Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maureen O'Hara , of the Children 's Legal Centre , said : ‘ The 1933 Children and Young Persons Act does not define an age when children are competent to give evidence , but case law has tended to set a figure of around seven or eight . |
| 2 | Mike Ashman has opted to set the piece firmly at the period of composition . |
| 3 | Mike Ashman has opted to set the piece firmly at the period of composition . |
| 4 | The BNFL contract has continued to set the pace for all other sections of business , finishing the year well above budget . |
| 5 | In Britain , the equivalent is Prestel which , though stocked with stacks of useful information ( though no Madame Whiplashes ) , has failed to set the world alight . |
| 6 | These arrangements of Bayezid II's seem to be among the earliest occurrences of , and may well have helped to set the pattern for , a number of joint muderrisliks and muftiliks which appear in the course of the sixteenth century , many of which were at a relatively high level in the hierarchy . |
| 7 | He realised , with a thrill of annoyance at himself , that in his haste — his weary haste — to get to the hearing that morning , he had omitted to set the second lock with its automatic alarm connection . |
| 8 | If members allowances are a hundred and eighty thousand this year which is somewhere around there , Mr may correct me but I think I 'm not too far out , we 've already upped those this year to a hundred and eighty- nine , so next year there 'll be a hundred and seventy-one and the thirteen thousand cost of this will reduce it to a hundred and fifty-eight I actually do n't think that is possible , we ca n't afford it within the terms of of the present set up , unless someone 's going to dramatically reduce the length and the number of meetings in this council , which I think is highly unlikely , I think we 've got to set a good example to our employees , I think that this would give completely the wrong message . |
| 9 | I 've got to set the video again . |
| 10 | Then came the news that the Daily Mail compositors had refused to set an offending leading article . |
| 11 | So we 've tried to set the duty at a level which makes it clear to those who seek to commit financial crime that they 're more likely to be caught but which does not impose additional reporting burdens or costs on those who conduct their business honestly and that is a most important balance to strike . |
| 12 | Christians had managed to set a moral example to their neighbours . |