Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] set [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chancellor 's Autumn Statement and subsequent central grant settlement sets financial parameters within which local authorities will have to work . |
| 2 | Only an agriculture industry set free within the framework of market forces operating more closely to supply and demand will have a secure and prosperous future . |
| 3 | PRESIDENT PANNONE SETS NEW DIRECTION FOR JUSTICE |
| 4 | During the second half of the eighties , InterCity could at last boast five complete ten-coach VIP train sets all based and serviced at London 's Bounds Green depot . |
| 5 | Alex Bennett , 14 , also of Nova Centurion , shaved 0.05sec off the British junior record for the 50m backstroke set five years ago . |
| 6 | The value of foreign sales rose by almost $40,000 million in 1989 , compared with 1988 , as exports of livestock products , horticulture , planting seeds and wood products set new records . |
| 7 | He asked Dr Ting to set those doubts at ease . |
| 8 | Assuming the no-arbitrage condition is correct in the absence of transactions costs , these transactions costs set upper and lower bounds on the departures from this condition that can occur in a competitive market . |
| 9 | South Africa set fair |
| 10 | I completed another tour of the mill and cottage , this time with Nigel in tow , trying to sound as objective as I could , as if I , too , saw mere possibilities , but as our tour progressed I could see that Nigel had warmed to it almost as much as I. He pointed out some ‘ interesting features ’ that I had missed , such as some of the wooden working parts of the mill machinery set high in the plastered walls , and told me what they had originally been used for . |
| 11 | I know , it , you know rot cars set alight , oh |
| 12 | A Community directive setting minimum standards for the welfare of veal calves was agreed by majority vote at the October Agriculture Council . |
| 13 | The examination syllabus set new standards in the teaching of drama to young people and provided a spectacular contrast to the out-of-date , circumscribed speech and drama examinations of the Royal Academy , Guildhall and Trinity Colleges . |
| 14 | A US government report has shown that lead levels in almost one-fifth of the nation 's largest municipal water systems , including some serving Washington and suburban counties , exceed the safety standards set last year by the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) . |
| 15 | Right : The prototype twin set 276–5 on Central Promenade in 1957 . |
| 16 | He was into his stride early in the session , dipping under world champion Ayrton Senna 's record pole time set last year and finally settling for a best lap of 1min 15.703sec , at an average speed of 127.799mph . |
| 17 | Mental handicap man set free from prison |
| 18 | Either the Chancellor could raise interest rates ahead of the Germans , which would demonstrate the ‘ national sovereignty ’ in monetary matters on which Mrs Thatcher sets such store . |
| 19 | Sri Lanka 's new media bill sets unprecedented goals |
| 20 | The conductor program sets most of the controls on automatic pilot . |
| 21 | Joe handed the foaming mugs over the bar , and they both collapsed into the little wooden dining chairs set each side of the dying open fire . |
| 22 | New rules for life insurers were announced by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ( NAIC ) , the body through which state insurance regulators set nationwide standards , in December 1992 . |
| 23 | Expressing the belief that public spending ceilings set last autumn for the next three years would keep the growth of spending below that of the economy as a whole , the Chancellor stressed : ‘ Proper control of public expenditure can not be achieved simply by setting targets . |
| 24 | The Committee recommends that the NHS Management Executive should ensure that all English Regional Health Authorities set broad standards for waiting times for such appointments , and that the Management Executive should require District Health Authorities and Family Health Services Authorities to take urgent action to reduce waiting times for first appointments . |
| 25 | There were gales , of course , but the bracken turned the mountainsides to copper , and there were mellow days scattered through it , like summer flotsam set adrift in the waning half of the year . |
| 26 | The official state planning agency GOSPLAN sets all prices , production plans , import quotas and export targets , and allocates capital for new investment . |
| 27 | The Government welcome the European Commission 's draft directive setting new limits for the sulphur content of diesel fuel and other gasoil . |
| 28 | Shown here is the Garden Lamp Set complete with 100-hr lamps , shades , extension rods and support stakes so they can be placed anywhere around the garden . |
| 29 | Bourbon producers set great store by the soft local water which passes through limestone on its way to the distilleries . |
| 30 | Professor Joan Gondola of Baruch College in New York City set lateral thinking tests for two groups of women , exercisers and non-exercisers . |