Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour will set the pace in pressing for international action to safeguard the ozone layer , to combat acid rain , to tackle the problem of global warming , to face up to the environmental needs of the poorest people of the world . |
| 2 | The opening hymn and welcome should set the theme . |
| 3 | Against the obvious cost savings , companies must set the expense of re-implementing their system in a new environment . |
| 4 | The trimpot used to set the first stage gain , should be set at maximum resistance and the multi-turn zero offset trimpot to the centre of its range before this check . |
| 5 | He said their proposed tax-raising parliament in Scotland would set the country on the road to bitterness , conflict and separation . |
| 6 | A Lending and Security Act would set the framework of law regarding security in personal property , whether consumer or commercial transactions were involved ; in particular , it would cover what lenders could do to recover their money if borrowers defaulted , and how their security interest in any goods involved would be recorded and safeguarded . |
| 7 | This work will set the tone for the new structure , and I hope can be completed well within two months . |
| 8 | The National Railway Museum will set the family purse back by a similar sum . |
| 9 | Concern about a baby 's bowel movements can set the scene for concern and anxiety . |
| 10 | ‘ We hope it will be the highlight of 1993 — a favourable outcome would set the seal on a tremendous amount of very hard work by the technical groups and the rest of the LNS team . ’ |
| 11 | Masses of willow warblers , chiff-chaffs , blackcaps , whitethroats and sometimes yellow-browed or Pallas 's warblers will set the pulses racing , and the flocks of chaffinch and brambling will be painstakingly examined in the hope of finding perhaps a little bunting , rustic bunting or Arctic redpoll . |
| 12 | Sadly the many myths about this stage of development could set the stage for the very events you wish to prevent . |
| 13 | The figures used to set the ‘ obsolescence rate ’ are arbitrary and take little account of subject differences . |
| 14 | Victory tomorrow night would set the ace jumper up nicely for its main objective next month 's Daily Mirror/Sporting Life Grand National at Hall Green . |
| 15 | The colour of your flooring will set the tone and atmosphere for the rest of the room . |
| 16 | In a trice , office machines can set the type and print it out in fine detail . |
| 17 | The Department of the Environment could set the total grant for local authorities , and announce it . |
| 18 | His old classmate , Gil Kenny , who later became a local police chief , said no one thought Jack would set the world alight . |
| 19 | That summit will set the future course for NATO to ensure that it remains as it has been — a bedrock of stability in a still uncertain world . |
| 20 | This paper will set the archiving of computer-readable records in the legal and cultural context of record keeping in government . |
| 21 | Such a change would set the final seal on what is perhaps the most radical transformation Japan has gone through in the last few decades : the disappearance of the farming community as a fundamental axis of politics , the economy and society and the emergence of Japan as a fully-fledged urban , industrial society . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | An inspectorate will set the standards that have to be reached before bonuses can be paid . |
| 24 | The idea here is that Parliament will set the framework of general rules for society , the executive will govern within those rules and an independent judiciary will resolve disputes over the meaning of those rules and will , in particular , keep the executive within the boundaries of law . |
| 25 | The brief should set the quality standards which the design has to meet . |
| 26 | This infrastructural integration would , he hoped , stimulate a comparable integration of curriculum areas utilising the combined facilities , for which the developing IS and PSD courses would set the scene . |
| 27 | Now as I said way back at the very beginning , the greeting and appropriate sociability will set the scene if it 's too short or too long it will doubtlessly alienate the whole process but you can see the domino effect you but you can see the domino effect you |
| 28 | Most exporters would like to avoid exchange risk by invoicing in Sterling but they are now finding that markets will set the price and the method of pricing . |
| 29 | The £5.1 million Gateway project being built for the Peabody Trust could set the pattern for the future . |
| 30 | We acknowledge that individuals drawn to WFS 's conference possibly had genuine intentions , but we have no confidence that the aims , objectives , and structure will set the path for building a women 's movement . |