Example sentences of "[noun] set [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The aims of the work operated in different ways but principally they represented my attempt to set personal responses to premature labour into a cultural context . |
2 | It was an attempt to set basic standards for advice services . |
3 | They expect other nations to set technical standards and to innovate new markets . |
4 | The official state planning agency GOSPLAN sets all prices , production plans , import quotas and export targets , and allocates capital for new investment . |
5 | Then KLM sets new ones . |
6 | That at Wakerley consisted of a day-lined furnace set 2½ feet into the limestone bedrock . |
7 | Queensland set stringent rules concerning diving on the reef . |
8 | Representatives of 30 European countries , meeting in Geneva , have given near-unanimous support to proposals to set stiffer targets for reductions in emissions of sulphur dioxide . |
9 | Though the script is not precisely what Barnes , who won his first full cap eight years ago , had in mind for the closing half of a remarkable career , he welcomes the opportunity to set several records straight . |
10 | The Central Computer and Telecommunications Authority ( CCTA ) , which advises government departments on information technology , says there are no plans to set compulsory standards . |
11 | He asked Dr Ting to set those doubts at ease . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Children whose parents set firm limits for them grow up better adjusted , with greater self-esteem , than those who are allowed to get away with behaving any way they like . |
14 | Children whose parents set firm limits for them grow up with more self-esteem and confidence than those who are allowed to get away with behaving in any way they like . |
15 | A realistic plan sets achievable targets against which progress can be monitored . |
16 | In the near half-century since that Windrush summer I have heard the work performed by many artists , but never to impress as much as in that lovely seascape setting many years ago . |
17 | Alex Bennett , 14 , also of Nova Centurion , shaved 0.05sec off the British junior record for the 50m backstroke set five years ago . |
18 | Duff regarded bibliography as a science : his work set new standards of accuracy . |
19 | Introduced simultaneously in 65 countries in advance of next year 's UNCED summit in Rio , the Caring for the Earth calls on governments and individuals to set key targets for achieving genuine sustainable development across a range of issues . |
20 | Many environmental campaigners stressed its failure to set binding targets for resolving environmental problems , and to address adequately the links between third world poverty and environmental degradation . |
21 | Opinion was divided as to the extent to which the conference could be termed a success : many environmental campaigners expressed varying degrees of disappointment and anger at what they saw as its failure to set binding targets for resolving environmental problems , and to address adequately the links between third world poverty and environmental degradation . |
22 | Most LMS schemes will enable the school to keep net income from lettings , though the LEA will still have the right to set some conditions . |
23 | I have a rare device to set Dutch windmills Upon New-market Heath , and Salisbury Plaine , To draine the Fens . |
24 | The Libro de Madrigali ( Venice , 1568 ) of Mateo Flecha the younger ( 1530–1604 ) includes one with Spanish text , and Joan Brudieu ( C. 1520–1591 ) published a collection of eleven Spanish and four Catalan madrigals ( Barcelona , 1585 ) , while a few negligible composers set Italian texts . |
25 | The third focus sets particular inequalities inside schools within the context of unequal life chances and access to resources generally . |
26 | The Government welcome the European Commission 's draft directive setting new limits for the sulphur content of diesel fuel and other gasoil . |
27 | A Community directive setting minimum standards for the welfare of veal calves was agreed by majority vote at the October Agriculture Council . |
28 | The pressure began to hurt her and she cried out and the sound set bright birds to flight in the canopy around her . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |