Example sentences of "[modal v] set a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under current US law , the government must set a legal limit , called a tolerance , for the amount of pesticide residue that can be in or on a food . |
| 2 | ‘ An' I must set a good table for the funeral . ’ |
| 3 | And with such a high profile , he should set a better example . |
| 4 | Since the detrimental effects of many chemicals used within the environment are now only too well known , it seems natural that the National Trust , as a high-profile conservation body , should set a good example . |
| 5 | My father says that a teacher should set a good example for the children , by respecting each one , whether them black or white . |
| 6 | The director of health promotion , Dr Phil Hanlon , said it was important that the board should set a good example to other organisations . |
| 7 | It recommends that the government should set a firm date for these authorities to complete surveys of their water supplies . |
| 8 | most were set by several … [ and ] although one compositor might set a whole book , he would not normally be working on that book alone but would intersperse work on other jobs when it was called for … |
| 9 | He was also aware that similar arrangements were being explored between Nottingham and the East Midlands District and that the Cambridge Board/Eastern District solution might set a national precedent . |
| 10 | A round table might set an early date for new parliamentary elections . |
| 11 | Oh okay I 'll set a little game . |
| 12 | Yet they reckon it could set a bad example elsewhere in Eastern Europe ( Czechoslovakia ) as well as in bigger , more important places ( India and , when their worries turn that way , the Soviet Union ) . |
| 13 | The Maldives took the view , along with several other SAARC states , that bilateral problems among members should not impinge on the SAARC and that Sri Lanka 's decision to refuse to host the 1989 summit could set a bad precedent . |
| 14 | Dittmar does agree with Jansher , however , that not paying prize money may set an unfortunate precedent . |
| 15 | no , what I 'm saying is I think that 's something that the B A I E education committee nationally should sit down and have a look at , I mean it may well be that at the end of the day Napier would set a better exam paper than they would er , also I 've suggested to them and again they have n't that Napier validate the course do the marking but with perhaps two B A I E fellows |
| 16 | It would set a central rate for sterling against the European Currency Unit . |
| 17 | It 'd also allow Miss 's lawyers to seek an injunction preventing the deportation which would set a legal precedent . |
| 18 | It 'd also allow Miss 's lawyers to seek an injunction preventing the deportation which would set a legal precedent . |
| 19 | Then.the command to obey his parents ‘ in the Lord ’ would set a different limit on that obedience . |
| 20 | The childless were also more concerned about items which they thought would set a bad example to children while nearly all parents were aware of the 9pm watershed for more adult programming . |
| 21 | The majority in the State Council feared that these proposals would set a damaging precedent and , with the consent of the Tsar , rejected the bill . |
| 22 | Moves to lift the clause would set a national precedent . |
| 23 | Moves to lift the clause inserted in the company 's contract to prevent asset stripping after de-regulation of the buses would set a national precedent . |
| 24 | A proposal to allow professors to retire on full pension at 63 instead of 65 has met with little support from state finance ministers because of its cost , and also because it would set an expensive precedent for all other civil servants . |
| 25 | When a new issue of bonds is made , the Bank of England will set a minimum price somewhat below the £100 face value and then invite tenders for these bonds above or at the minimum price . |
| 26 | Undaunted , Dick began to research paint and his finds will set a new course for warbirds with the latest in flat paint technique . |
| 27 | It will be introducing three fully integrated pre-loaded platforms it believes will set a new price/performance standard in the one-to-24 user Santa Cruz Operation Inc Unix marketplace . |
| 28 | The organisers are confident that this rigour will set a new standard for fairs in Italy , and hope , despite the world-wide economic gloom , to stimulate the Italian buying public , which has , even this year , remained active in the price-range up to £50,000 ( $100,000 ) . |
| 29 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman does not speed through road works , and I hope that he will set a good example , which others will follow . |
| 30 | Sir Donald Wilson , the authority 's chairman , said : ‘ We feel he will set a good example to the region . ’ |