Example sentences of "[noun] set [adj] [noun] " 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 | I have found it better to sue a tension setting one dot higher for the slip stitch part . |
| 7 | That at Wakerley consisted of a day-lined furnace set 2½ feet into the limestone bedrock . |
| 8 | 2 ripe avocados , peeled and sliced lemon juice 2 × 200g/7oz Mozzarella cheese , sliced 4 large flavoursome tomatoes , sliced 1 × 15ml/tbsp freshly chopped mixed herbs 12 smoked quails ' eggs 4 × 15ml/tbsp set natural yogurt salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 × 15ml/tbsp virgin olive oil crusty bread for serving |
| 9 | Queensland set stringent rules concerning diving on the reef . |
| 10 | Twelve others have in effect set this limit by ratifying the International Covenant or the American Convention . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Central Computer and Telecommunications Authority ( CCTA ) , which advises government departments on information technology , says there are no plans to set compulsory standards . |
| 14 | It is held that the market for corporate control in particular enables shareholders to set strict performance standards on management , not , in the terms of Hirschmann 's much-quoted distinction , through ‘ voice ’ ( through the company 's internal control mechanisms ) , but through ‘ exit ’ ( selling their shares ’ ) . |
| 15 | He asked Dr Ting to set those doubts at ease . |
| 16 | We can not be one hundred per cent sure that , just because we have observed the sun to set each day on many occasions , the sun will set every day . |
| 17 | The public dipped deep into their pockets to set free Rocky , a dolphin who had spent all his adult life in captivity . |
| 18 | According to official Japanese government estimates , 0.2 per cent of the nets set each night are not recovered , although the rate of loss is probably much higher , perhaps as much as 2 per cent . |
| 19 | The guests having been selected , there then came the problem of allocating rooms , since those who were jealous of their rank or susceptible to imaginary slights set great store by the nature of their accommodation within the Palace . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And you may ask yourselves , my dear and most innocent readers , whether he spoke there with more gentleness or cunning , since the lady set such store on giving herself of her own free will , and since also the castle with its gardens , though now measurable with pins and fine stitches and thumbnails and thimbles , were lordly and handsome enough for any man to wish to spend his days there . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Spain sets new energy policy but increases greenhouse gases |
| 26 | A realistic plan sets achievable targets against which progress can be monitored . |
| 27 | David Lodge 's Nice Work sets this model in the context of higher education , but his conclusions about different cultures and different languages are valid for the 16–19 sector too . |
| 28 | PRESIDENT PANNONE SETS NEW DIRECTION FOR JUSTICE |
| 29 | The Church of Scotland sets great store by metrical psalms , whilst the Free Church of Scotland sings its psalms unaccompanied by instruments . |
| 30 | 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 . |