs notes that fault tolerance is common in hardware and in operating systems , but generally too costly for many software systems , and says that as far as it knows , these are the first general-purpose software modules , and they set a trend toward low-cost fault-tolerance in user-level software . |
| 5 | We set a course for Out Skerries in good visibility and fairly calm seas . |
| 6 | The regulations set a ceiling of 15 parts per billion . |
| 7 | After all , Bach never set a foot outside Germany , but he has the universe in his music . |
| 8 | In traditional trade theory , rules set a framework within which the market , and not governments , determines what amounts of goods and services are sold in any territory . |
| 9 | RESEARCHERS set a date with radiocarbon |
| 10 | So we set a date for it , Saturday June 29th at six in the morning . |
| 11 | I keep rehearsing that low brace that I have been thinking about ever since we set a date for our attempt . |
| 12 | As a rule-of-thumb pricing method , they decide to add a 10 per cent profit margin or ‘ mark-up ’ to average cost and so set a price of £4.95 . |
| 13 | One tries to — well — set a bit of an example . |
| 14 | Another important type of statutory ouster clause are clauses which set a time-limit on judicial review . |
| 15 | The milder range in fact serves not to challenge but to define the limits of propriety ; they set a horizon beyond which " improper " linguistic use will not go , and the audience can laugh with relief at the reassurance that they will not be shocked , as well as at the impudence of these terms . |
| 16 | ELECTRICAL problems set a car on fire in the centre of Darlington yesterday causing traffic tailbacks on the inner ring road . |
| 17 | Set a length of plastic conduit in concrete before constructing the brickwork . |
| 18 | SIX YEARS AGO , at a conference in Argentina the United Nations set a target for the 1980s : clean water and sanitation for all . |
| 19 | The DIP switches are concerned mainly with monitor type — you set a block of three of the six switches to indicate the maximum resolution your monitor is capable of — and whether or not you will want to use the 32k colour modes ( and you will , believe me ! ) |
| 20 | This eventually set a pattern of official exhibition , from which , as we shall see , there were many crucial later breaks . |
| 21 | One of the best of early Romanesque churches in this region is S. Ambrogio in Milan , which set a pattern for Lombard churches . |
| 22 | But large numbers of people set a value by this differential service , by no means restricted to those one could regard as rich . |
| 23 | The popular appeal of proportions and percentages is probably precisely because people understand that they can not go below 0 or above 1 ; the boundaries set a frame of reference in which people can interpret a particular result . |
| 24 | There was still a flower-and-citron fragrance in the air but as Tjerssen fussily set a chair for her , she realized the fragrance was coming from him . |
| 25 | Catherine leaned over and hugged her friend , then set a chair by the bed . |
| 26 | In Islington the financial advisers set a maximum of £50,000 , but the council decided to invest five times that . |
| 27 | Coun Carr told the policy and resources meeting , which set a tax of £353 : ‘ We have been short-changed £800,000 by the Government and that has inevitably had an effect on the level of the charge . |
| 28 | Some plans set a limit of £50,000 worth of cover a year , others allow for the minimum NHS waiting list time to pass before cover is triggered . |
| 29 | So long as you set a limit to the essay you will have confidence and control . |
| 30 | As soon as you set a limit to your endurance , you are lost . |