Example sentences of "[adj] set [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will always be conflict in people 's perception of proper animal care , but it is easier to set standards for handling domesticated animals than for exploiting wild ones . |
| 2 | Even when you have decided a broad direction , and I should emphasize that it is only possible to set ambitions in a broad sense and only helpful so to do , there will inevitably come times when external events show that one has made a false assessment of one 's starting point or the ability of one 's competitors , known or unsuspected , to seize the initiative . |
| 3 | This has made it possible to set goals for growth , under the guidance of the Holy Spirit , and to hit them . |
| 4 | It may prove more feasible and profitable to set standards of language competence to be achieved at certain levels and leave room for different paths to these common goals . |
| 5 | It is not easy to set standards for what is acceptable and what is not in terms of production expertise and technical quality . |
| 6 | Once the role of the advertising has been defined , it becomes reasonably straightforward to set objectives for the advertising , which will usually be rather more specific interpretations of the role statement , including where possible specific targets , measurable by specific research . |
| 7 | He feels that art directors often have such set views about the subjects he photographs that his own creativity is suppressed . |
| 8 | Never before has there been such open abuse of power by those who are supposed to set standards for the people . |
| 9 | These set limits to the level of contributions with the aim to prevent candidates from becoming obligated to special interest groups . |
| 10 | It would be unwise to set limits to its march . |
| 11 | Describe why it is important to set objectives in the firm and comment on the problems of setting objectives . |
| 12 | It may be that the temples , through their bureaucracy , were able to set quotas on production in the rural villages ; these may have been specified taxes , or tribute , or they may have been expressed as required offerings . |
| 13 | The system manager should be able to set limits on disk space allocation and printer usage for each user of the system . |
| 14 | To the defects of a house with little space and less privacy were added general dilapidation , a plague of mice ( which Coleridge was too good-natured to set traps for ) and a daily flow of traffic past the door on a turnpike road transformed in wet weather to ‘ an impassable Hog-stye. |
| 15 | Was it only Friday when she 'd first set eyes on those features that appealed to her so strongly ? |
| 16 | From one she extracted the brown exercise book , more creased and folded than when she had first set eyes on it a quarter of an hour or so before . |
| 17 | Something had sparked into life when they had first set eyes on each other , though , and even Julius 's self-control had melted away as the spark had ignited a flame , and then a fire . |
| 18 | Equally , there is a good case for holding that understanding should proceed in both directions , although , like all such compromises , that sets problems with the tension involved in combining them . |
| 19 | He further argues that with multiple measures there is a danger of losing focus , and that it is difficult to set targets for some indicators because there are no historical data on them . |
| 20 | It is both wasteful and irresponsible to set experiments in motion and omit to record and analyse what happens . |
| 21 | At Paddy End ( it was still at that time known as Paddies End ) , Barratt considered it sufficient to set pitches to gangs of men in the existing old workings . |
| 22 | The examiner is quite entitled to set questions on any topic in the syllabus regardless of whether a lecture on it has been given or not and you should look out for the " old foxes " . |
| 23 | The main carriage is set to slip and the ribber to knit ( both set levers on 1 ) . |
| 24 | Although he had not recognized her immediately Fleury had noticed Chloe a moment earlier as she came trotting into the clearing ; since he had last set eyes on her Chloe 's golden curls had grown foul and matted and in places mange had already begun to remove them ; a cloud of flies followed her and every few yards she stopped to scratch . |
| 25 | In the couple of days since she had last set eyes on him she had forgotten the virile power of that face . |