Example sentences of "[modal v] set the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I could set the man trap at dusk and let the police interview him in the morning . ’ |
| 32 | Sadly the many myths about this stage of development could set the stage for the very events you wish to prevent . |
| 33 | This could and did result in nasty crash landings which could set the bombs off . |
| 34 | I could set the wine glasses also , Emil said . |
| 35 | ‘ Why , the sparks alone could set the whole ship alight . |
| 36 | It meant I would n't be perceived as another girl singer — and I could set the look and feel and energy of what I was about . ’ |
| 37 | I suggested some simple exercises , to be done without knitting on the machine , that showed what effect the tuck and slip controls had on the needles and how we could set the carriages to slip or tuck in one direction and knit in the other . |
| 38 | The Department of the Environment could set the total grant for local authorities , and announce it . |
| 39 | There 's the lack of national political debate which raise the tough , awkward questions that will act as restraints upon those controlling the conflict , and could set the tone for the longer- run peace . |
| 40 | We advertised for people who had previous experience so they could set the system up from scratch . |
| 41 | The English team are full of great players who could set the world alight . |
| 42 | The £5.1 million Gateway project being built for the Peabody Trust could set the pattern for the future . |
| 43 | alternatively , you could set the loop variable to a value greater than the limit ( assuming a positive step ) , but in this case the value on exit would be different depending on why the loop was terminated . |
| 44 | Liverpool 's education officials are viewing the project as an exciting and dynamic venture which could set the scene for future plans . |
| 45 | The quality of the ball reaching Simon Geoghegan may have compromised his chances to make the Lions party unless the selectors are aware that the young London Irish winger could set the world alight if provided with a bit of time and space . |
| 46 | It will , sadly , be too late for many young people , whose lives have already been ruined ; but it could set the agenda for future generations who might even get society better organised than we did . |
| 47 | He 'd set the staff straight if there was any nonsense … |
| 48 | It dwarfed , for instance , the monument on the river bank to the Renaissance explorers and circumnavigators who 'd set the tiny country on the path to greatness . |
| 49 | ‘ Let's set the record straight , ’ Verity says . |
| 50 | Let's set the record straight . |
| 51 | Having established the point that it is the patient who ultimately may set the limits to the doctor 's intervention , it is now necessary to consider the duties which arise in the usual circumstances in which treatment is consented to . |
| 52 | Or it may set the direction of a programme of research , as when the Gestalt psychologists extended their primarily visual concept of ‘ insight ’ into a gestalt ( literally ‘ shape ’ ) from perception to thinking . |
| 53 | If proceedings are commenced by the wrong originating process , eg by summons rather than by originating application , such a breach of the rules is not necessarily fatal — thecourt may set the proceedings aside or it may allow them to be amended and give such directions as it thinks fit ( Ord 37 , r 5 ) . |
| 54 | ‘ In the false name of justice and equality , the Labour faction would set the classes against each other and overturn the immemorial dispensation of ‘ a place for every man and every man in his place ’ . |
| 55 | He said their proposed tax-raising parliament in Scotland would set the country on the road to bitterness , conflict and separation . |
| 56 | His old classmate , Gil Kenny , who later became a local police chief , said no one thought Jack would set the world alight . |
| 57 | This would set the scene for a super power scramble for the Middle East 's oil resources , the Soviet Union being driven to desperate measures by its lack of hard currency . |
| 58 | There was no doubt that if it did spread to the nearest stack it would set the whole hayfield alight in a very short time . |
| 59 | Then you strode in , as the new maths teacher , and you would set the problems on the board and stride around the class getting us all to co-operate in sharing the problems . |
| 60 | He would set the television programmers ' schedule on its head ! |