Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] set the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government — Mr John Patten — having learnt through the courts that teachers have the right to refuse to set the prescribed tests , now threatens to cut the headteacher 's salary and to take legal action against the governors of schools where the tests are not set . |
| 2 | The woman has to set the enticing fruit , the desire to have knowledge like God himself , against God 's plain command . |
| 3 | The government wants to set the technical standards of Poland 's public network and to retain the power to set ceilings on consumer prices . |
| 4 | The government wants to set the new system to work from January 1 . |
| 5 | And Senegal , one of the 30 poorest nations in the world has set the best example of all . |