Example sentences of "sets the [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interviewer sets the framework for the interview — in this case mothers were asked to describe ‘ a day in the life ’ of their infant — but allows the informant to determine the pace and order of the conversation , to select topics considered important . |
| 2 | This is the radical position which sets the Church against the world . |
| 3 | Finally , the state sets the rules of the international system , and all other actors have to work within them . |
| 4 | In this paper the measure of who sets the objective for the lawyer is used . |
| 5 | Bourdieu and Goldthorpe give us some preliminary insights into why a particularly dominant social group should engage in a postmodern way of life ; one which stems from social mobility , high incomes and which largely sets the pace for the remainder of the population . |
| 6 | ( ii ) The minister of state in charge of the Prison Department ( not the Secretary of State himself ) then sets the date for the first review by the local review committee . |
| 7 | ( iv ) If a discretionary life sentence is passed , the minister of state sets the date for the first review strictly in accordance with the views of the judiciary , thus following the decision in Ex parte Handscomb , 86 Cr.App.R. 59 , and Mr. Hurd 's 1987 statement . |
| 8 | It is convenient to consider the third and fourth issues together : has the prisoner the right to make representations before the Secretary of State sets the date for the first review , and has he a right to be told the judicial view of his tariff ? |
| 9 | The arbitrator , who may be the district judge , a judge or an ‘ outside arbitrator , ’ sets the date for the single substantive hearing of the dispute . |
| 10 | I conclude that the court should grant declarations in the following terms : ( 1 ) The Secretary of State is required to afford to a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence the opportunity to submit in writing representations as to the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence before the Secretary of State sets the date of the first review of the prisoner 's sentence . |
| 11 | After the working day they sit down to supper and the master sets the tasks for the morrow : Quoth Maister — Lads , work hard I pray , Cloth mun be peark 'd next market-day , And Tom mun go tomorn to t'spinners , And Will mun seek about for t'swingers ; And Jack tomorn , by time be rising , And go t'sizing mill for sizing , And get your web and warping done That ye may get it into loom . |
| 12 | MPEG-2 sets the standard for the compression of digital signals , the most complicated and expensive element of any digital broadcasting system . |
| 13 | FIVE years of debate culminated yesterday in a bill which sets the scene for the most dramatic transformation of British broadcasting since the launch of ITV in 1955 , writes Georgina Henry , Media Correspondent . |
| 14 | Five years of debate has culminated in a bill which sets the scene for the most dramatic transformation of British broadcasting since the launch of ITV in 1955 . |
| 15 | Five years of debate has culminated in a bill which sets the scene for the most dramatic transformation of British broadcasting since the launch of ITV in 1955 . |
| 16 | It must be said that Cardus 's review expressed the reservation that there was , perhaps , some sameness of carriage and accent in each of the three performances , whether it was the First Symphony , the Seventh , or the Apollonian Fourth ( a reading Karajan later modified ) ; but his review characteristically paints a picture , sets the scene for the absent reader : |
| 17 | This in itself sets the scene for the unbelievably complicated efforts of religious leaders and scholars to define just who Jesus Christ was . |
| 18 | This establishing shot sets the scene for the viewers and shows the family arriving for their day on the beach . |
| 19 | This quote from a chapter in the publication Innovations in Leisure and Recreation for People with a Mental Handicap ( Denziloe , 1990 , p. 317 ) sets the scene for the Startrac Project , established in April 1990 , which was initially planned and controlled by the three voluntary service organisations mentioned . |
| 20 | The indicative offer follows this stage and sets the scene for the formal eye ball to eye ball negotiations . |
| 21 | ‘ The UK is the No 1 volume market for New Zealand by a large margin and sets the scene for the other markets . ’ |
| 22 | Accompaniment is like the background to a painting — it sets the mood of the whole . |
| 23 | Although you may decide to begin with a fade in , the circumstances may leave you with insufficient time for these niceties , and a crash-in cut to the first shot probably sets the mood for the sequence better in any case . |
| 24 | Ramblin' Jeff hooks you in with the opening ‘ Goin' Down ’ , a cover of a Don Nix song that lurches drunkenly out of the speakers and sets the mood for the rest of the record . |
| 25 | In fact , Albany and Schwartz tell us , the Davy lamp enabled the managers of the mines to extend operations into seams with dangerous atmospheres , so when accidents did occur , the chances of being killed were far higher , This example sets the tone of the remainder of the book , which discusses more topical issues in science and how they are manipulated to serve one vested interest or another . |
| 26 | Since the keyboard instrument sets the tone of the entire performance in a Mozart Trio , this tips the scale in favour of the Mozarteans , even without their price advantage . |
| 27 | However , Tom gets on well with the second chef , who shares his general outlook , and this sets the tone of the kitchen . |
| 28 | The Master of the Rolls sets the tone of the court and can control the distribution of business among his colleagues . |
| 29 | This week 's riot by 150 schoolgirls at Wimbledon station will almost certainly prove to be the crucial event of the election period , and the one which sets the tone for the next decade or so . |
| 30 | Hayez 's ‘ Pietro Rossi ’ , considered to be a key work in Romantic painting ( Bottega di San Luca ) sets the tone for the nineteenth-century section . |