Example sentences of "the [noun sg] set [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Home Secretary 's remarks on PR , made to party workers in Stroud , are the most strident so far used by a senior Conservative against electoral reform , which is the condition set by the Liberal Democrats for their support in a hung Parliament . |
| 2 | Will Major and Hurd be able to neutralise the timebomb set by the social chapter amendment ? asks Chris McLaughlin |
| 3 | One episode with disasters aplenty was Episode Four of ‘ The Keys of Marinus ’ , the episode set in the polar regions of that planet . |
| 4 | But I had the amp set with the treble full on , the presence full on and the bright switch kicked in before I could get close to what I 'd call a classically nasty Telecaster bridge pickup tone . |
| 5 | The sun set behind the opposite slope . |
| 6 | EVEN if the sun sets on the ailing TV show Eldorado , it will be good news for star Buki Armstrong , the beauty who plays Gerry in the sangria soap opera . |
| 7 | One evening after the kind of soft autumnal day that is an echo of the summer gone , when the sun sets in the western sky to cast great pinks ant reds across its distant clouds , Creggan was peaceful at his stance , dreaming of his own homesite . |
| 8 | Mercury in Liverpool Bay fish presents no real cause for concern to consumers , for the content is well below the limit set by the European Community [ EC ] . |
| 9 | Default interest for VAT underdeclared on returns is the same as the rate set by the Inland Revenue ( see this issue p 129 ) . |
| 10 | In Dar es Salaam and elsewhere during 1967 and 1968 , one occasionally heard mention of Mwafrika as if it still existed , only to discover that what was being referred to was actually Uhuru , the official daily paper of TANU , This confusion was understandable : the Mwafrika of 1965 bore no relation to what people remembered of the old one , but the pattern set by the earlier Mwafrika and Zuhra seems to have been continued after independence by Uhuru and Ngurumo . |
| 11 | The protests had been triggered on Feb. 25 by the paper set in the 1992 General Access Test ( PGA ) ( university entrance examination ) . |
| 12 | Suspension on all models now follows the trend set on the previous V-6 — independent double wishbones and torsion bars up front ; links and coils behind . |
| 13 | The European companies were hoping to meet the deadline set by the International Radio Consultative Committee for the presentation of technical proposals for a new system which , once chosen , would effectively set a world standard , Japan and the USA having already submitted their applications to the Committee . |
| 14 | So , as the deadline set by the United Nations Security Council passed , new sanctions came into effect . |
| 15 | At 10:58am , two minutes before the deadline set by the Scottish Office , which bought the house from Tayside Regional Council under compulsory purchase to clear the way for the road , sheriff officers arrived to execute the eviction warrant . |
| 16 | The scale set by the Inland Revenue and the law for agents dealing with public authorities is known as Ryde 's Scale , and was amended in 1984 by the ‘ Revised Annex to Ryde 's Scale ’ . |
| 17 | Remember that 2n means 2 times n and n means n divided by Find the answer sets to the following : unc In each of the last set of questions first find the value of unc then find the value of n . |
| 18 | Check this example unc Now find the answer sets for the following : unc For these sets of numbers , write the conditions that apply to limit the sets . |
| 19 | THE BBC last night axed Eldorado , the supersoap set on the sunny Costa del Sol that turned into a multi-million pound flop . |
| 20 | THE BBC last night axed Eldorado , the supersoap set on the sunny Costa del Sol that turned into a multi-million pound flop . |
| 21 | The door opened , and her presentiments were realised as someone moved stealthily across the carpeted floor , the narrow beam of a torch flitting over the low couch and the bureau set against the far wall . |
| 22 | Just as they planned , the couple set upon the unfortunate woman the following day , and beat her to death before pushing her body into the shallow pool . |
| 23 | June 6 is the date set for the final closure of St Mary 's hospital , Colchester , when the outpatient department will be transferred to Colchester District General and Severalls hospitals , two years after St Mary 's in-patients were transferred to Severalls Hospital . |
| 24 | Further more , it falls well short of the target set by the influential think-tank of former policymakers , the Group of 30 , for a three-day ( T+3 ) rolling settlement system . |
| 25 | There are detailed provisions which , following the precedent set by the 1985 Companies Act in the same context , attribute voting rights held by one person to another . |