Example sentences of "set a [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the appeal court 's decision Bond was remanded on A$1000,000 bail until Oct. 5 , when the Perth district court was due to set a date for a new trial . |
| 2 | To set a time-cycle for the automatic printing of retained mail messages . |
| 3 | If you wanted somebody to set a bomb on the Swazi rail line , then Dirk would do the job . |
| 4 | Bicker said in a warning voice , and he reached across Riven to set a hand on the big man 's arm . |
| 5 | For example , you should n't set a goal for a 10-minute improvement in the 10K . |
| 6 | In East Berlin , the well-known opposition figure , Pastor Rainer Eppelmann , said the talks set an example for the whole country , and called for a two-week period of calm on the streets . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's getting very messy and very political , ’ said Keegan , who has set a deadline for the Belgian club . |
| 8 | … I had done this process before , once , but not under pressure , when Aunt Viv had set a combination on a new suitcase and then forgotten it … one-four-eight , one-four-nine … my face sweating , my fingers slipping on the tiny wheels from haste … one-five-zero , one-five-one … |
| 9 | The Stewarts suffered a sequence of disasters which would almost suggest that some evil magician had set a curse upon the entire house . |
| 10 | The Government has set a curfew on a mile-wide strip the length of the frontiers with Mozambique and Zambia , with orders to shoot on sight . |
| 11 | Both points are presumably right but each sets a problem for the natural idea that explanation is the discovery of hidden order . |
| 12 | Chronic exposure to aluminium has been linked to nerve damage , and an EC Directive sets a limit for the permissable amount in drinking water . |
| 13 | His objectives were to give a guide to the better choice of an animal ; to establish the true conformation of the racehorse , setting a standard for an ideal animal to achieve maximum speed , and at any given time to discover whether the breeds had improved or degenerated . |
| 14 | By determining a local council 's grant income from the centre and setting a ceiling to a local council 's revenue raising , central government acquired the capacity to set a limit on any council 's spending . |
| 15 | If this can be kept in a place that is accessible to teachers , along with a monitor ( a small black and white one would do ) , then it can be used for teacher viewing and for setting a tape at the right place before a lesson . |
| 16 | Instead of one side doing all their batting in one go and setting a target for the other side to beat , baseball 's innings are broken up into bits , with each side batting in turn until nine innings have been completed . |
| 17 | Evening light was slanting through the doorway , setting a sheen in the ancient spear-head . |
| 18 | well not posters , the horsewatch is a prime example where I wanted to look at setting a format in a particular way , and to sit at the side of either Alf or Tracey well now alter it to that or to that I 'm sure they 'd do it , but nevertheless it 's putting them off their work . |
| 19 | At that moment , Veronica returned , setting a tray on a small table which she moved in front of the fire . |
| 20 | To overcome this problem , after long-netting the main wood two of us would walk behind the rabbits and set a net along the small wood . |
| 21 | Earlier this month , the Department of Environment set a date for the public inquiry to commence on October 26 at a venue to be fixed in Liverpool . |
| 22 | Earlier this month , the Environment Department set a date for the public inquiry to start on October 26 at a venue to be fixed in Liverpool . |
| 23 | The Government now intends to draw up its own inventory of local needs and set a contribution to the local authority that will allow for the provision of those minimum needs in year one . |
| 24 | Federation officials had been concerned that the scheme , part of the proposed £1 million Citywatch crime prevention campaign for the city , would cut across traditional police duties and set a precedent for a privatised police force . |
| 25 | What emerges from an examination of the FFYP is that it set a pattern for the Soviet economy that persists up to the present day . |